For the first post related to cooking, here is a salad, good for the summer (or what it is left of it). The condensed (a very bad way I came up with to write recipes ) follows.

• Cold smoke peach wedges for 1 hour or so. If smoke brings bitterness use salt and sugar to counter it.

• Make beetroot and thyme jelly. Blend a can of beetroot, and sift it though a Muslim(Cheese) cloth. Heat the mixture (almost to boil) and use some thyme sprouts to flavour, remove thyme once flavour it is good and not too overwhelming. Dissolve half a teaspoon of agar agar per 250ml of liquid (or jelling agent you prefer). Cut into cubes once set in the fridge.

• Crisp some bacon and chop it up in small pieces.

• Spiralize some courgettes, serve with a light vinaigrette.

• Add some feta chunks