Zucchini flowers are nice and easy

Valerie O’Connor is at the start of the courgette glut and this week she foregoes the ubiquitous spiraliser in favour of chuny chips and delicious deep-fried flowers

If anyone is considering a stint without eating meat then this is the time of year to do it.

The grapevine said there wasn’t a burger to be had in the recent hot spell — funny how intense heat makes us want to fire up an outdoor cooking instrument that generates intense heat.