Darina Allen: Recipes inspired by a trip to Somerset

I’VE just discovered Somerset!

Sounds like a bit of a random statement but even though I’ve been there on a fleeting visit before, I didn’t really register its multitude of charms — The Mendip Hills, Gardens at Stourhead, Albert’s Tower, Hauser and Wirth, Glastonbury Tor and Abbey, Dunster Castle, Jane Austen Centre, Wells Cathedral, Quantock Hills, Chalice Well, Bishops Lydeard Mill, Rural Life Museum and all the galleries.

My brother Rory O’Connell and I had been invited to do a pop-up dinner at Roth Bar and Grill at Hauser and Wirth just outside the village of Bruton. This complex has been painstakingly restored from an advanced state of dereliction by Iwan and Manuela Wirth. They are widely held to be the number one couple in the modern art world.