With thanks to Quadrille Books, we have a copy of ABUNDANCE by @markdiacono.bsky.social to give away with one of our 10” frying pans. Follow us, share this post and then find entry details here www.netherton-foundry.co.uk/competitions

Celery tarragon pesto, spiced olive oil cake . . . Enjoying cooking from and reading @markdiacono.bsky.social's warm-hearted new cookbook Abundance.

Definitely one to get. Mark's writing is excellent @markdiacono.bsky.social

And a very special #CookbookCorner shoutout to Abundance: Eating and Living with the Seasons by @markdiacono.bsky.social, a joy from cover to cover!

This week’s Guest Recipe from the #CookbookCorner archive is Passion Fruit, Grapefruit and Pomegranate Ceviche, from Sour: The Magical Element That Will Transform Your Cooking by Mark Diacono @markdiacono.bsky.social: www.nigella.com/recipes/gues...

Abundance We've been lucky enough to receive an early copy of this wonderful book, which we will be discussing with author @markdiacono.bsky.social at @ludlowfood in September. A review will be coming, but in the meantime why not pre-order your own copy? Come to Ludlow to hear us in conversation.

It’s been a berry good summer so far. And our gooseberries have been glorious, check out our versions of @nigelslater.bsky.social Observer midweek recipe for gooseberry almond pudding and @markdiacono.bsky.social oat & gooseberry cake from his book, SOUR

We grew the blackcurrants, the first year we have gathered more than a handful; we made the cake tin, we baked the cake but the recipe for this stunning blackcurrant yogurt cake is from SOUR, by @markdiacono.bsky.social

We may be contemplating salads, but there is still the temptation to turn on the oven to bake a cake. Stone fruits and berries abound and lift summer bakes to dizzying heights. Gooseberry cake from @markdiacono.bsky.social SOUR, 2 more recipes here www.netherton-foundry.co.uk/recipes/cake...

Well, there's my week made

Next time you’re looking for a gift for someone (including yourself) this is now a great resource of creative people. Bookmark it and keep adding to the replies.

Started a @markdiacono.bsky.social recipe, but had to sub buckwheat as we had no barley. Fruit salad for pud

An alcoholic salad dressing, one of the food books of the year, a 4 hour playlist of weathery delights, getting your book proposal right...and more. I hope you enjoy it markdiacono.substack.com/p/compendium...

Armchair critics If you like my cartoons I can draw one for you for a very reasonable fee. They're not prints, I draw each one to order. Which is nice. www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...

Fancy a tasty leek recipe featuring lemon thyme? Try this gorgeous lemon thyme and leek tart recipe by @markdiacono.bsky.social from his book Herb: www.kaveyeats.com/lemon-thyme-... #foodsky #recipe #vegetarian

Am thrilled to say that I’ll be writing a monthly column on the Scribehound food platform along with 29 other food writers who have complete freedom to write anything they want about food. Get an article in your inbox everyday for just £1 for the first month. join.scribehound.com/food?ref=sha...

It’s unremittingly grey and cold and dank (in London at least). So here’s a thought to keep you going. In about three or four weeks, the first sand martins will be arriving from Africa. Twelve centimetres long, they’ll have made a journey of up to about 9,000 kilometres. Ridiculous.

For anyone in the Chorleywood area, this is happening soon. Would love to see some of you there.

In the @thetimes.com Table Talk section , we're delighted to see that @markdiacono.bsky.social chipotle mac'n'cheese, has been cooked in a 10” prospector pan, which can be taken straight to the table for eager & greedy assault by sunshine starved diners. www.netherton-foundry.co.uk/Sunday-Tmes-...

Henry Winkler looks back fonzly to his hey days.

I hand draw all my cartoons to order, so if you have a friend who loves crochet or an enemy who loathes it, this could be the perfect gift. www.worldofmoose.com/products/cro...

This week, my Food FM Radio A Slice of Cheese podcast looks at comfort cheese cooking- the perfect topic for gloomy winter days. Three wonderful guests- chef Verena Lochmuller, food writers @markdiacono.bsky.social and @domenicacooks.bsky.social share their thoughts! foodfmradio.com/programmes/a...

A festive favourite for #kaveyeats recipe advent day 8: @markdiacono.bsky.social 's Lebkuchen - beautifully spiced biscuits (cookies) from his book Spice: A Cook’s Companion. www.kaveyeats.com/lebkuchen #food #recipe #biscuit #cookie #german

A small series of inducements to encourage you to become a subscriber, but with many excellent recipes and the best Christmas playlist, so yknow, swings and roundabouts markdiacono.substack.com/p/compendium...

2 places left. If you are hesitant, remember we are on a rock spinning through space & the temporarily agglomerated atoms known as ‘you’ will soon be worm food - there’s really no point in using these short years being your own handbrake. Need instalments?Email me www.otterfarm.co.uk/product/food...

Fans of Cocteau Twins might be interested to know that Lincoln Fong, their sound engineer, is posting unheard concert mixing desk recordings every day until Christmas Eve. Quite the treat. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYX7...

A morning hello from someone apparently timeless, and a recipe for a very fine festive drink. I hope you enjoy it open.substack.com/pub/markdiac...

People often say, Oh, I've got one of your cartoon prints on my wall! I feel I should point out that they are not prints. I draw each one individually. I'm not sure if this is because people are using the word 'print' interchangeably with 'piece of work' now. Anyway, I draw each one.

I wrote a thing about absolutely disgusting things that no-one should ever grow and referenced The Fall, and Brix Smith - their guitarist during what to my mind is their peak era - commented on Instagram and my day has been made www.scribehound.com/gardening/ed...

This, by @markdiacono.bsky.social, is (as always) excellent. The line about carrot tops made me punch the air, and tomorrow I harvest tomato leaves. open.substack.com/pub/markdiac...

A seriously great book to read or to cook from

My new cookbook roundup! topographickitchens.substack.com/p/books-i-am...

Another amazing book @markdiacono.bsky.social- the Ray Davies of food writing. This one is vegetarian. My copy is a gift hence the Ludlow Distillery gin and Otter Farm seeds but you should know by now how much I admire Mark's writing, recipes, aesthetics and personal values.

I have a nice new book published in fortnight and to celebrate I'm having a bit of a virtual shindig* with the truly magnificent Itamar Srulovich and I would love it if you fancied joining us markdiacono.substack.com/p/my-new-boo... *we'll chat about the book + more and raise a glass or two

A recipe that's perfect for these few weeks, Chuck Berry a semi-detached dad and a few quid saved I hope you enjoy it markdiacono.substack.com/p/globe-arti...

Picking elderflower as the storm rises, with three recipes including a stupendous elderflower martini markdiacono.substack.com/p/elderflowe...

For paid subscribers: a review of Özlem Warren's 'Sebze', her new Turkish vegetarian cookbook.

The paperback and audiobook of Taking Flight come out on 16th May. Buying options here. linktr.ee/levparikian

I'm delighted to be shortlisted in the hugely prestigious @Fortnums Food & Drink Awards - in the Food Writer category - for ABUNDANCE, the book I am writing live, in weekly instalments. It is a huge deal and for a Substack to make it is really something markdiacono.substack.com/p/fortnum-an...

ABUNDANCE 24: Alexanders, ice cream, Sideshow Bob and Spirit of Eden. The latest instalment of the book I'm writing live, with an excellent recipe. No subscription required to read it tho please sign up if you'd like instalments to arrive in your inbox markdiacono.substack.com/p/abundance-...

ABUNDANCE 23: Wild garlic, big toenails, green goddess and Paul Weller. The latest instalment of the book I'm writing live is online. I hope you enjoy it markdiacono.substack.com/p/abundance-...

Abundance 22: the latest instalment of the book I'm writing live...including Blackbirds, Gazza, Boulangère and 8217 Lookout Mountain I hope you enjoy it markdiacono.substack.com/p/abundance-...

ABUNDANCE 21: Cookies, PJ Harvey, Blue Ribands and The Big Match The latest instalment of the book I'm writing live. I hope you enjoy it markdiacono.substack.com/p/abundance-...

Perfect piccalilli from the excellent Sour by @markdiacono.bsky.social

The latest instalment of the book I'm writing live - ABUNDANCE: Numerous willies, Dick Whittington, hazelnut butter and Stevie Nicks. markdiacono.substack.com/p/abundance-... Free to sign up and have it arrive in your inbox if you fancy - it would be excellent to have your company

Yesterday the sun shone, I ate rhubarb in my new favourite way, I bumped into excellent people and today is just fine being grey markdiacono.substack.com/p/abundance-...

If you have aspirations to write a food, gardening, lifestyle, nature etc book, or are already published but perhaps finding it hard to either develop an idea or convince a publisher of it, you may find this useful and interesting markdiacono.substack.com/p/gatherings

An excellent way to spend your time (and money)

You will be shocked, shocked to hear that the Met police were unforgivably lax in investigating the death of a 19yo boy — which the New Yorker has done instead www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...