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Letitia Ann Clark and For the Love of Lemons

Letitia Ann Clark's latest book For the Love of Lemons, celebrates a single sunny ingredient, the lemon. Joyful and bright recipes that transport us to sunnier days. Letitia kindly sat down to answer a few of our questions about the book and how she uses this...

A simple way to change children’s eating habits

The problemIn the UK, 33% of children aged 5-10 years eat less than one portion of vegetables a day. In recent years, fruit and vegetable consumption has declined in adults too, with only 31% eating the recommended five portions a day, despite the decades long ‘5-a...

The scent of rain: What is petrichor?

Have you ever stepped outside after a long dry spell, just as the first raindrops begin to fall, and recognised a scent in the air? Earthy. Fresh. Comforting. Not many people realise that scent has a name: petrichor. Coined in the 1960s by two Australian scientists,...

Halen Môn and Oxfam

You can now find Halen Môn on the shelves of your local Oxfam shop as a part of their 'Sourced By Oxfam' range, which brings together the best of ethical, sustainable and brand-new items from around the world. We're very proud to have been included. From the team at...

Three North Wales walks with perfect swim + café stops

Emma Marshall, local insider and author of guidebook, 'Wild Swimming Walks Eryri/Snowdonia’ shares with us her three favourite walks from the book which have great places to eat en route. Wild Swimming Walks Eryri/Snowdonia leads you on 28 walk-swimming adventures in...

Celebrating ethical business: B Corp Month

The ‘B’ in B Corp stands for ‘Benefit for All’ and certified B Corporations, in the simplest of terms, are businesses that meet the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability to balance profit and...

On business: The importance of a sense of place

A sense of place - sharing the unique characteristics and feel of a certain area - is something that has been fundamental to our business success, and is absolutely key, in my opinion, in the food and tourism world. It’s easy for all of us to take our environment for...

Five favourite Anglesey rocks

GeoMôn Anglesey is a place with spectacular geology spanning 1,800 million years and more than 100 rock types including the oldest fossils in the UK. It’s recognised by UNESCO as a Global Geopark.  When we asked Doctor John Conway from GeoMôn, to share with us his...

Behind the scenes at Halen Môn

Have you ever wondered how we make our perfect Pure Sea Salt flakes? Photographer Tom Eagar has. He brought his camera behind the scenes here at Halen Môn and caught our salt harvesters working their sea salt magic. Here, on the beautiful isle of Anglesey, we're...

The importance of quiet

While the benefits of seaweed bathing have been well-known for centuries the importance of quiet has often been over looked but it's an important part of our well-being and a welcome feature of life here in Anglesey.  When things are quiet, we can focus on the...

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.

Favourite festive recipes

Favourite festive recipes

Celebrate with us, Halen Môn style. These are a few of the recipes that make it to our table over the Christmas season, all perfectly seasoned crowd pleasers. Christmas morning bunsLight and fluffy buns, inspired by the classic Chelsea bun. These gently spiced buns,...

Three favourite lakes in North Wales

Three favourite lakes in North Wales

Emma Marshall, author of ‘Wild Swimming Walks Eryri/Snowdonia’ has shared with us her three favourite lakes from her new guidebook book. ‘Wild Swimming Walks Eryri/Snowdonia’ leads you on 28 walk-swimming adventures in the soaring landscapes of Eryri National Park. As...

Kate Humble and the handmade at home

Kate Humble and the handmade at home

Kate Humble's latest book Home Made, like all good things, is the result of a collaboration. Alongside delicious, warming home made recipes it celebrates the artisans and makers that are behind our food. We're very grateful to have been included, you might recognise...

10 deliciously unexpected ways to use Popeth

10 deliciously unexpected ways to use Popeth

Based on the American “everything” bagel seasoning (“Popeth” is Welsh for everything), our Popeth seasoning is savoury and gently warming, without being hot. The key to extracting the most flavour is to gently toast the seasoning in a dry frying pan (as you might do...

Building a new purpose-built smokery

Building a new purpose-built smokery

This autumn, we are pleased to announce that work will soon begin on a new purpose-built smokery at our Saltcote on Anglesey. We launched our artisan smokery  in 2008 with smoked sea salt, and have since developed it to produce other ingredients including a Great...

Our Brand Director shares her favourite places in N Wales

Our Brand Director shares her favourite places in N Wales

Will from Oyster Holiday Cottages came to Halen Môn to ask us to share our favourite spots in North Wales. Jess, our Brand Director, shared some hidden gems, from the best chip shops to her favourite beach, and even an abandoned Victorian brickworks that makes for a...

We’ve won gold stars at the Oscars of the food world!

We’ve won gold stars at the Oscars of the food world!

  We are so proud to say that, here at Halen Môn, we're no stranger to a lovely review from the judges at the Great Taste Awards. The Oscars of the UK food industry, these judges know what they're talking about so it means a lot to hear their thoughts on our...

On Business: Quality and resilience

On Business: Quality and resilience

This is the third in a series of blogs on business, resilience and entrepreneurship, from our co-founder David Lea-Wilson. Over to DLW: Having covered definitions, attitudes and planning in my last two blogs on resilience in business, what comes next? Successful...

Top notch BBQ tools

Top notch BBQ tools

Cooking over coals is a highlight of summer for us, though we’ve been known to fire up the outdoor ovens in months when the weather isn’t kind too. An outdoor kitchen or woodoven is a common occurance in lots of cultures around the world, and while Wales isn’t famous...

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