Last week we introduced our new season’s juices, this week we want to focus on some of the apples themselves. More than 10 different varieties will be on sale in the shop this weekend and the range of flavours and textures is fantastic. From the old British eating apple, Newton’s Wonder to the Crawley Beauty …
After glorious September sunshine, it’s definitely time to switch to thoughts of Autumn. In celebration of the season, we are launching our new range of Apple and Pear Juices. Following a record harvest of plump, juicy fruit, we have been working closely with Rupert at Tiddly Pommes who has pressed and bottled this year’s fruit …
One more sunny weekend? One last chance for a leisurely lunch in the garden? Let’s hope so! More seafood again this week with a return of the mackerel, hake cutlets, Cornish muscles and some delicious brown crabs. All will be for sale in the shop or via the website and each will also be served …
Back to a bit of warmth and sunshine this weekend….we hope! To celebrate we thought we’d indulge in some glorious native seafood from our friends in Cornwall. As well as the succulent, plump scallops that many of you have enjoyed over the last month, we are delighted to have the first native oysters of the …
There’s never certainty but it looks as though this could be a bumper year for wild fungus. Last weekend we had the first foraged food of the autumn with young, fresh and very local Chicken of the Woods (above) served alongside delicious Giant Puffball! Two treats from the fields and woods within a few miles …
This year’s wondrous plum harvest reaches its peak with the ripening of the Quetsche plums. The most perfect dual purpose plum – delicious and scented when fresh and fully ripe, they are even more sublime when cooked. Known to the Romans, the Quetsche or Zwetschen in Germany is believed to have been brought to Europe …
A very exciting announcement this week – we have eventually secured a full alcohol license. Our range will increase over the next couple of months and we hope to hold wine-tastings as soon as circumstances allow. We already have a few treats including the Frelin Roussanne that many of you remember from the wine-tasting back in February. …
More delicious seafood arriving from Cornwall this Thursday – sweet, plump scallops, squid and whiting fillets all available in the shop and the restaurant. Whether you are taking part in YogaVenue’s session tomorrow morning or just visiting for coffee, cakes, or lunch, we look forward to welcoming you. To compliment the seafood, we have some …
We love a hidden gem here at Independent Oxford – that’s part of the reason we set it up – but it’s rare to find a “you sure it’s down here?!” place that, when you arrive, gives you a I’m-truly-in-the-middle-of-nowhere sense of calm. But that was what Rosie and I experienced when we visited Worton …
Here’s a selection of the gardens with the best cafes and restaurants for any time of year This seven-acre market garden has a farm shop and a cafe each of which are open all year round on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. The cafe is a low-key, snug, affair, but is a lovely place to spend …
