I love a new project and my latest adventure is to grow the maximum number of edible flowers I can this year.  Things started in earnest yesterday with the delivery of my wild flower seeds ordered from sararaven.com.  An enticing package was eagerly torn open and out spilled an array of coloured coded seed packets and a really useful leaflet – “how to sow your seeds”.  Game on.

We enjoy making interesting food from local ingredients – this way we believe it tastes better and helps to feed the soul!  To conincide with this years National Farmhouse Breakfast Week we are launching a new Breakfast Meal Deal.  As well as a great value highly nutritious breakfast we are offering a range of free dishes for you to add.

Hidden Gems.  Sheffield has an array of fantastic local food producers who are working away from the mainstream mediocrity of Supermarket Britain to produce real food.  We feel it is important that the flavour, health and environmental benefits are shared with a wider audience which is why we are putting the spotlight on a different producer each day.  Todays producer is Sheffield Honey – taste the product in our Apple and Rye Cake and cinder toffee or browse the shop for honeylicious Christmas  gift ideas http://tinyurl.com/cjvwlax

It’s true that the summer has been nothing to write home about – at least if you are a sun worshiper penning a postcard from Sheffield.  Nature though is a resilient thing and despite the rain badly affecting some mainstream crops there is still an abundance of foraging opportunities out there in Sheffield’s wild hinterlands.  So why not get out for a walk with a focus and pick up snack on the way?  In this and forthcoming pieces I am looking at the best seasonally available wild foods and finding exciting ways to prepare and preserve them for eating enjoyment into the winter.

In this post you will find a super pork loin recipe, recommended eats for peak nutritional performance for each meal of the day and a nutritional bombshell regarding the dangers of vegetable oil!  But first do we really have two brains?

We prepare delicious hot specials daily at 249 Glossop Road (West Street).   Why not come down between noon and 4pm one day soon and quote @SheffieldFood for a FREE hot drink. (offer valid until end Feb 2012).

Not that I am bitter but Tesco’s recent loss of £5 billion in their share price in one day gave me some cause for cheer.  But just a bit.

Why so?  Well it indicates that people are exploring alternatives to this one stop monolith and choice is good.  Choice keeps the retailers keen and ensures that competition exists in the market place.

We want to promote the choice of the best local food made with care and designed to excite and stimulate.