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Here at Country Life we love to cook and we love to eat. Seasonality is important, whether you’re growing your own or visiting the farmers’ market for your ingredients – but we love to cook seasonally. Whether it’s our brilliant collection of elderflower recipes in the summertime, our ultimate sloe gin recipe in autumn or gorgeous roast goose recipes in the winter, we have collected the best seasonal recipes by ingredient on dedicated pages
Buying director Giles Burke-Gaffney discusses the history of Justerini & Brooks, as well as their exciting plans for the future of the wine industry. Photographs by Richard Cannon.
A surprisingly simple tea cake recipe, served with a refreshing blackberry sorbet. Perfect for an afternoon treat.
London's leading game restaurant releases a rustic take on a very British classic with pheasant sandwiches and hare scones aplenty - Alexandra Fraser paid a visit.
Follow our perfect sloe gin recipe to make the best sloe gin in preparation for your local opening meet.
Rose Lloyd Owen quit her job at a talent agency to become a caterer, and now counts the likes of Vivienne Westwood and Millie Mackintosh among her clients – in the first of several recipes for Country Life, she shares a moreish snack which always hits the spot.
Reader Sam reveals how to make simple fruit jam in 20 minutes without pectin or a thermometer.
Melanie Johnson delights us with this zesty Florentine torte.
Melanie Johnson brings us this innovative take on a french classic, along with a bonus easy corn chowder recipe.
Developing a true appreciation of whisky is both a serious art and a delightful science – but how do the experts go about it? We spoke to Charles MacLean, the world's foremost whisky expert, to get his tips.
Patricia Martin shows us how to make this showstopping dish with a Scottish favourite. Introduction by Mike Warner.
You'll find great food and wine right across the British countryside. Emma Hughes offers her pick of the best gastropubs, restaurants and hotels.
Ice cream is the subject of a new exhibition at the British Museum of Food. Emma Hughes went along to have a look – and, of course, a taste. It would have been rude not to.
Try a fail-safe recipe for perfect roast grouse this August.
Our columnist takes aim at everything from Remainers and Leavers to Donald Trump and the weather – and ends up remembering that the world has ground to a halt many times before, only to keep on going.
Cherries are at the height of the their season right now, so make the most of Melanie Johnson's recipe for cherry pie.
Melanie Johnson's kitchen garden doesn’t provide an abundance of peaches, but enough to make this simple, flavoursome galette – with a superb sorbet to accompany it.
Chef, TV presenter and restauranteur James Martin loves life's little luxuries – and sometime the big luxuries too. He spoke to Hetty Lintell.
Our kitchen garden cook reveals a delicious recipe that makes good use of seasonal samphire.
