The joint was jumping and there wasn’t a vicar or maiden aunt to be seen. At least, I didn’t spot one. But you never know with vicars these days. Or…
Food and Drink
Colman’s Mustard celebrates its bicentenary
On 30 April 1814, a flour miller called Jeremiah Colman placed an advertisement in the Norfolk Chronicle. It ran: “JEREMIAH COLMAN, Having taken the Stock & Trade lately carried on…
Recipe: Elderflower Jelly with Strawberries, Lemon Balm Custard and Sponge Fingers
For the jelly 500ml (17fl oz) water 200g (7oz) caster sugar 20 elderflower heads 4 gelatine leaves Combine the water and caster sugar. Boil for five minutes, remove from heat,…
Recipe: Roast loin of lamb with asparagus, goat’s cheese and lavender vinaigrette
4 x 115g (41⁄4oz) lamb loins from the saddle 2 tsp Pommery mustard 2 sprigs lavender leaves, roughly chopped 2 x goat’s cheeses (or any fresh, soft variety) each weighing…
Recipe: Duck Egg with Crab Sandwich, North Sea Brown Shrimp and Blade Butter
This recipe makes a great starter or brunch snack and has a bit of a ‘nursery’ theme, it is lighter than winter warmers but still reasurringly comforting Serves 2 Zest…
The best wines for laying down, and godchildren
At a family christening recently the champagne flowed like water. So did a sparkling moscato from Brazil. Not the first country one would turn to for such a delicacy, but…
Return a shooting invitation: Learn to smoke food
Everyone who shoots, fishes or stalks has a freezerful of dead stuff, some of it rivalling the Siberian mammoth for its years in icy entombment. Those ancient pheasant and pigeon…
Return a shooting invitation: Wine tasting
Most shooting hosts appreciate a decent drop. The Field’s sister title, Decanter, holds a series of “fine wine encounters”, at which it’s possible to sample some of the world’s best…
Blind tasting wine
I’ve never been so humiliated or embarrassed in my life. Well, I have, but I’m not going to relate that dreadful débâcle here. About this second most humiliating and…
Recipe: Seared roasted Roe liver
A perfect recipe for spring stalkers. Roe liver makes a starter or main course for meat eaters