Honey: Recipes From a Beekeeper's Kitchen

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Amy Newsome is a cook, gardener and beekeeper - and this is her homage to honey and its deliciously distinct varietals from around the globe. Marvel at the floral intricacies of honey's terroir and all its wonderful flavours, before getting stuck in with 80 sweet and savoury recipes that celebrate the magic of cooking with honey; from honey ferments, fancy fritto misto and honeyed chipotle lamb tacos, to saffron & apricot honey buns, eucalyptus honey granita and a bergamot bee's knees to wash everything down. Covering the beekeeper's year and how honey is made, you will journey through the changing seasons, take a peak inside the hive and discover just how to create the perfect bee-friendly garden. This cookbook is an incredibly thoughtful collection of recipes and stories that offers an inspiring glimpse into the craft of beekeeping and the remarkable world of the honeybee, confirming why and how we should be treating honey with the respect it deserves.

Amy Newsome is a cook, gardener, garden designer and beekeeper based in London, UK. She has grown vegetables for Raymond Blanc, organic grower Anna Greenland and trained at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, and most recently was the head gardener at The Garden Cobham. She has also worked with prison reform charity Food Behind Bars, helping to bring bees and kitchen gardening into prisons. She has written for multiple publications, including Bloom magazine, on subjects such as single-origin honey and cooking over fire.