Caroline Davey's Profile

Hooray I'm back and what a joy it is to eat Wild Food at the Gurnards Head!

It's been a long ole year and a half on maternity leave wiping bums, pureeing vegetables, playing blocks and getting up at all sorts of ungodly hours but i'm now back in the world of the living (sort of) and... Continue reading

Posted May 17, 2013 at Fat Hen

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Beware the Poisonous Autumn berries

One of the most unusual poisonous Autumn berries is the berry of the Spindle shrub (Euonymus europaeus). It is thought to be highly toxic though there don't appear to be many recorded incidents. The pink fruit capsules eventually split to... Continue reading

Posted Oct 17, 2011 at Fat Hen

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Lobster, seashore risotto & Ben Fogle

Have you ever dropped a live lobster into a pot of boiling water? Not something I had ever wanted or ever intend to do in my life. So, when I was asked to cook a wild foraged recipe with lobster... Continue reading

Posted Oct 3, 2011 at Fat Hen

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Pies for all seasons and other things

Pieminister, the posh pie folk from Bristol came down to stay here with us for a couple of days earlier this year to forage for their new cook book (A pie for all seasons) and to use our place as... Continue reading

Posted Sep 20, 2011 at Fat Hen

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Waitrose Photoshoot

Back at the end of May Waitrose came to take photos of me foraging and cooking for a photographic feature on people who work outside with food. It will be in the August edition of the Waitrose magazine. "It won't... Continue reading

Posted Jul 28, 2011 at Fat Hen

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People normally use glyphosate (Round Up) for spraying on knoweed. Good luck!

Commented May 12, 2011 on Countryfile Re-visited at Fat Hen

Countryfile Re-visited

Countryfile came down to film me again a couple of weeks ago. It was aired last Sunday 8th May. Follow this link for BBC I player to see the programme. It'll be on i player for another week and is... Continue reading

Posted May 10, 2011 at Fat Hen

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6 Course Wild Food Tasting Supper at Flinty Red

Just returned from Bristol last week after heading up there with a car full of freshly foraged ingredients for Flinty Red's Wild Food Tasting Supper. It's the second one we've done and was a roaring success. I did this supper... Continue reading

Posted May 10, 2011 at Fat Hen

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Come on a Wild Food Coastal Walk on Good Friday,...

Come on a Wild Food Coastal Walk on Good Friday, April 22nd 2011 from the Gurnards Head, with Caroline Davey Followed by a 3 Course Wild Lunch in the pub, cooked by head chef, Bruce Rennie featuring wild seasonal local... Continue reading

Posted Apr 20, 2011 at Fat Hen

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Pies, Pies & More Pies

Pieminister, purveyors of posh pies, came down to stay last week for a couple of days of pie making, pie eating, pie photographing and pie ingredient foraging for their new cookery book on pies. They've devised over 100 pie recipes... Continue reading

Posted Apr 11, 2011 at Fat Hen

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Inside Out, BBC1, 7.30pm Tonight

Last October I took Nick Baker, the naturalist, of 'The Really Wild Show' fame, foraging for a day which will be aired tonight on Inside Out. This is a regional BBC series, so you'll get to see it if you... Continue reading

Posted Feb 21, 2011 at Fat Hen

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Wild Cornish Tricolor Taglietelle

Pasta drying on my clothes drier I had a great day last Wednesday foraging with Ross Bruce, the head chef of the Felin Fach Griffen. We went to my usual haunts and foraged laver, sea beet, fool’s watercress, alexanders, black... Continue reading

Posted Feb 8, 2011 at Fat Hen

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Carnage on Boxing Day

On the approach to Christmas my wild food activities ground to a halt and the focus changed to festive merriment. We hunkered down next to the new wood burner, with food and family in excess, celebrating in traditional Christmas fashion.... Continue reading

Posted Jan 4, 2011 at Fat Hen

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Countryfile

Fat Hen is on Countryfile tonight. BBC1 6.30pm. I take a group of West Penwithians foraging with James Wong and we cook it all up back here. It should be an 8 minute film within today's Countryfile episode. X Continue reading

Posted Nov 21, 2010 at Fat Hen

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The Countryfile piece with me and James Wong has...

The Countryfile piece with me and James Wong has been postponed till another episode. It will not be on Sunday 31st but in the next few weeks. Will keep you posted on date. Continue reading

Posted Oct 30, 2010 at Fat Hen

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BBC News Story - excessive mushroom foraging

Whirlwind half term to Bristol.... loved it....great to leave the land of pasties and top up on a bit of diverse food and culture...wonderful dosas at the Thali cafe (twice), plates of gorgeousness at Flinty Red (Of course), tapas at... Continue reading

Posted Oct 27, 2010 at Fat Hen

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Countryfile & Other Autumnal Stuff

Wow. I've finally come to the end of the most manic work phase so far in the history of Fat Hen. It's been a fantastic Autumn with loads of interesting things happening. Food Fairs, Gourmet Weekends, Taster Days, Days for... Continue reading

Posted Oct 18, 2010 at Fat Hen

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Cornwall Food and Drink Festival

OMG - How scarey - I did my first public cooking demonstration at the Cornwall Food and Drink Festival in Truro on 25th September. I looked down at all the cooking kit I brought with me and wondered how on... Continue reading

Posted Oct 7, 2010 at Fat Hen

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A Most Peculiar Forage

Off we went this morning, baskets in hand, children in tow, down to the woods on a mushroom hunt. A perfect Sunday morning jaunt with the kids and their two friends Jacca and Rosie. Rope swings, fungi in abundance, a... Continue reading

Posted Oct 3, 2010 at Fat Hen

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My 100kg Sugar Mountain

Back in June I went full steam ahead into mass elderflower cordial production. This year's harvest was to be turned into 300 litres of cordial. I ordered 100kg of sugar, 5kg of citric acid, had an order for hundreds of... Continue reading

Posted Oct 1, 2010 at Fat Hen

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Saturday Telegraph

The Saturday Telegraph listed Fat Hen as number one in their list of the best holiday courses teaching sustainable living. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/picturegalleries/7590648/Ten-sustainable-living-holiday-courses.html Ten Sustainable Living Courses From making your own cheese, to shearing sheep and fly-fishing, we pick the best holidays... Continue reading

Posted Sep 28, 2010 at Fat Hen

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Japanese knotweed - the largest female clone in the world

I was just sent a link from the BBC online news: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/8162775.stm Jams and pie 'solution' for weed Only plants not controlled by herbicides should be used Harvesting and eating Japanese Knotweed could be the best biological way to control... Continue reading

Posted Sep 19, 2010 at Fat Hen

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Oh great, thanks Helen. I'll find out when it's on and get in touch!

Commented Sep 17, 2010 on Parasols a plenty and Valentine Warner at Fat Hen

Fat Hen's Gourmet Wild Food Weekend 11th-12th September

Once again the gods were looking after us last weekend. The weather forecast for last weekend was torrential, so when we had clear skies and baking hot sunshine we were pretty chuffed to say the least. Last week I foraged... Continue reading

Posted Sep 16, 2010 at Fat Hen

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Parasols a plenty and Valentine Warner

'Tis now the season for the parasol on the West Cornish coastline... perched just above the rough unimproved coastal grassland, they are there for the picking... 'Twas luck for me they were sitting pretty the day before Valentine Warner came... Continue reading

Posted Sep 16, 2010 at Fat Hen

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