The Archers Year Of Food and Farming: A celebration of Ambridge's most delicious produce, from the fields to the kitchens, with a side order of gossip

by Keri Davies

A celebration of the Ambridge year through recipes and farming.

From the fabled kitchens of Jill Archer and Jennifer Aldridge to the kitchen of celebrity chef Ian Craig, readers will learn how to make Keira Grundy's award-winning Fruity Llama, Helen Archer's recipe for Tuna Bake (and how to serve it; revenge is a dish best served cold) and Freddie's Porridge tips.

Month-by-month, we take a journey round The Archers world to learn more of its farming year and those big events in the Ambridge calendar: Shrove Tuesday & Lent, lambing, Open Farm Sunday, the village fete, Apple Day, the harvest, Stir-up Sunday and Deck the Hall.

Full to the brim with Ambridge life and gossip, The Archers: A Year of Food and Farming lifts the lid on village life and takes the reader deeper into the daily show.

In a world where farming and rural life is changing, where life presents challenges as well as being part of the rural idyll, this will be a book that celebrates the British countryside. Rural traditions are alive and well in The Archers, but it's a contemporary world that is full of warmth, wit and the unexpected.

244 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 26, 2019

Reviews

[Sally Cadle · Rating 5 out of 5]

For any Archers fans who are missing the show during the reduced broadcasting of lockdown this is a must. Full of recipes for the many food items mentioned in the show you can just smell them coming from the various kitchens of Ambridge. Set as a calendar of the farming year you will gain insight into the daily workings of Brookfield, Home Farm and Bridge Farm. Ever wondered what a plate meter did, the difference between a combined harvester and a tracker, how hay differs from straw and many other things that are regularly talked about then this is your guide.

Written by Keri Davies, a long-standing member of The Archers team and script writer, the dialogues between residents is spot on and you can hear them saying the words as you read them.

A great book for Archers fans.

[Lynne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely loved this! Slightly reminiscent of the Dan Archer's early outing 'The Ambridge Year', this is packed with stories and gossip from Ambridge but also accessible recipes (including many vegetarian and vegan, thankfully). From Jill Archer's famous Lemon Drizzle Cake, Flapjacks (to be used as missiles in an emergency), Pat Archers habitual soups to the now infamous Helen Archer was Titchener Tuna Bake.

Written with with and insight, this is definitely a very welcome addition to the Archers library.

[Jay · Rating 3 out of 5]

A light and engaging book with recipes and rituals of the Ambridge calendar - includes *That Chilli*