The perfect pheasant with cider brandy
Somerset cider brandy is the equivalent of Calvados and is quite delicious and incredibly cheap
Food and Drink
Discover the latest in food and drink news, try our delicious and easy recipes using fresh seasonal produce and read our pub and restaurant reviews.
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
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Presents for chocoholics
Perfect Christmas present ideas for chocolate lovers
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Producer: Julian Graves
Generally found in small market towns, the shops sell herbs, spices, snacks, nuts and raisins.
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New king: Stichelton cheese
Creamy, powerful and friendly, Stichelton cheese is set to take Stilton’s crown says Clive Aslet
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Ten essential kitchen spices
Peppers, cloves and cinnamon are among the must-haves for any kitchen spice rack – keep them somewhere dark and cool, says Leslie Geddes-Brown
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Tom Aikens stress-free Christmas lunch
Tom Aikens shares his recipes and advice for the perfect Christmas lunch: turkey, cranberry, roast potatoes and all the trimmings
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Best Christmas puddings
No Christmas lunch would be complete without a Christmas pudding finish. Country Life have bravely completed a blind testing of shop-bought puddings to find the best
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Perfect roast beef recipe
You haven't lived unless you have tasted a proper joint of roast beef – the perfect alternative to that hoary old feathered turkey
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Autumn cocktails at the Goring
Our town mouse is glad to find The Goring has invented some suitably warming cocktails for the dark and windy nights ahead.
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Recipe: Perfect roast vegetables
A recipe for the perfect roast vegetables
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Delicious cakes: Sweet Things
Award winning Natalie Allen's new cake business, Sweet Things, is creating a stir in West Hampstead
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Top local food producers
We list the top local food producers in the UK, from meat to cheeses to sweets
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Recipe: the perfect roast pheasant
We have the best recipe for pheasant, provided the bird's not over the hill
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The perfect fried porcini
Leslie Geddes-Brown reveals how to make the perfect fried porcini, where either wild or tame mushrooms would work
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Buxlow Wonmil cheese
Leslie uncovers a cheese made by cows which actually milk themselves. Yes, really. Read on…
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Delia Smith's favourite: Aspall cyder
For 300 years the Chevallier Guild family has been making cider in Suffolk, and their vinegar is used by Gordon Ramsay, Hugh-Fearnely-Whittingstall and Delia Smith
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Red Poll beef
June Reading and her brother were born at Moors Farm, East Knoyle where they now farm Red Poll beef cattle
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Tom Aikens recipes
Top London chef Tom Aikens reveals his top recipe for roast venison and watercress soup
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Perfect caramel figs
The perfect recipe for caramel figs from Jane Grigson's 'Fruit Book' which any good cook should have
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Somerset Levels' produce
The Somerset Levels look like becoming the next foodie destination with the launch of Levels' Best, to show off the best food the area has to offer
