A version of Swaledale in which the curds are steeped in Theakston's Old Peculier Ale.

A hard, Cheddar-style cow's milk cheese.

A vegetarian, hard wheel of Cheddar-style cow's milk cheese made from raw milk.

A name for wrasse. Ballan wrasse. A very bony fish which provides good flavour for fish soups.

A hard cow's milk cheese resembling a soft Cheddar from Worcester.

A hard cow's milk cheese resembling a soft Cheddar from Worcester.

Olive oil comes from the fruit of the olive tree. The olive tree is not strictly a tree as, left to its own devices, it will sprout branches all the way up its trunk, which makes it, officially, a bush. Olive trees can live for 700 years or more. This is a pretty meaningless statement, but it just adds weight to the idea that olives can have incredible longevity.

An olive press used in a traditional method of extracting oil from olives. Olives are ground and then pressed by exerting pressure, separating the oil and juices from the pulp. The best oil is produced from a well-run tradtional olive press.