How to make sloe gin

It looks like 2021 will be a fantastic year for sloe berries; the blackthorn bushes are laden. Here, forager Julius Robert shares his favourite recipe for sloe gin. Sloe gin: the famous elixir. A deep maroon, viscous and warming potion. A friend of the flask and something we used to sneak sips of from the […]

Autumn foraging: blackberries

Seasoned forager Julius Roberts dives into the woods and hedgerows to find the best nature has to offer at this abundant time of year. Here, he shows us a simple, delicious recipe for focaccia using foraged blackberries. It’s the perfect partner to cheese and a good bottle. Foraging blackberries is so simple at this time […]

Autumn foraging: mushrooms

As autumn hedgerows hang laden with berries, orchard fruits start to fall and mushrooms begin to spring up, we asked forager Julius Roberts to show us the abundance of good things he finds on his doorstep. In the first installment, he goes mushroom hunting. Come September, I am to be found rootling through woods, my […]