Join The Simple Things’ Editor Lisa Sykes and Wellbeing Editor Rebecca Frank for our own mini harvest festival as they relish this time of abundance for cooking, gathering and squirreling away before the first frosts arrive. If you are in the UK, you can try an immediate start subscription to the The Simple Things and receive the current issue straight away. Or buy current and back issues here Editing by Dhylyn Foster. Music by Arthur Cosslett. On the blog Hedgrow fizz – foraged berries diluted with sparkling wine or water Crab apple whisky Crab apple and fennel seed leather In defence of the pear How to stock a store cupboard Lessons from Nigella Baked pear pies In the October HUG issue (160) on sale now Kitchen therapy – baked pear pies and a mindful drawing exercise Wine and cheese gathering – good wine and cheese pairings make for happy guests In previous issues In the September TREASURE issue (159) Plates to plot – share the harvest with friends by holding your own allotment feast with a tipple of warm apple cider and other seasonal dishes Coming up in the November issue (161) Smart ways to eat well. An extract from Shrewd Food: 60 Ways to Eat Yourself Healthy by Noonie Zand Goodarzi (Badger Books). Illustrations by Mudd Bexley November issue 161 will be available to pre-order at picsandink.com from 16 October, on sale from 22 October. Don’t give up your garden for winter: The natural world may be winding down but autumn is actually the start of the agricultural year, a time to plant and plan for the months ahead In Flourish Volume 3 Today, tomorrow to keep: pears Chocolate pear cake and preserved pears in red wine Pre-order the new Flourish Volume 4 with 10% off at www.picsandink.com until 29 October How to subscribe to The Simple Things – for an immediate start subscription with 30% go to off cover price go to http://www.icebergpress.co.uk/subscribe
