Across the world the passing of Winter Solstice, the year’s shortest day, is celebrated in many ways, although few make use of citrus
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DECEMBER 19: Panettone is all about Italian Christmas tradition
Panettone is an Italian specialty eaten around Christmas time.
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DECEMBER 14: Homemade cranberry sauce is a flavoursome game changer
Making your own homemade cranberry sauce will lift your Christmas lunch to new taste levels. Prepare it in advance for less fuss on the day.
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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 8: Food, wine and a taste of the season
Across Southern Europe citrus season is unfolding and our taste buds are once again becoming sensitive to Christmas flavours.
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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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NIGHT-TIME HARVESTING AT MONTCALM
There’s a sign by a small field surrounded by vines being baked by the hot summer sun of southern France, that reads … ‘You are welcome to camp here, but be warned, we harvest at night!’ The sign can be found at the organic vineyard Domaine de Montcalm found just to the west of the iconic Camague national park in southern France.
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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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