I must confess to having a love affair with damsons. With their blue-black skin and astringent/sweet flavour they are a firm favourite. Of all the stone fruits available to the preserver, the damson is the maestro.
First Preserves
First Preserves: Jams – enhanced ebook
First Preserves: Jams on iBooks®, offers tried-and-tested recipes for both the novice and the experienced preserver,
First Preserves: Marmalades – enhanced ebook
Vivien Lloyd, one of the country’s leading authority on preserves,
Marmalade Awards Gold
In 2012, shortly after the publication of First Preserves, I started to share my knowledge of marmalade,
Marmalade Recipe Development
Recipes for citrus marmalades have been recorded since the early seventeenth century, but the marmalade recipe we enjoy today
Apple Preserves
Autumn is a favourite season of mine with a wide variety of fruit and vegetables to preserve and many opportunities to teach.
Damson Day
Since my earliest days of preserving, I’ve been excited by the sight of the Damson crop in September, a feeling similar to
Chutney to charm with First Preserves: Chutneys
Just as spring surely follows winter,chutneys invariably come after summer.
When is a marmalade not a marmalade?
In 2017 the Women’s Institute came under fire once again in the media, this time for their marmalade,
Sourdough, Jam and Chutney with Emmanuel Hadjiandreou
Bread and jam, toast and marmalade, from sourdough to soda bread, sweet preserves are synonymous with bread. As with preserving, making bread is a passion of mine and in recent years