Hunting the elusive Field or Meadow Mushroom (Agaric Champêtre) locally known as Champignon Rosé des prés in French Cuisine (easily recognised with pinkish gills under creamy white cap and stipe (stalk). It was fun foraging fresh field mushrooms in the last weeks of summer when the weather permits

Elderberry is one of the most commonly used medicinal plants in the world. It’s still gathered and used in folk medicine across many parts of Europe. It is most often taken as a supplement to treat cold and flu symptoms, which is I’m doing with this batch. The elderberries I harvested were European

Fresh picked Montmorency cherries from garden. So glad this season, we managed to harvest more than 3 kgs of this cherry in the mist of hot Summer drought compared to few years ago, we didn’t have any fruits due to severe rainy storms. We made Cherry Clafoutis, a classic French dessert and my favou

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Went out to the country side and came across Dead Nettles blooming with white flowers!? Have you tasted Stinging Nettle and its stings? Let’s get to know Dead Nettles… Edible Dead Nettles are not related to Stinging Nettle at all but of Mint family. White Dead Nettle has been used as a women’s herb

I’d made Elderflower syrup (sirop de fleur de sureau) and this time, I made Lilac syrup before its off season! We managed to find a few wild Lilas Commun or Common Lilacs of mixed lilac shades. Later, as we joined more trips with local herbalists, I found there were several Syringa vulgaris in shad