Much has happened in the last two years: teaching, working with contract caterers to make their menus more sustainable, trying to keep up with social media and not least, ta da, writing my latest book:

A Good Appetite: Eating for Planet, Body and Soul

As well as plenty of really versatile recipes that you can adapt to suit the season, your larder or pocket, there are bite-sized info’ pages to highlight the need for change with simple and rewarding ways to take action.

Of course, pulses and grains pay a pivotal role, more plant-centric eating, less meat ( better meat), reducing dairy and fish, whilst absolutely celebrating and stretching it when you do indulge.

Ways of creating new habits and embracing new flavours, so that you’re crowding your plate with all the good stuff, with absolutely no sense of deprivation.

Cooking from scratch is key, and that can often be super-simple, to avoiding the ultra processed foods, that are not only trashing our own health but the environment too.

If you’re looking for a way to enjoy the fabulous English asparagus that’s in season right now, here’s a simple recipe from the book. Of course both the Socca and the cannellini cream can be eaten with loads of other things too. How about a pile of really good, ripe tomatoes, balsamic, olive oil and sprinkling of dried seaweed?

So enjoying sharing the book with you all – I kicked off in two wonderful local bookshops: Heron Books in Bristol and Topping and Co in Bath

I’d love to see you at upcoming demos and talks, here’s where and when:

Saturday 3rd June – The Big Retreat Festival, Pembrokeshire

Saturday 10th June – Speaking on a panel about the True Cost of Food, Planted Country, Stourhead

Friday 23rd June – Hosting a Supper Club celebrating Hodmedod’s Pulses and Grains at Fortnum and Mason’s Food and Drink Studio – A few tickets still available.

Sunday 16th July – The ALSO Festival, Warwickshire

Saturday 23rd July – Clifton Food Festival – more details coming

8th – 10th September – Ludlow Food Festival

10th November – Clifton Literary Festival – more details to follow.