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Eat the seasons
May is my favourite month of the year. The trees are full of blossom, verges froth with cow parsley and the kitchen garden enters a season of abundance.
Here at The Hungry Botanist we’re passionate about celebrating the very best of the season so here’s your monthly round-up of what to harvest and eat now.
in the kitchen
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The Blushing Owl
In just a few days time it will be the Malton Food Lover’s Festival; a three day event that sees producers and patrons filling the streets of this pretty Georgian market town to celebrate fine food and drink from around the country. Over the last few years I’ve watched as this annual event has helped…
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Lilac Cordial
So unassuming for most of the year, lilac trees bursts into floriferous brilliance for the month of May, their branches bowed by the abundance of their flowers that tremble in the rough breezes of late Spring and fragrance the air with their sweet scent. I’ve been planning to create a recipe for a lilac cordial…
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes
I have to confess that in my pre-mamma days I wasn’t really a cupcake person but there’s something about that swirl that just drives my five year old wild, so I’ve adapted! I think in the past the major turn-off was simply the overwhelming sweetness of the cakes on offer, loaded with so much standard…
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Rhubarb & Strawberry Collins
If there’s one taste that epitomises the British summertime then it must be that of a perfectly ripe strawberry, bursting with sun-sweetened juice. Some of my earliest memories are of going strawberry picking at our local farm and of the sheer delight of finding the fruit, red and gleaming beneath trefoil leaves. We would fill…
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In the Garden
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Jobs for May
While May is my favourite month of the year it may also be the busiest! I’ve been ardently gardening for years now and yet the sudden vigour of the month always creeps up on me and I find myself rushing to prick out, pot on and plant out while trying to stay on top of…
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Eat the Seasons: May
While April gives us the first fresh tastes of Spring, May is when the vegetable garden gathers speed and there are new treats to harvest with each passing week. Here are some of our favourites to enjoy now. Vegetables Asparagus. Tossed in olive oil, lemon juice and Maldon salt and grilled in a searing hot…
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Beautiful Things to Pick and Arrange Now
From the garden Alliums As the narcissi begin to fade, the alliums reach their crescendo, bursting over the flower beds in drifts of purple and white and pink. I love the large globe varieties en masse in a tall vase – an explosion of floral fireworks that never fail to dazzle – but also their…
About Me
Hi, I’m Rebecca, founder of the hungry botanist
Thanks so much for visiting the site! I’m a gardener, artist, cook and mamma of two little people. I live with my family and a small menagerie in the beautiful Yorkshire countryside where I’m inspired by the shifting of the seasons to grow and create while connecting with the natural world.