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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
Wimbledon, one of the great highlights of the British summer, is almost upon us — and that means strawberries and Pimm's, which come together beautifully in this recipe.
The English summer is thought to start when the elder blossoms and ends when the berries ripen. Country Life recommends some recipes for this versatile plant.
Father's Day is coming up on June 20, and a little treat will always be a winner. Of course, a big treat is even better... Toby Keel and Martin Fone pick out some of their favourite Father's Day food gifts.
Guilty pleasures don't come any more pleasurable than a really great burger; if this recipe doesn't make your mouth water, you're most likely a vegetarian.
Sending wine to space, and bringing it back down to earth to sell for a good cause seems like a Herculean effort. But the true admiration must be for the astronauts who managed to resist the temptation to pop it open for some 14 months.
Snails might forever be associated with French cuisine, but the slippery little suckers bred on these shores are rivalling the best Bordeaux has to offer, says Tom Parker Bowles.
Tommy Banks, head chef at The Black Swan at Oldstead, shares a delicious summery recipe to make the most of the elderflower as it comes into bloom.
Ed Brown is arguably Britain's top expert on elderflowers — and here's his favourite method for turning them into something rather special...
Martin Fone discovers nothing is quite as it seems in the world of Jaffa Cakes — including whether they are a biscuit or a cake or whether chocolate sits at the top.
Whether boiled and slathered with butter or fried then served with crab mayonnaise, the Jersey Royal is alwys delicious.
Now that you can have friends around for afternoon tea in the garden once more, you'll want something nice to serve — and this lemon and mascarpone tart, with an added hint of Drambuie, is an ideal fit.
British food has often been the butt of jokes, but the reach — and popularity — of our island's food is more global than you might think.
Emily Roux's picnic recipes are as good as you'd expect from the latest culinary star from an extraordinary family.
Only available for a fleeting moment, rose-hued forced rhubarb — grown in the dark and harvested by candlelight in Yorkshire’s ‘tusky triangle’ — is an ephemeral vegetable with a muted, yet distinct, lip-smacking tartness, says Tom Parker Bowles.
What better for Mother's Day than a bottle of 'Mother's Ruin'? We've selected some of the finest gins on the market which are sure to give your long-suffering parent a treat.
How to make Eton Mess that's got a hidden surprise within.
The arrival of Spring is an grand time of year for all those who love fresh, seasonal food, with the arrival of all the delicious young vegetables and salads. Tom Aikens shares his recipe for roast lamb.
