a beef cheek sprinkled with sea salt flakes, sits in a chopping board ready for cooking

HOW TO

This “How To” collection is all about building your larder from scratch. Think homemade salts, simple preserves, and those practical little guides like how to freeze a batch of beef stew for later. Nothing complicated. Just good, useful know-how to help you stock your larder well stocked. I’ve got your back- It’s all here!

    a beef cheek sprinkled with sea salt flakes, sits in a chopping board ready for cooking

    What Are Beef Cheeks? (And How To Cook Them!)

    Two hands holding a glass jar with sourdough starter in it

    How to make a sourdough bread starter

    An abundance of dehydrated citrus slices in all different colors.

    How To Dehydrate Citrus (Dried Limes, Lemons, Orange Slices)

    a mortar and pestle full of homemade greek spice rub on a marble bench

    Homemade Greek Seasoning Blend

    a cheese board full of cheese, crackers, fruit, breadsticks

    How to create a cracking cheeseboard

    sour cream pastry tartlette shells ready for baking

    Easy Sour Cream Shortcrust Pastry (Pie Crust)

    two hands holding a few bulbs of garlic

    Why every cook should try growing your own garlic (and how to do it)

    A dark wooden table is set with an arrangement of jars. There is a green fruitbowl with red apples, and a small pumpkin beside it

    How to dehydrate Autumnal fruits