We had fantastic weather for the first Edible Seashore of the year, and found a great selection of sea vegetation. Back at HQ, our host John Wright made pannacotta with Irish Moss, which acts as a natural gelatin, and Dulce, which looks like wide, flat, brown pasta, was deep-fried into real crispy seaweed. To read more about our foraging exploits, go to our *new* Events Team Blog.

If you fancy a taste of life on the wild side, join John for a Wild Food Feast on Friday 16th May - a handful of tickets remain. Edible Seashore events are sold out this year, but you can click here to register your interest in next year's events.

The Catch & Cook season has started again. We only had to cancel one of the three due to weather, and the alternative, our Introduction to Fish Skills Course to replace the cancelled date was a roaring success.

Eleanor Gallia, our herbalist, will be taking us on a forage of our hedgerows at HQ, next Monday. Spring is a fantastic time to forage and at River Cottage we are taking full advantage of the season with our Walk on the Wildside: Herbal Hedgerows....There are a handful of tickets available if you want to join us.

Build and Bake: I had a fabulous day and would like to thank Stephen and Dan for being such great hosts. Considering that the weather was pretty miserable for most of the day, they brought an energy and a passion to the course which really kept the group enthusiastic and interested for the whole day. The food throughout the day was fantastic, and the attitude from all those involved in looking after us was welcoming and helpful. The event exceeded my expectations in that i thought it might be a bit "Hugh world" , but  it actually felt like we were spending the day sharing an approach to food/living that was real, and that the people involved cared passionately about. Great value for money, great day and hope to come back sometime. The only thing that i did find quite disappointing was that i don't live there, but this is a minor quibble and i'll get over it.  

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