It’s citrus season and clementines are back on the shelves. They’re small, packed with health and flavour.
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DECEMBER 7: Kombucha, Orange & Mulled Wine flavoured and so good
A glass of the lightly fizzy, fermented kombucha is both healthy and delicious.
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DECEMBER 4: Vin d’Orange, sunshine on a grey day
A sneaky pre-Christmas taste of this year’s vin d’orange! Very sweet and ready, but l can wait, I think!
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DECEMBER 2: Clementine Zing for Pastry
A quick Christmas cooking tip … grate some clementine or tangerine zest into your mince pie pastry for extra zing 🙂
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DECEMBER 1: Making yours a Cracking Citrussy Christmas
Join us here at The Lemon Grove as we countdown to Christmas with our citrus advent calendar!
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TINY TABLE OFFERS BIG HOSPITALITY
Masterchef winner and chef Julie Friend has opened her garden for up to six guests to enjoy delicious food in beautiful countryside
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EAT TING better with South African flavours
South African cuisine is diverse, unique, and delicious. Influenced by centuries of migration and colonisation, many of its flavours originate from such places as Malaysia, India, France and The Netherlands but has more recently been diluted by cheap, highly processed, junk food that offers people little in the way of healthier, better eating choices. It’s […]
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Honey, I’m bee whispering in Lombardy
High up in the hills of Lombardy, south of Milan, are 400 bee hives dotted around fields, woodlands and edging vineyards. They belong to siblings Michela and Paolo who for the past ten years have created a life in the countryside of Lombardy in northern Italy looking after bees, showing a sincere love and caring […]
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Bitter orange flowers offer sweet flavours
High above the Mediterranean Sea in Vallebona, an ancient town in the Italian province of Liguria, lies a grove of bitter orange trees. Family run, the La Vecchia Distilleria grove is developing a reputation for high quality orange water known as Acqua di Fiori d’Arancio Amaro and for a limited production of neroli, an essential […]
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Cooking with strangers around a Table Less Traveled
Squinting into the screen of my mini-iPad I see friendly, smiley anonymous faces staring back at me in a culinary Zoom session. We’re gathered with a sense of community, to share our time and isolated spaces and take part in an interactive cooking class. I’ve signed up for 90 minutes of expert tuition, connecting with […]
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