Market Garden Dinner with Mel Brown

Roots returns for summer with an early-season supper in the market garden, joined by Mel Brown from The Laundry, Brixton.
This is the first dinner of the season, set between the growing beds as the garden starts to come into its own. Early summer produce, longer evenings, fire cooking, good wine and one long table in the middle of the farm.
Mel’s cooking is all about seasonality, restraint and proper ingredients. Her approach is generous but unfussy, letting the produce lead rather than dressing it up too much. For this Roots dinner, the menu will be built around what is ready in the garden that week, with the kitchen and farm working together to shape the evening.
Expect a menu that moves with the light. Lighter, brighter plates to begin, then dishes with a little more depth as the evening settles in. Some elements will come from the fire, some from the garden and some from the kitchen, but the thread running through it all is simple, seasonal cooking with a real sense of place.