Kitchens and homes up and down the land are full of seasonal scents, memories that shape Christmases past and sensory pleasures
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DECEMBER 11: Getting ready for Christmas with some homemade flavoured vodka, or gin as I like to call it.
THE LEMON GROVE CHRISTMAS ADVENT CALENDAR: December 11 All gins must be distilled or steeped with juniper berries and then with any botanicals you fancy. Here I’ve got three bottles of The Lemon Grove Flavoured Gin ™ 😉, each of 500ml. First in the lineup is Vanilla and Lemon; then Chilli and Lemon, and finally Lemon […]
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DECEMBER 9: Clementines, Easy peelers by any another name
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 6: Cheese choice, Prepping a Christmas platter
What will you having on your Christmas cheese platter. This lemony Gorwydd Caerphilly will be on my plate this year.
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DECEMBER 5: Citrus gets my stamp of approval!
Postage stamps are works of art, beautifully designed and crafted. Citrus fruits are often depicted. Get licking!
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GOAT HERDING FOR SEASONAL CHEESE
Gazelle. “That one over there,” says Renato Maunero, “she’s called Gazelle.” He was pointing to a nanny goat struggling to keep up with the rest of the 70 or strong herd and they grazed their way through a glade in the fields just south of the Piemonte hilltop towns of Cherasco and La Morra in […]
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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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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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