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Welcome to The Life Larder! This weekly newsletter serves up a bite-sized menu of stories and ideas about making food that’s not only delicious but also healthy and sustainable.

Each issue is packed with inspiring articles, flavourful ideas, and voices from across the vibrant food world. Think of me as your friendly guide, helping you create meals that nourish your body, delight your taste buds, and care for our planet. Treat this newsletter like a personal larder—always stocked with something you’ll love.

I’ve spent half of this week in Yorkshire and half in London; I can confirm that the sun has been just as joyful in both locations. With the first real feel of Spring in the air, buds beginning to burst and birds chattering earlier it feels fitting to share March’s best produce; a signal that lighter foods, as well as lighter days are on the way.

Bites

The most enjoyable food stories and insights that I’ve read this week

• Regenerative farming & food - what does it mean?

• Do we need peat to grow? 

• A leek tart I can’t wait to make.

Main Menu

Stories and insights from experts and yours truly

Eat our Seasons: March's Best Produce

The arrival of Spring, and with it a burst of food colour.

March finally marks the transition from winter to spring with the Spring Equinox on March 20th, and with it comes a burst of new flavours. Eating seasonally means better taste, a smaller environmental impact, and supporting local growers (though blood oranges and radicchio we find a little further afield in the EU) – a win all around. As the days slowly lengthen and finally feel brighter, we get a mix of hearty roots and the first vibrant greens, bringing variety and freshness back to our kitchens.

Here’s what’s at its best this month, and some simple ways to cook with it.

Wild garlic & Watercress Pesto

A sauce to eat with everything.

She’s here! Wild garlic, like it’s bulbous cousin is incredibly anti-inflammatory and great for calming an overworked body. Paired here with watercress, a bitter leaf that helps to stimulate digestion, this pesto is a great tonic for gently removing toxins from the body.