Recent articles written by James Crowden
Oxford, Sparkling Cider and the Méthode Champenoise
August 9, 2021
One wonders how many bottles of champagne have been drunk in Oxford colleges over the last 350 years. Probably millions, without the students or dons ever considering how the clever…
Who Invented Méthode Champenoise?
August 4, 2021
Published in 'Petits Propos Culinaires 120 - Essays and notes on food, cookery and cookery books on 4th August 2021 Good Question.. and one that has raised several eyebrows in…
Somerset Organic Links – Mucking in
February 19, 2007
Most of the suppliers and growers used by SOL are in Somerset with a scattering in Cornwall, Dorset, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, Devon and Wiltshire. “The county of Somerset, commonly called Somersetshire,…
John Fowles and Cornwall
November 10, 2005
Like many people I was saddened to hear of the recent death of John Fowles the novelist who lived in Lyme Regis. Over the years I had met him on…
