Food & Drink
Seasonal recipes, restaurant reviews and food and drinks features, from the experts at Country Life.
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How to make Eton mess strawberry blondiesOur kitchen garden cook Melanie Johnson shares a mouthwatering recipe bringing together two of the greatest foodstuffs on the planet: strawberries and meringue.
By Melanie Johnson Published
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The era of the £50 burger and chips is here — and it's a revelationThe second coming of the high-low restaurant — where chefs pair martinis with burgers — is here. Will Hosie tells more.
By Will Hosie Published
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The imperfect science of the perfect martini and where you can get one in LondonDirty, dry, with fries, gin or vodka. There's a lot to think about for such a simple cocktail.
By Will Hosie Published
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All hail fish and chips: Our guide to the nation’s favourite dish, done rightOur writers share their top picks of where to go for the best of the best, this National Fish & Chip Day.
By Country Life Published
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Gill Meller's strawberry, lemon and elderflower meringueGill Meller's strawberry and elderflower meringue is basically summer on a plate.
By Gill Meller Published
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Gill Meller's recipe for a herb-filled tart that makes the most of Spring produceMake the most of the last few days of May and Spring's bumper crop of ingredients with this herby spring tart recipe.
By Gill Meller Published
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'Here in the South West, we value our seafood. We celebrate it': Mitch Tonks on his new Salcombe restaurant and the state of our fishing industryOliver Berry catches up with the celebrated seafood chef to discuss the opening of his new restaurant in Salcombe, the challenges of converting an old boatshed, and why he thinks his online fishmonger and cannery business might be the future.
By Oliver Berry Published
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The prawn identity: Tom Parker Bowles on his love of the classic prawn cocktailIt’s as retro as a pair of corduroy flares, but the classic dish is a lily that needs no gilding, says our columnist.
By Tom Parker Bowles Published
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Six authentic wartime recipes to celebrate VE Day, from Lord Woolton's pie to 'Surprise Potato Balls'Wartime recipes exhibited incredibly ingenuity with limited ingredients — here are six of the best.
By Toby Keel Last updated
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What to bake this weekend: Xanthe Ross's chocolate chip and almond butter cookiesThe Bank Holiday weekend means ample time for cooking — and baking.
By Xanthe Ross Published
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'Monolithic, multi-layered and quite, quite magnificent. This was love at first bite': Tom Parker Bowles on his lifelong love affair with lasagneAn upwardly mobile spaghetti Bolognese, lasagne al forno, with oozing béchamel and layered meaty magnificence, is a bona fide comfort classic, declares Tom Parker Bowles.
By Tom Parker Bowles Published
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Spam: The tinned meaty treat that brought a taste of the ‘hot-dog life of Hollywood’ to war-weary BritainCourtesy of our ‘special relationship’ with the US, Spam was a culinary phenomenon, says Mary Greene. So much so that in 1944, London’s Simpson’s, renowned for its roast beef, was offering creamed Spam casserole instead.
By Mary Greene Published
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Never leave a bun behind: What to do with leftover hot cross bunsWhere did hot cross buns originate from — and what can do with any leftover ones?
By Amie Elizabeth White Published
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'That’s the real recipe for creating emotion': Birley Bakery's Vincent Zanardi's consuming passionsVincent Zanardi reveals the present from his grandfather that he'd never sell and his most memorable meal.
By Rosie Paterson Published
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Two quick and easy seasonal asparagus recipes to try this Easter WeekendAsparagus has royal roots — it was once a favourite of Madame de Pompadour.
By Melanie Johnson Published
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Gill Meller's recipe for a seasonal new potato omelette, with smoked garlic, onions and Cheddar cheeseBy Gill Meller Published
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How to make a rhubarb and Swiss meringue cake that's almost too pretty to eatMake the most of the last few stems of forced rhubarb.
By Melanie Johnson Published
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An Italian-inspired recipe for lemon-butter pasta shells with spring greens, ricotta and pangrattatoSpring greens are just about to come into their own, so our Kitchen Garden columnist reveals exactly what to do with them.
By Melanie Johnson Published
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The BBC and the contender for the greatest April Fool's prank ever playedAs April 1 looms, Martin Fone tells the tale of one of the finest stunts ever pulled off.
By Martin Fone Published
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Tom Parker Bowles's Tour de Fromage, from creamy Camembert and spicy, pungent Époisses to the 'mighty, swaggering Roqueforts'The chef and food writer Tom Parker Bowles picks out his all-time favourite cheeses from across the Channel in France, from buxom, creamy Camembert to mighty, swaggering Roquefort.
By Tom Parker Bowles Published
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'For here is pure noodle nirvana': How to make Tom Parker Bowles's favourite Thai soupThe best bit about south-eat Asian-inspired soups is the fact that you can make them entirely your own, from mellow and comforting to blow-your-head-off hot.
By Tom Parker Bowles Published


