Home Cooked: Recipes from the Farm (Kate Humble)

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Home Cooked is Kate’s debut cookbook and is a celebration of simple, seasonal home cooking full of flavour, comfort and joy. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Meghan Markle forced to miss glitzy Beverly Hills ceremony where Prince Harry received a 'Living Legend'. It feels like our farm is a family, and theres all these people who have been part of the whole journey with us, who made the cookbook possible. With beautiful photography shot on location by Andrew Montgomery complementing Kate’s storytelling along the way, Home Cooked is a visual feast as well as a delight to read.

This will still be delicious if you only use bought herbs, but inspired by my friend Liz Knight, an enthusiastic forager, I have used a recipe she shared with me which includes wild alternatives.Pour over the lime juice and sprinkle with the zest, half the chopped garlic and a teaspoon of salt.

I read it from cover to cover and it’s a wonderful collection of stories about her friends and village with recipes tucked in between, I’d enjoyed it immensely even before I’d tried any of the recipes! So for me, it was really good to have what was a hugely intellectual challenge – it stretched me in ways I had no idea about. Pile the spinach leaves in and pop a lid on for a minute or so until they have wilted down into the curry.

Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan 160°C/gas 4, and grease and line a roasting tin – about 30 x 20 x 5cm – with baking paper. However, the chatty, friendly, 'come and join in with me' style of writing connecting the cookery is undoubtedly in Kate's voice. Heat a little oil in the bottom of a frying pan over a medium heat then fry the tomatoes and chilli until soft – a few minutes. Open out the chicken thighs and spread the wild garlic pesto over the flesh side, avoiding the skin where possible.

Mash is the obvious thing to go with this: good old potato mash, or a mixture of potato and celeriac. After twenty years of living in London, Kate Humble and her husband Ludo left the city for a Welsh smallholding, then Kate hears that a nearby farm is to be broken up and sold off. As she explores the reasons why we walk – whether for creative energy, challenge and pleasure, or therapeutic benefits, Kate’s reflections and insights will encourage, motivate and spur readers into action. Tip into a pretty serving bowl, crumble over the feta and scatter with the remaining oregano leaves. I really like the layout of the book and the fact that it’s divided into the seasons, so you can make use of seasonal produce.Each species takes up approximately two pages, complete with photographs and illustrations to bring out the key identification and behavioural points. This is written in a warm and friendly style with stories about most of the dishes, and exquisite pictures. Check your fish fillets for pin bones, then wrap each in 2 slices of ham, leaving the ends of each fillet exposed.