Mortimer’s Hot Chocolate is seriously chocolately without being too sweet. It’s easy to use, while being indulgent, rich and smooth: perfect after a cool autumn walk. Adrian Smith has spent his career in chocolate, and has sourced, blended and created chocolate powders for hot chocolate and baking. “My Chocolate is … Read More
We have developed some incredible sausage rolls, with my favourite being BBQ Pork that uses Scott’s free range, Sussex pork shoulder, cooked over charcoal for 18 hours, before being pulled, combined with a BBQ sauce and combined with onion and coriander and folded into homemade pastry. This is then topped … Read More
This is a pretty broad topic, so I’ll start narrowing it down immediately. We’re at a crossroads with farming and Brexit, with our politicians on the verge of deciding the future of our countryside, farming and food production. We have all read the headlines about free trade with America and … Read More
Pulled Pork is easy to prepare at home, it’s great if you have a BBQ that can slow cook, but it’s easy to do in your slow cooker or oven as well. The trick is good quality pork, (Scott’s Free Range from the South Downs) and ideally rare breed pork … Read More
Ben has been delivering his fantastic Alstroemeria to the shop for the last three and a half years, providing colour all year round. He has just been nominated as the BFA (British Florist Association) GROWER OF THE YEAR!! Now he needs our Vote to make sure he wins. As Ben … Read More
The English fruit season has started and we have a great selection of strawberries and raspberries from Chichester and the New Forest. The smell of fresh strawberries coming off these punnets is fantastic, just in time for the Bank Holiday. Add some meringues and lashings of cream, dunk them in … Read More
We are now getting our heritage tomatoes direct from The Tomato Stall on the Isle of Wight, with their huge variety of glorious, flavour packed heritage tomatoes in red, green and orange hues. Not only that, but they also grow Padron Peppers, which you cook in olive oil until soft … Read More
We are seriously looking forward to welcoming The Portsmouth Distillery Company, on Saturday for a tasting of their outstanding rums, gin and cider. For the team behind the Portsmouth Distillery Company, the principal driver for embarking on this project is rum. However, they are passionate about the artisan spirit movement … Read More
The hot Easter weather has brought out the Asparagus – which is delivered to our door directly from Pete and Sophie’s farm near Rogate. English asparagus is hard to beat, delicious raw, steamed, boiled or grilled (try it on the BBQ). It’s superb on it’s own, (a simple lunch with … Read More
Squires Heritage Baking Collection is a new addition to our shelves, but gives you an opportunity to take your baking to a new level. They have a superb range of icing, meringue and ganache mixes using the highest quality ingredients. They are based in Farnham and they have a huge … Read More
We are thrilled to have Northney Farm’s fresh milk available to buy from a dispenser by the litre, so you can either bring in your own bottle, or invest in one of our glass milk bottles that you can re-use, saving on plastic packaging. Available by the litre, the milk … Read More
We are excited to be adding to our stable of Sussex and Hampshire beers with 3 different cans from the Kiln Brewery in Sussex. They have taken beer styles from all around the world and added a twist. The aim is to create beers with bags of flavour and drinkability. … Read More