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@amynewsome_

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From the hearth
Cooking & feasting outdoors
Collaborative design, research, consulting
5th gen. horticulturist (ex.Kew)
Writer, small-scale apiarist

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I'm having the time of my life in Mexico learning about regional beekeeping practices and tasting the incredible honeys here. My nerdy honey heart is FULL to the brim 💛 Very excitingly I am bringing some of these very special honeys back to the UK for us to taste on my upcoming woodland beekeeping feasts (link in bio) BUT I need your help! Hellllp! 🙏 About 4 people saw my last post advertising this year's tickets (thank you instagram 🤣) so if you like what I do please share and sign up 🥹 We'll have a lovely day together in the woods learning all about beekeeping, honey, and enjoying a big lunch together 🍯 I'm open to private events too if you'd like to bring a group of friends or your team to meet the bees for the day, get in touch ✌️ Big thank you to Diego for sharing his work @nunduve honeys and @vinikjure for connecting us 🙏 More Mexico content to come ☺️
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#beekeeping #beekeepingexperience #honey #mexicanhoney #weekendideas #awayday #feasts #woodlandfeast #woodlandbeekeepingfeasts

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35! 🎈 A big birthday lunch in the September sun with lots of my favourite people. Love you all 😘❤️

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"The FT would like to talk to you about baked beans?" is one of the more surreal emails to land in my inbox 😅

Turns out Ajesh Patalay & the FT How to Spend It team had got wind of some surreal bean antics last summer...'Honey' & I were welcomed into the 64,000 strong Jamie Oliver's cookbook club and one particular recipe stole the show; my Broken Beans 🫘 Proud pics started flooding in on the global fb group, with keen Australian cooks explaining tinned baked beans to the Americans, a few (accurate) 'wait this is just beans with stuff?' observations, all culminating in a bougie beany fervour that coined a new era - 'Before Broken Beans' / 'After Broken Beans'. It's a fridge raid comfort dish for when you or someone you love is feeling a bit broken; a hug-on-a-plate 🤍 If you're the sort to feel the need to carve out 15 mins of culinary self-care whilst wfh (I-must-chop-something-!) this one's for you.

Link to Ajesh's article in my bio!

(Swipe for coverstar Michael Keaton perving on my peaches)
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#brokenbeans #bakedbeans #bougiebeans #bougie #beans #honey #cookingwithhoney #quicklunch

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"Nigella Lawson mentioned you in a post" is a VERY enjoyable notification to wake up to! Thank you to THE culinary queen bee @nigellalawson 👑 for sharing my honey on toast ice cream (slide two) which is a comforting and nostalgic take on brown bread ice cream (IYKYK).
It's clearly high time I shared the rest of Honey's iced desserts to tempt you all, it's a collection I'm particularly fond of.
First up this blushing trio of spiked granitas - vodka/bitters/lime/eucalyptus honey; mezcal/hibiscus/blood orange/yucatan honey; campari/gin/watermelon/mint/acacia honey. Delightfully easy. Forkfuls straight from the freezer after dinner 👌
Next, the ice creams! After Nigella's favourite 🙃 there's burnt honey dulce for a smoooth bitter caramel fix, then roasted black sesame & ricotta with swirls of pomegranate molasses and bramble honey (the first recipe I wrote for Honey), and le grande finale...honey roast fig with amaretti AND amaretto 😎
The clincher? No ice cream machine required 🙌 Walk, don't run; link in bio 🍯
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#honey #honeyicecream #honeyontoast #icecream #granita #honeyathome #nochurn #frozencocktails #dessert

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Caught mid sniff 🍯 We jarred up the first beech wood honey harvest ready for guests this weekend. So exciting! It's pale gold, mild & sweet with some gentle green sappy notes ✨️ I might jar some for sale on here, if anyone's interested? 🍃 I'm looking forward to experimenting with it in the kitchen. Maybe a nice light sparkling mead, or green melon sorbet 🍈
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First photo by the brilliant @the_phbalance
#honeydewsquared #rawhoney #britishhoney #honey #woodland #cookingwithhoney #beekeeping #beekeeper

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I have been impatiently waiting for the fig tree in my garden to come into leaf for what feels like a century this year, but it's finally summer & they're here. My favourite way to cook with them is toasting the leaves in the oven to flavour a heather honey panna cotta. For my woodland feasts I blend & strain them into olive oil to dress fresh Puglian burrata & heritage tomatoes. But really this whole dish is just an excuse for mopping up with my garlic fermented honey & preserved lemon focaccia! Recipes for both the panna cotta and focaccia are in 'Honey' 🍯🌿
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#cookingwithhoney #honey #honeybees #fig #seasonalcooking #focaccia #pannacotta #cookingoutdoors

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My friend @the_phbalance brought his camera along to the woods to capture my beekeeping feasts 👀🍯🌿 It's a magical spot to while away an afternoon & this lovely cheeky bunch were great fun to host ☺️ 3 spots have just become available for next Sunday 21st July - buzz on over to the link in my bio to join us 🐝
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#beekeeping #beekeeper #weekendideas #dayout #alfresco #honeybees #honey #woodland #trees #bees

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Today! I couldn't think of better weather to get us in the mood for talking about everyone's favourite type of food...COMFORT FOOD 😅☔️🥰 Join @melissa.hemsley Karla Zazueta @mexicanfoodmemories and me @woolwichworks Beanfeast 2024 (so named on this date in 1773 when King George III declared a national holiday with an open air feast of beans and bacon, as you do) for food, chats, workshops, music and markets with some brilliant names in food, @annasulan @mirandayork_ @jokebakare @melissafood @jimfamished @angela_clutton @celestialpeach_uk @mels_place_east @meemalee @thedavidjaypaw @shiviramoutar @ellypear and more. Free entry, and passes to all the talks are just £14. Come say hello! Link in bio 🍯🌿

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'Honey' won best specialist single subject cookbook at the Guild of Food Writers Awards! ✨️ I'm over the moon. Receiving particular praise on the strength & quality of my recipe writing was extra special; 'It could have been Delia' knocked me for six 😱 I couldn't be more grateful. Thank you @thegfw 🙏 Congratulations to the other winners, nominees and their teams, it's a privilege to be amongst you. A huge thank you to my brilliant Honey team, this one's for you. I spent yesterday in shock tucked up in bed with a packet of ginger nuts processing it all...now it's time to clear the crumbs & get on with book 2 I think? 🤓
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#honey #honeycookbook #cookingwithhoney #gfw #foodwriter #cookbook #foodwriting
Awards portrait credit: Martin Behrman

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Absolutely chuffed to spot a couple of early flowering Echium wildpretii on the sub-alpine slopes of Mt Teide yesterday 🩷 Super dramatic & covered in wild bees. A lucky find as the main bloom is a couple weeks away. Thank you @jess.snowball for the botanical recs!

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A big hello and haaaappy Easter to everyone who's found me here via @sundaybrunchc4 today! 👋😘 If you missed my announcement this morning, I've added 3 new dates to my sold out series of Woodland Beekeeping Feasts this Summer 🤗 you know what to do, head to the link in my ig bio to book/read more. Today I cooked up one of my fave recipes from my book 'Honey - Recipes from a Beekeeper's Kitchen' (also at the link in my bio), radicchio pear salad with spiced grapefruit and fennel fritto misto, with a drizzle of @thenoblebees super floral wildflower honey. It's easy, looks fancy as, and happens to be vegetarian and gluten free, with a moreish light crunch. What more could you ask for?! Recipe over on @sundaybrunchfood 💖 Over the moon that I got to cook for the great @itsanitarani @gabyroslin and @gylesbrandreth. Shutting the front door on my left hand and mandolin-ing my right was totally worth it 🤣 Thank you @rimmersimon for sous-ing 👌
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#sundaybrunch #beekeeper #beekeeping #frittomisto #Honey #cookingwithhoney #woodlandfeast #feast

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I ran away to Norway! Part one of our adventures = kayaking Lysefjord with @nordicpaddling Gliding past roaring waterfalls, a fearsome view up to Pulpit rock, the whole fjord to ourselves. Bliss.
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#norway #lysefjord #lysefjorden #kayaking

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