23 October 2023

Three new recipes from Sabrina Ghayour's Flavour cookbook

Following the publication of FLAVOUR, the latest cookbook from award-winning Middle Eastern chef Sabrina Ghayour, we're delighted to be able to share three of the delicious recipes with you. They are all packed with aromatic spices and Middle Eastern...

03 October 2023

Three New Spice Blends from Sabrina Ghayour and How to Use Them

We're delighted to be working with the fabulous Sabrina Ghayour to produce three iconic spice blends which complement her delicious Persian recipes and can be used in your everyday cooking to add a lovely aromatic taste of the Middle East.

08 August 2023

Meet the team: Katrina

24 June 2023

Meet the team: Dace

Meet our cake-loving team member Dace who's been with us for 9 years

13 June 2023

Online Steenbergs Stockists

We’re really pleased that there are so many lovely retailers all over the country where you can stock up on Steenbergs organic spices, teas and home baking ingredients. Whether in a physical shop or online you can be assured of the same high-quality...

13 June 2023

Enter our competition!

Enter our competition to win a signed copy of Andaza plus a selection of organic Steenbergs spices

31 May 2023

Meet our stockist - Valley Organics Workers Coop

We’re so lucky to have lots of lovely Steenbergs stockists all over the country who champion organic food and farming and strive to make organic produce available to all. 

02 May 2023

Andaza by Sumayya Usmani - A memoir of food, flavour and freedom in the Pakistani kitchen

Sumayya Usmani is a storyteller, food writer and in her own words ‘an intuitive creative and enchantress of spice’. Here at Steenbergs, we have worked together with Sumayya for several years, helping to bring her own unique Pakistani Garam...

01 May 2023

Nennius and Arthur's Battles Revisited: A Map of The Old North

Earlier, I wrote a first cut of a possible solution to Nennius' battles of Arthur. Here, I update that blog, correcting a mistake and firming up the reasoning, but it still places Rheged in the North between the Don and the Tyne.

14 April 2023

Coed Olaf - Climate and Climate Change

Having discussed the history of Coed Olaf, we now move onto the nitty-gritty of its environment, so here we discuss its current climate and the likely impact of climate change.

07 April 2023

Coed Olaf - Industrial Heritage of Amman Valley

Coed Olaf is not only on former farmland but is a landscape shaped by its industrial heritage. Amman Valley was a mining valley and the towns between Ammanford and Brynamman were created when the railway came and opened stations.

31 March 2023

Coed Olaf - History of the Holloways and Paths

Continuing our review of the social history of Coed Olaf, we discuss the tracks that cross the woodland. In particular, there is a beautiful old holloway with two stone-faced banks and trees arching over it like the path in Lord of the Rings.

24 March 2023

Coed Olaf - History of the Woodland

Coed Olaf is a newly planted wood with parcels of new and old woodland. Here, we discuss the baseline of how much was covered with trees in the past and if there is any evidence of previous woodland within the landscape.

17 March 2023

Coed Olaf - History of the Farmland

Coed Olaf comprises old, established woods and newly planted wood. The new trees have been planted on former farmland, and here we explain what we know of the farming history of the land.

08 March 2023

Steenbergs Sustainability & Impact Report 2022

2022 has been a tough year for sales and costs. Steenbergs has reduced its environmental impact, by cutting water use and waste and eliminating electricity from fossil fuels. We are carbon neutral and zero waste to landfill.

27 February 2023

Time for Tea with Ella from Rasa Teas

Have you heard of Chocolate Tea? It's a wonderful combination of cacao husk flavoured with delicious organic ingredients such as vanilla, orange and rose. 

24 February 2023

Culturally Resetting To A British Landscape And Heritage

Listening to Maggot Brain by Funkadelic (recommended by our daughter), I am somewhat regretting putting up the last few blogs. I am sure they will be ignored, trashed and ridiculed as the ravings of a madman. Nevertheless, they are how I have framed...

23 February 2023

The Lordship Of Elmet In West Yorkshire

Ted Hughes writes of Elmet as a post-industrial, West Yorkshire landscape, but in the sixth century Elmet was a small, British region allied to Rheged and fighting the invading Anglo-Saxons. Here we bring back some of that glory.