Foraging for wild foods with my little basket on my arm is definitely up there with my favourite pastimes.

SALLY MCKENNA has just published a book that really needed to be written, it’s called Extreme Greens and it’s all about seaweed and sea vegetables, how to find them, how to identify, how to harvest sustainably, how to cook, how to preserve, it’s great.

The Menu is oft inclined to doff the cap to a pair of legendary Franks, Krawczyk and Murphy.

TODAY is National Potato Day. I love potatoes, but not just any potatoes. The red-skinned Rooster is supposedly Ireland’s favourite potato, but not mine.