Whenever I eat sorrel now it reminds me of this lovely day, a couple of years ago, when my grans were still alive. It was just ordinary summer's day then, mooching about, cooking, sunbathing...

Intense weather. August in Poland is hot, close and stormy. I kind of like it. Intensity is a bit underrated in the UK I feel. The UK is all about cool, while Poland is a land of extremes. Perhaps the weather is more important in...

If your garden is anything like mine then you'll have plenty of stinging nettles in it at this time of year.This is in fact the ideal time of year to cook with them, as they are still young. Once they have flowered, they are too...