HALEN MÔN BLOG
Expect interesting and delicious articles on everything from how to use our pure sea salt to eco-friendly gift ideas, how to season like a chef to flavoured salt recipes.
Conde Nast Traveller: ‘The Best Sea Salt in the World Comes From Wales’
The following is an extra from an article published in Conde Nast Traveller, written by Jessica Colley-Clarke. --- And it all has to do with seahorses. The first step in making Halen Môn’s exceptional sea salt is to follow the seahorses. In 1983, Alison and David...
Win! Two Tickets to The Good Life Experience + Halen Môn Treats
We're so excited to have teamed up with our good friends at The Good Life Experience Festival, to offer a wonderful prize this August. 2 x adult camping tickets to The Good Life Experience in September 2017 2 x adult tickets on our Behind the Scenes Halen Môn tour 1 x...
Video: Fish Story
Sometime in the 1980s, Caspar Salmon's grandmother was invited to a gathering on the island of Anglesey, attended exclusively by people with fish surnames. Or so he says. Thirty years later, film-maker Charlie Lyne attempts to sort myth from reality. (Spoiler: our...
A Panad with… Food Writer Ed Smith (Rocket + Squash)
Ed Smith is one of those fascinating individuals who has had more than one very successful career. Originally a city lawyer, he started a food blog because he thought it would provide him with an escape from his work and an excuse to write about the restaurants he...
A Panad with…Food Writers Caroline Craig + Sophie Missing
Caroline and Sophie have now written three brilliantly useful cookbooks full of everyday food that is delicious, quick and always appetising. You might well have read their series on jazzing up your lunchbox in The Guardian, which was richly illustrated and full of...
The Queen’s Awards for Sustainability
QUEEN'S AWARD FOR SUSTAINABILITYIn 2017, we turned 21 years old, and we received a birthday present to remember – the Queen’s Award for sustainability. Every year on her own birthday, April 21st Her Majesty the Queen makes a limited number of awards on the...
Wales in Five Words
Regular readers of our blog will know we have a feature called 'A panad with...' ('A cup of tea with...'.) where we ask interesting people quick questions about food, philosophy, and life. Over the years, one of our favourite questions has come to be 'describe Wales...
Five Reasons to Visit North Wales in 2017
Last year, the Lonely Planet named North Wales number four in the line-up of top ten regions in the world to visit in 2017. It inspired us to choose just a handful of the many reasons why you should make it your holiday destination this year. -- BOUNCE BELOW, Blaenau...
A Panad with… Great British Bake-Off Winner Frances Quinn
Frances Quinn is known for being as good at baking as she is designing. From glittering Midsummer Night's Dream cakes, to gingerbread gifttags with strawberry bootlace string, Victoria sponge cakes that look like sandwiches, to bowls of porridge masquerading as fried...
We’ve won a Sustainable Business Award!
Last week we received a Sustainable Business award from Cynnal Cymru, Wales’ Sustainable Development Charity. The winner was chosen purely by the voting public, so we would like to thank everyone who took five minutes out of their day to choose us. It means a huge...