Harbour & Jones

H&J Orchard Springs into Life

admin — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:03:56 +0000

The Harbour & Jones orchard, planted in February 2013, is springing into life in Somerset, with the first buds just showing. This year the season has been delayed because of the cold weather, but what this means is that everything [...]

Tales from the H&J bee hive

admin — Tue, 07 May 2013 09:50:48 +0000

Guest article from our resident beekeeper and H&J chef, Martin Rookard, who makes our Little Hyde Farm honey…

This weekend I’ve been inspecting the H&J bees and their hives, making sure they [...]

H&J make cake awards shortlist

admin — Thu, 02 May 2013 07:39:31 +0000

We were delighted to find out yesterday that we’ve been shortlisted for the Bakery Shop Cake award at this year’s Cake Awards. We’ve made it to the final with 20 of [...]

Bishop’s Palace community garden puts a ‘spring’ in the step

admin — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:03:31 +0000

In a peaceful corner of the grounds, watched over by the impressive Wells cathedral, the charming community gardens have come a long way in the last year thanks to the passion [...]

Pease pudding hot, pease pudding cold…

admin — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:58:34 +0000

Celebrate St George’s Day with this traditional British dish. As referred to in the well know nursery rhyme pease pudding, our dish can also be eaten hot or cold.

Pease [...]

H&J dream team going for gold

admin — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:57:16 +0000

Once again, H&J are getting their trunks on to save the Asian Elephant by swimming the Serpentine for a charity called Elephant Family.

Big things are expected of the relay team this year, who are more than up for the challenge [...]

Little piggies come to dinner

admin — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 08:12:54 +0000

During March we used the most traceable pork possible. Heading to Ashby’s Butchers, owner Jon Ashby took our chefs back to the chopping blocks, showing them exactly how to deconstruct a [...]

The best Sara Lee in the business

admin — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 08:07:51 +0000

Critiquing her latest experiment, resembling an apple turnover but with a layer of cream cheese, Sara Lee cuts into the flaky pastry to sample.

“Not enough cream cheese, I don’t think the [...]

Cake of the month: Chocolate salted caramel cake

admin — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:23:08 +0000

Even the mention of its mere name ‘chocolate salted caramel cake’ is enough to start your mouth watering.

Potentially the most gloriously gooey cake we have every sampled, this recipe has been getting the thumbs up across all of our sites.

Incredibly [...]

Who nose? It could be you…

admin — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:43:43 +0000

We’ve teamed up with the generous crew at Cutty Sark to raise funds for Comic Relief by bringing our customers a special Red Nose Day competition.

Running across our sites on 15 [...]