Issue number three/ A Farm of their Own by David Prior

Issue number three/ A Farm of their Own by David Prior

‘We’re getting married,’ begins Jane Scotter, as she explains the new partnership between her farm, Fern Verrow, and Spring. She doesn’t say it flippantly; instead, almost solemnly with a hint of nerves yet excitement in her voice. Scotter has real reason for mixed...
Issue number two/The Memory of Taste

Issue number two/The Memory of Taste

When we eat something remarkable all of our senses are engaged, when that taste occurs in a distinct place and time of our lives the memory of that food and the feelings it conjures becomes imprinted on our DNA. It is a universal phenomenon yet it is unique to every...
Issue number one/The Art of Eating

Issue number one/The Art of Eating

Welcome to Scroll – a monthly missive from the world of Spring, written by David Prior, my friend and now my collaborator. David and I met at the first Ballymaloe Literary Festival several years ago. Soon after he wrote a number of magazine and newspaper pieces about...