Kitchen
What the ridge gives up in October
Late figs, the last of the tomatoes, and the first proper rain. A fortnight of menu changes, explained.
Kitchen
Kitchen
Walks
The dawn walk, route by route
Fourteen marked paths leave from the gate. Which one to take, on which morning, and why.
Cellar
Why we buy almost nothing from abroad
Four hundred labels inside a two-hour drive. A short argument for drinking where you are standing.
The House
Forty years of the same water
What the county tests every month, what the numbers mean, and why we've never treated the spring.
Walks
Reading the weather from the terrace
Marine layer, sundowner wind, and the four signs that tomorrow's traverse is worth the early start.
Kitchen
Why there is no printed menu
Marcus on cooking without a carte, and what happens when the market run comes back half empty.
The House
The case against piped music
Fifty years without a speaker in a public room, and the one week in 1998 when we tried it.
Walks
Winter is the better season here
Colder water, clearer air, empty paths, and rates a third lower. An argument for coming in February.
The House
Rebuilding a room without changing it
Six weeks of work on the Ridge Kings, and the rule we set ourselves before anyone picked up a tool.