At last it’s returned to the menu – the upside down apple pie which was first, perhaps accidentally, produced by the Tatin sisters at their family Hotel in the Loire. Whatever the truth of this creation myth, the Tarte Tatin is a perfect combination of delicate puff pastry, our fabulously ripe apples and burnished caramel. …
As we’ve passed the Equinox and we’re racing towards the dark days, what better time to remember the summer that never quite happened and the joy brought by this summer’s artist in residence, Stacey Gledhill. Some of her delightful canvasses illustrating the play of light on plants and gardens already decorate the walls of the Old …
How quickly the year turns! We are approaching Michaelmas again and we’re delighted to give you details of our next Supper Club to be held next Friday 27th September. Some of you may remember the same weekend last year when we started our campaign to revive this old English tradition of eating “green” Goose to …
No pretending now! Autumnal winds are blowing in with vigour and a chill. No time to mourn the summer that never quite got going nor the crops that faltered due to lack of sunshine. Instead the seasons keep rolling onwards – September already … the autumn harvest begins. For a few weeks yet, we can …
The Summer progresses in a typically English manner – warm weather interspersed with heavy rain! What we want is hot, dry and settled weather, what we get is changeable and humid! Still, it is warm day after day, the garden and the borders look stunning in their “careless” abandon and the produce is abundant! If …
So it really is high summer – 1st August and, although the weather’s close and, occasionally, stormy, we do seem to have some settled heat at last. For any of you who have been holding off on visiting us, now really is the time! The heat and moisture are bringing the best out in the …
All change this week – firstly, the works to convert the shop into tables for the restaurant are pretty much complete. We now have a a beautiful space for 4 or 5 tables with several pieces of work by our Artist in Residence Stacey Gledhill on the walls. These new tables provide a cool, shaded …
Lots of evening events over the next few weeks with our next Sip and Paint evening coming up on 19th July. The last of these relaxed, evening painting sessions sold out and we are already taking lots of bookings for the September event. This upcoming evening has some slots still available and our Artist in …
So mid-summer has come and gone. The sun has arrived – at least for a period! The weather is warm, the flowers are beautiful, the evenings are long and sultry. The next two months are the perfect time to visit the farm and we are putting together an appealing roster of events to make the …
Always a joyous marker of summer when the Artichokes return! So, delicious Globe Artichokes served with Hollandaise together with our own Strawberries in a Pavlova. If we’re lucky, we may also have some belated heat to help celebrate Mid-Summer! Lots of fresh pork on the menu again this week as 2 of our Saddlebacks had …
