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With the increasing demand from chefs and consumers on provenance and the accompanying desire to cultivate a kitchen garden, this book could well become a go-to for any chef who wishes to embed greater seasonal practice in their work and cooking. Seasonal eating and cooking are concepts which humankind has lost in the last 150 years or so since the advent of industrial farming practices; the expectation to enjoy strawberries in January or butternut squash in May has muddled chefs' and consumers' understanding of what is available when and the optimum time to consume produce.

Roberts, Julius: 9781984862662 The Farm Table: [A Cookbook]: Roberts, Julius: 9781984862662

My goats! I mean I love my goats. They are so much fun. They are the most curious and charismatic animals - there’s so much intellect and individuality in them. They’re so naughty and spend a lot of time escaping. They sneak inside and eat all the flowers in the house, strip the paint off the walls, climb my car, eat my shoelaces and generally keep me very busy. I don’t know what I’d do without them."

As Julius was a chef, there'll be plenty of cooking in A Taste Of The Country. (Image credit: Channel 5) More from Julius Roberts on A Taste Of The Country

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Start by slicing the skin of the sausages so you can remove the meat. Then roughly break into small meatball- size pieces. Finely slice the garlic, celery and onions. Get a large heavy-based pan hot, drizzle in the olive oil and, once warm, add the sausage. Fry for a few minutes to release the fat and get some colour on the meat. Then turn the heat right down and add the garlic, chilli flakes, rosemary, bay leaves and cinnamon. Don’t let the garlic take on any colour – this stage is about slowly infusing flavour into the oil, so you want a low heat and a gentle sizzle. With a book now under his belt, a more frequent figure on our TV screens, and a thriving farm, Julius’ affable delight in the life he champions and his lively optimism in a society that can considerately reverse the damage of it’s habits, make him more than a welcome presence in the world of agriculture and food. If his star continues on it’s current trajectory, no doubt he’ll be listed by many future talents as a dream guest at their own farm tables in the years to come. Professionally trained chef Julius Roberts left a busy and frantic London restaurant life to pursue his dream of living sustainably on a small farm in the English countryside. The Farm Table transports us to his farmstead, taking us through a calendar year with diary entries and images grounded in the natural world. We take joy in reading about new goats and sheep being born, learn to grow some vegetables, and forage for simple herbs and flowers, all while discovering Julius’s outstanding recipes.winter: an elegant, fuss-free dinner of roast pumpkin, mozzarella, hazelnuts and sage, and a hearty sausage stew Broken into sections based on the season, The Farm Table encourages cooking with seasonality in mind through scrumptious recipes to inspire joy and confidence in the kitchen. The joy of cooking is invariably inherited from one's family, as any Italian will be at great pains to tell you, or in my case from one's family's inclination to butcher even the simplest of meals. It's a push-pull thing, with Julius's epicurean passion coming very much from the pull of his grandmother's esteemed culinary repertoire.

Julius Roberts’ Epic Tarragon Roast Chicken - The Happy Foodie Julius Roberts’ Epic Tarragon Roast Chicken - The Happy Foodie

A Taste Of The Country is a six-parter so here's a rundown of each episode which we'll update as the series progresses... Which leads me nicely on to the meal which Julius cooked for the shoot crew, which was hugely appreciated, as I imagine that after a day of being told "no, don't stand like that," "smile!" "don't smile", "legs together please," you'd be inclined to put a couple of pizzas in the oven and be done with it. Of course, that was never going to happen.Great friendship and support deserve a special treat: Julius makes everyone the legendary Italian pudding tiramisu that he first ate as a child in Florence, which they eat as they relax in the hay meadow with the work done and the sun setting, washed down with chilled local beer.