In 2011, Merlin and Genevieve, decided to surround their lives with food. Merlin spent a year learning how to make cheese, while Genevieve learnt bread making and spent time at…

Weekend ritual. I have a sentiment for rituals. They make me feel secure. I’m not sure why that is…or maybe I am. When I was still living with my parents, my mum…

On the high street in Aldeburgh, a quaint seaside town on England’s east coast, there’s a milestone that perfectly captures why it is such a magical place. The milestone states…

Hidden away in a derelict shoe factory lies an unexpected refuge to wine and dine. Since the 90s when Bootstrap (a training and enterprise organisation) acquired The Print House in…

On a Sunday it feels like the world takes a deep breath. Harried midweek commuters and Saturday shoppers put the brakes on their rush and life slows to a stroll. The…

Quinoa is a herbaceous plant of the family Chenopodiaceae, such as spinach or beet. It is one of the few plants which, even if not belonging to the botanical family…

The beer world is in thrall to two tastes, bitterness and sourness. Bitterness provided by modern hop strains is the flashy avant-garde of the beer revival. The mysticism and complexity…

Flavour pairings are a curious balancing act, and a highly subjective and cultural one at that. I am usually the first to extol the virtues of sweet and savoury combinations,…

Having lived in Leeds for seven years now, I have begun to encourage close friends to start new lives in this forward thinking city. The centre is packed with amazing…

May van Millingen is an illustrator whose work spans the world's of print, books, contemporary culture, textiles and design. May's process combines mark making and strong graphic lines, with a…

My mother was born in rural Sweden in 1948. She lived with her parents and maternal grandmother in a little red one-bedroom cottage. There was no bathroom, only an outside…

In this 30 second video from the seventies, French writer and bread baker Margherite Yourcenar (1903-1987), gives her definition of love while kneading bread: love is to be 'passionately interested…