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Veg for a cost-of-living crisis(Post)
‘Veg for a cost-of-living crisis’We have all seen prices rising due to numerous various reasons, and with that, more and more people considering the reality of growing their own food to counter sho ...
Veg for a cost-of-living crisis(Post)We have all seen prices rising due to numerous various reasons, and with that, more and more people considering the reality of growing their own food to counter shortages and keep their food bills ...
Do you bake? Which flour should you use? Wheat? Gluten Free? '00'(Post)Which is the right flour for your dish!I love to bake! I'm good at breads especially, OK with cakes but not so hot at pastry and that is when I get mamma in to help! There are so many flours out ther ...
Our New Store In London(Post)The Seeds of Italy Store 'The Little Italian Market' is open inside our characteristic London warehouse.Italy from Seed to Plate800+ Franchi Seeds / Provisions / Cookshop / Preserving / Gifts / Profu ...
Asparagus, this season's hottest shades.(Post)By Francine Raymond7:30AM BST 21 May 2014At this time of the year, from every market and roadside stall, German gourmets celebrate Spargelzeit – their asparagus season – with as much enthusiasm as gi ...
Focus on tomatoes(Post)The Italian for tomatoes is ‘pomodori’, literally translated as ‘golden apples’. Italian tomatoes are considered to be some of the best in the world, especially plum varieties for cooking, and the It ...
What to grow for winter(Post)Chapter 5What to grow for winterPlanning a plot, with times of sowing and harvestDeciding what to growAlthough there are many reasons for growing one vegetable and not another, the main factor which ...
Burnt Sugar and Lemon Cake(Page)Burnt Sugar and Lemon Cake This cake is not sweet – the lemon and burnt sugar make it pleasantly bitter. Even my four year-old son likes it served with fresh strawberries or ice cream and it i ...
Caponata(Page)Caponata by Giorgio Locatelli If you don’t like fennel or celery, leave them out and increase all the other ingredients slightly.Keep in mind that this is not a fixed recipe; it is something t ...
Organic Apple Cider Vinegar 'Madre' Mother Instructions(Page)WHAT TO DO ONCE YOUR APPLE CIDER VINEGAR ARRIVES: Your order will contain an apple cider vinegar (ACV) mother and some starter vinegar. This is enough to make a 1 litre of raw apple cider vi ...
Sardines in Saor(Page)Sardines in Saor This is a Venetian dish, which I tasted first in Piedmont. There are a lot of Venetian women in thearea who came from the Veneto region to work as mondine in the rice fields, up to ...
About Us(Page)We specialize in Italy from the Seed to the plate being the importers for the Franchi seed brand, the oldest family run seed company in the world. We aim to support as many heritage, ethical and regi ...