Is it too early to start thinking about mince pies? Yes. Absolutely yes, and I have no excuse ... Well… actually, I do ... I was recently asked to consider putting together a Christmas food hamper. At the time it was July, the local blackberry bushes were fit to bursting, and my mind naturally drifted towards my Nature’s Larder collection of recipes. I've always loved freezing blackberries. There's something fabulously useful about having a stash of them tucked away, read