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July 4, 2019
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Recipes and tips for a perfect summer picnic

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WILLIAM GLEAVE @ SARGASSO I was invited to an inc WILLIAM GLEAVE @ SARGASSO 
I was invited to an incredibly special lunch last week @sargasso.bar to sample the new menu from chef @williamgleave who is now heading up the seaside kitchen in Margate. Having been ensconced in the East London food scene while William was cooking and creating menus at the likes of the iconic P Franco, Bright and Peg, it is such a joy to now have him as a neighbour, cooking super memorable, Mediterranean-inflected dishes that stay true to the flavour-forward sourcing values and exceptional quality of Sargasso and Brawn. It felt amazing to be sitting next to the sea and feasting on a heavily seafood focused menu that included mussels served cold and cloaked in a silky, n’duja and paprika sauce, sprinkled with wild fennel pollen; sparkling soused mackerel toast; salt cod salad with thumb-sized Sicilan capers, tomatoes and gremolata, and scallops grilled in their shells with wild garlic butter. I loved the meaty tranche of turbot with its sticky pil pil glaze of concentrated fish stock with lemon. There was asparagus from Sevenscore (the same farm we used for our wedding asparagus!) with anchovy and rosemary butter; and juicy white asparagus with aioli, and we couldn’t resist the fried squid sandwich with its sweet, squishy brioche bun and pickled chilli skewer. Basically, it was all knock-out, and punctuated by glasses of very uplifting and thoughtfully sourced natural wines, like the beautiful unfiltered Partida Creus — an organic, biodynamic beauty from Spain. Definitely one for your hit list, and I’ll be back very soon for a squid sandwich and a glass of something unmentionably delicious and unique! Thank you @alicemarygrier @williamgleave @sargasso.bar and lovely to see @lauraroweeats @edcumming @jackostanley
FRANKLY FANTASTIC PESTO FOCACCIA Sharing my favour FRANKLY FANTASTIC PESTO FOCACCIA
Sharing my favourite focaccia recipe today on the newsletter. It’s a pesto focaccia and it’s begging to be baked this weekend and packed into your picnic bag. Or cut up, drizzled with oil and served on the table at your next spring gathering. Or kept all to yourself and filled with all manner of delicious things, oozing milky cheese, cured meats, chargrilled veg. A really fun one to make with little hands to help, too. 
#focaccia #pestofocaccia
Utterly delicious night last night @the_merman_uk Utterly delicious night last night @the_merman_uk ‘Shell Garage: Weigh and Pay’ pop up at our beloved local fishmonger @jenkinsandsonfishandgame. Negroni oysters kicked off proceedings, then we ordered platters of sparkling fresh shellfish which were cooked perfectly with our choice of special flavour bomb butters (wild garlic and espelette pepper) eaten alongside the crab meat and green sauce fries. Sweet, giant nutty red prawns with charred crispy skins and wedges of lemon were an absolute highlight. If you’re in or visiting Deal, check out the rest of the dates for this limited run, really fun and spoiling for seafood lovers.
ASPARAGUS FONDUTA The season is here. Well, it te ASPARAGUS FONDUTA 
The season is here. Well, it technically starts on Monday (St George’s Day here in the UK) but already the green grocers have been selling freshly cut, local spears for weeks, and they’re fatter and juicer than I’ve known them for years. Inspired by a delicious dish eaten a few weeks ago @thelavery and developed my own recipe for asparagus with a silken, sharp cheddar fonduta. It shares a lot in common with a hollandaise in texture but is richer and cheesier and really rather wonderful with new season asparagus. It’s excellent draped with some sour pink pickled onions too. I’ve shared my recipe at the end of my most recent newsletter, and I’m keeping the paywall off for a while so you can go forth and fonduta. Link in stories and bio. Enjoy x
Full of the joys. Never not grateful for long week Full of the joys. Never not grateful for long weekends and bonus time with my precious crew. ❤️🙏🏻 Lush weekend of family time, feasting, and a special day today. Some delicious highlights… 
*Felt cute in my new glasses. So pleased to have gone back to my natural blond (with a little balayage woven in about four months ago) — my hair feels all the better for it 
*Easter bonnet and amazing chocolate swag from @fortnums {gift} 
*Two beautiful boys. Not sure this bunny was feeling those ears but couldn’t resist. 
*my ❤️❤️❤️❤️s
*decorating sweet little terracotta pots @updownfarmhouse_’s lovely little Easter party for kids 
*a glass of my fave Malibran cloudy Prosecco and the house made hot cross buns at Updown 
*tulip goals 
*buckwheat galettes with veg ragout, spinach, ham and cheese, the perfect counter to all that choc — kids love them. Foolproof recipe in the newsletter archive 
*Tanca Ells Ulls — beautiful Spanish Malvasia I can’t get enough of right now 
*incredible Welsh lamb from @butcherybocs for Easter Sunday 
*beach funtimes 
*running free 
*bit windy 
*flowering sea kale 
*wisteria hysteria 
*freshly cut local Kent asparagus from @themerchantofrelish 
*cockles from @jenkinsandsonfishandgame 
*mum’s garden clematis
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