By Sophia Young - Kitchen Manager at Embercombe Roasted Squash, Cider & Sage Spelt Risotto   In times of adversity, when trusted road maps are thrown into seeming jeopardy, we  are graced with choice. Sometimes such choice may be difficult to discern however,  when silence falls, if we allow ourselves to lean into the quieter hours and listen, here  it may ...

By Sophia Young - Kitchen Manager at Embercombe Before yoga, tai chi and the inspirations of other wonderful, worldly movement medicines arrived on these isles, our teacher for activity was the dance of the elements and seasons with the land itself as we planted, tended, harvested and rested over the course of each year. The essence of our wellbeing, for ...

By Sophia Young - Kitchen Manager at Embercombe Every season bares the fruits of an orchestra within our culinary creations. During autumn, the sounds of such may come in the merry form of crackles and cackles spitting on fire pits, large cauldrons with charred sides and pan lids that chime. They may come from the melodies of collections of jars ...

For those that may have plucked up the courage to experiment with the mighty beast of last month’s flapjack and if you do happen to still have some in the freezer, here’s where your mother of all oats may travel next.... Gooey Energy Balls This is by far the most deliciously messy recipe to follow. For the foundations of your ...

By Sophia Young - Kitchen Manager at Embercombe When we allow ourselves to drop the bar a little of trying to re-create a perfect recipe or pause before making supper for a pack of hungry wolves, we in turn give ourselves time to slow down and greater opportunity to bring both presence and curiousity to our connection with the food ...