‘Brexit’, the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union, enables us to look afresh at the question of British jam standards, without being disturbed by the fear of European over-regulation. In Part 1, we look at the ‘jam wars’ that took place in the country in 2013.
Thousands of fruit trees grow in historical Prague, in various spaces accessible to the public.
When I visited a retired primary school teacher passionate about pear trees last week, I didn’t expect to find a hundred fruit trees so high up in the hills, on the remains of the largest volcano in Europe.
Chaplin’s World museum, set in the Swiss house where the artist spent the last 25 years of his life, opened on 16 April in Corsier sur Vevey. To me the stars of the day were not only the movie stars, but also the fruit trees in and outside the Manoir de Ban’s park. Continue reading
The medlar is a forgotten fruit that attracted a lot of interest from the Londoners I met. Here is the story of my London medlars experience and of what happened afterwards.
A conversation at the local market, a professional relationship which turned into friendship and the will to use rather than waste made the story of this jam.
Les Jardins d'ici 