In our series about the talented chefs of the West Country we visit Falmouth where South African Hylton Espey ahas been cooking up a very natural and delicious storm for the past five years at the Merchant’s Manor Hotel
Martin Hesp
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In our series about the talented chefs of the West Country we visit Falmouth where South African Hylton Espey ahas been cooking up a very natural and delicious storm for the past five years at the Merchant’s Manor Hotel
Experimenting with recipes and food during a pandemic lockdown… Why not? You havn’t much choice if you’re only shopping for essentials once every two weeks
Continuing our series on top West Country chefs we revisit Mitch Tonks, the charming and brilliant chef with an international reputation for his seafood
In the second of our special articles on West Country chefs we meet Ross Sloan who now runs a remarkable ‘shell and fish takeaway’ in Porthleven in Cornwall. At the time of writing the article he was head chef at a rather lovely hotel nearby….
Time to give a shout-out to all those talented chefs out there who aren’t working at present because of the lockdown - here’s an article about the brilliant Greg Milne, head chef at St Michael’s Mount
You can buy some very, very good butter from the supermarket - Trewithen Dairy’s being among the best - but every once in a while if you’ve time, why not have a go at making a pat of butter?
A West Country food writer embarks on a journey of food and drink discovery around a rural part of West Devon and unearths all manner of delights
Journalist Martin Hesp looks back at articles he has written about Cornish food producers who have recently featured on Rick Stein’s series about Cornwall - in this piece he travels to Launceston to visit Philip Warren & Son in their ‘shrine of good meat’
We visit the Cornish potato vodka makers - just like Rick Stein does in his latest TV series
There are an awful lot of new names for the months of the year - like Veganuary or Flexibuary - but do they add up to more than a hill of beans?
Mezze - small plates - why didn’t we ever have them as part of our national cuisine here in the UK?
At the National Trust’s water-powered flour mill in Dunster they do an excellent job of showing the public how cereal grain is turned into something edible
An interview on Rick Stein’s new programme about Cornwall inspired us to put up this article and photos originally written about the Cornish Gouda Company back in 2015
In these days when so many so-called experts are claiming that all animal based products are bad for the planet it is worth reporting that there are traditional grazing systems in South West England which are actually good for the environment - and which produce delicious top of the range beef that is good for human health. Now a new system called the Good Beef Index had been set up so consumers can find out all there is to know about the meat they are buying - right down to the environmental impact of the cut of beef they’re having for supper
In the second of our six-part Devon Walks series, Martin Hesp explores Brixham and strolls out to Berry Head
It was a very different kind of Christmas for home-cooks - even though more people are cooking at home than at any time for the past 30 years