Delicious UK - (01)January 2020

COOK FROM

A NEW BOOK

Thistriooftitles will

inspireyouto turn over

afinthe kitchen

IENT

T,

CIPES

ing

or

o eat more plant-

ealsin 2020, the latest

cookschool teacher

andfoodwriter Katy Beskow is

a good starting point. The

recipes are refreshingly simple,

largely free of specialist vegan

ingredients, designed with

after-work speediness in mind

• and budget-conscious.
  Quadrille £

KEEPING IT

SIMPLE: EASY

WEEKNIGHT

ONE-POT RECIPES

With chapter

titles such as

‘Bright dishes for cold days’,

‘Oven to table’ and ‘Look more

impressive than they are’,

the debut book from New

York-based food writer

Yasmin Fahr has ‘the right

start to the new year’ written

all over it. Her dishes are

quick to put together and

packintheflavour.

HardieGrant£16.99;out9 Jan

EATGREEN:

EVERYDAY

FLEXITARIAN

RECIPES

Continuingthe

themeofeasing

intothenewyearwitha

minimumoffussandbother,

MelissaHemsley’snewest

bookisallaboutsimple

recipesandcleveringredient

swapstoconvertmeat/

fish-basedrecipesintoveggie/

veganonesandviceversa.

Ebury£22;out9 Jan→

EXPAND YOUR HORIZONS AND GO A-WASSAILING
The Anglo-Saxon ritual of wassailing – toasting one’s good health with
a giant bowl of spiced, steaming drink – is historically practised on
Twelfth Night (5 January) or Old Twelfth Night (‘old twelvey’ on 17 January,
for traditionalists who prefer to use the pre-Gregorian calendar date). It’s
the basis for modern carolling: the well-wishing wassailers go door-to-door
singing while, in rural areas, revellers gather in orchards to bless the trees
for the year to come and drive out pesky evil spirits.
The practice is still popular in cider-producing regions, and Somerset’s
Avalon Orchard, in the shadow of Glastonbury Tor (below), will host a family
wassail day on Saturday 18 January featuring storytellers and plenty of local
cider – see nationaltrust.org.uk/glastonbury-tor. Find an event near you, or
host one in your own back garden – mulled cider essential.

Learn about the

magic of mushrooms

A surprising new

exhibitionatLondon’s

SomersetHousecelebrates

theculturallegacyof

ourfavouritefunghi.

Spanningart,designand

architecture,it features

mushroom inspired

paintingsandshoe

sculptures(left)and

exploresthefunghi’s

groundbreakingpotential

asindustrialinsulation.

Mushrooms:TheArt,

Design&FutureofFunghi,

31 Janto 26 Apr,free;

somersethouse.org.uk

inspirensp y

a neewlea

basedme

PHOTOGRAPHS: BEN COWLIN, ISTOCK/

GETTY IMAGES. MUSHROOM ILLUSTRATION:

BEATRIX POTTER. INSET: “M

YCOSCHOEN” BY KRISTEL PETERS

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