FROM FIELD TO PLATE
Bee Bovvered
20% OFF BUILD AND BAKE COURSE AT RIVER COTTAGE HQ
The wood fired oven has become an integral part of the River Cottage kitchen. It’s not just used for baking artisan breads, but also for roasting meat and grilling fish.
This course is all about the title. After a tractor ride down to the fantastic setting of River Cottage HQ you will meet tutor Steve Lamb for a hands on day of building and baking! Be prepared to work hard with this very interactive course, as you dig the mud, mould the clay, and knead the dough. Throughout the day you will make bread, pizza, construct your own oven using the right ratios and even learn where to source clay in the natural environment. To top this off you’ll have a sumptuous lunch including your homemade pizzas and local seasonal fare prepared by the River Cottage team!
At the end of the day you’ll be able to marvel at all the individually
created loaves before heading up the hill with your own still-warm creation!
This course is run from River Cottage HQ on the Dorset/Devon
borders. For further information on the course and other cookery courses
www.rivercottage.net
The course is normally £180 per person but for a limited time
FOODLOVER readers can exclusively enjoy a 20% discount on Build and Bake courses at River Cottage HQ for the following dates.
22/03/2013 21/04/2013 28/04/2013 10/05/2013
This will reduce the course to £144 per person. Quote or use discount code WESTFOODLOVERS20%BB online or call 01297 630323
TERMS AND CONDITIONS: This offer is exclusive to West Country FOODLOVER magazine readers only and can only be used on the Build and Bake course. This offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other offers or discounts. The discount is subject to availability and valid only on the above Build and Bake course dates. For full terms and conditions see
http://www.rivercottage.net/terms/
BY TAMMY MOLESWORTH
This morning’s doodle strut has cheered me up no end. In fact, if truth be known, I’m feeling a bit Fotherington-Tomas and I’m skipping like a girlie. “Hullo birds, hullo sky, hullo clouds”!
No, I haven’t won the Mrs Joyful Prize for raffia work. It’s just because I saw the sun today and that, as any fule kno, means spring is coming. I saw a primrose in the hedgerow, a bouquet of pheasants in a field and a lone bee. Well, bees and me have a history. Perhaps because of this history, we’re soon to have a future together, too. I already have an Apis Mellifera keeper’s hoodie, a smoker of the hand-held variety and a scraper. I’m not sure at what point the bees got under my skin.
There was the occasion when I was living in Kenya that a swarm of African honey bees took up residence in an old oil drum. Picture this: Captain of the Competitive Mothers’ Club, a very small, vaguely reluctant pony and a wellington boot-clad, annoying little tick bearing down on a jump and incurring four faults. A bucking pony, bloody-minded bees and an empty saddle save for a pair of wellies whizzed round the paddock. Back in England’s green and pleasant land a fairly
sizeable little tick still has bee itch. Through the Devon Association of Smallholders, we enrolled on a beginner’s guide to bee keeping course with Ray King of Okehampton. And now we’re in a bee syndicate with some townies.
They’ve invested heavily (£250) in our enterprise, Bee Bovvered. Only we don’t have any bees yet. When we last saw them, there were distinct rumblings about changing the trading name to Can’t Bee Bovvered. To be fair to us, last year wasn’t a good one for bees. Their existence is threatened by varroa mites, plus the wet summer proved disastrous, so we were advised to buzz off and try again this year. But that lone bee this morning reminded me that in three or four week’s time, I’m going to meet our actual bees, currently in the custody of a lovely lady called Rose, in Launceston. Which is rather apt, isn’t it?
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