Wild THINGS ARE

and seeds such as mugwort, which tastes like lavender and common hogweed seeds with cardamom and orange notes, are in their element. Woodland edges provide spiced roots such as wood avens with a clove flavour, while pine tree needles give wonderful citrus tastes and in meadow brooks, wild watercress thrives with its strong white pepper taste.

WHAT CAN YOU FORAGE FOR IN A HEDGE OR MEADOW?

An incredible variety of ingredients - too many to list here! My favourite hedgerow species include sage, rosemary and thyme and Jack-by-theHedge, which has a strong garlicky, mustard flavour. I also love vetch in the spring which is like a wild pea, meadowsweet flowers which have a marzipan flavour and fungi such as jelly ears, which like to grow on dead elder in hedges. Meadows can provide fabulous zingy flavours such as sorrel, the leaves of which tastes like the sour skin of a Granny Smith apple, primrose, pignuts and cowslip blooms.