MELON & THYME

Melon, thyme & autumn berry salad

* 50g sugar

* 100ml white wine

* Handful of thyme

* ¼ gala or honeydew melon, sliced

* ¼ cantaloupe melon, slice

* Handful of blackberries / elderberries

* Thyme leaves

Heat the wine, sugar & thyme & leave to infuse.

Cool & strain

Pour over the fruit & serve with thyme

I can’t be clever and stand-offish with you: I love you too much for that. Too truly. You have no idea how stand-offish I can be with people I don’t love. I have brought it to a fine art.

From Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf