Farm shops in Somerset, farm shops about Somerset, tea-dunked madeleines, and a big name London chef comes to Frome

It’s that time of the month where I welcomely or unwelcomely offer up some digestible items of a food and farming nature. Mostly grounded in Somerset, but not exclusively.

This month: Proustian Ferrero Rocher (or how food brands commodify nostalgia), why good restaurants close, and some notes on farm shops removed from the farm.

This weekend, a curious th…