If you’re making a foodie pilgrimage to the West Country and bypassing Dorset for Devon or Cornwall, you’re missing a trick. This deliciously green and lyrical county (save for Bournemouth and Poole’s suburban sprawl) dotted with Thomas Hardy market towns and pretty, thatched villages constitutes one big pantry.
Spanking fresh coastal plunder is hoicked into restaurant kitchens, all iridescent and salty; wild garlic, flowers and vegetables thrive in the mineral-rich soil, and dairy farming is written into Dorset’s DNA, or really, just farming in general.
