Kitchen & Food
Beef Carbonnade: Flemish Beef and Beer Stew
Beef carbonnade, the Flemish beef and beer stew: beef braised with slow-cooked onions and malty ale, thickened the traditional way with mustard bread.
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Kitchen & Food
What to Cook in Autumn: Seasonal Recipes for September to November
Autumn is one of the great cooking seasons — squash, root vegetables, apples, and game all at their peak. Here's what to cook as the nights draw in.
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Autumn Garden
Garlic Planting UK: The October Job Worth Doing Every Year
Planting garlic in October is one of the most rewarding allotment jobs. UK guide to varieties, planting depth, spacing and harvesting.
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Gareth Isherwood
Editor & Founder · East Sussex
I’m the editor of Danbury & Lovejoy, in East Sussex. I’ve baked bread at home for 25+ years, and have 15 years of growing experience across gardens, containers and other growing spaces, including an East Sussex allotment for the past three years. I started this site because I couldn’t find UK slow-living content that was both practical and honest — everything was either too glossy or too preachy.
- 15 years growing food — the last three on an East Sussex allotment, on chalk
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- No sponsored rankings, no paid placements