How to make carrot and honey cake with mascarpone honey icing
Proof that, even when the sun is beating down and the mercury is working its way towards 100 degrees, it's never the wrong time for cake.
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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Curious Questions: How did one of the world's great biscuits get named after a freedom fighter named Garibaldi?
Martin Fone delves into the curious history of the garibaldi biscuit — and how it's linked to the tale of Italian freedom fighter-turned folk hero Giuseppe Garibaldi.
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How to make blackberry jam: A quick and easy recipe
Reader Sam reveals how to make simple fruit jam in 20 minutes without pectin or a thermometer.
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Rosie and Jim: 'There’s an easy solution to all of this, naturally. Ban the sun.'
Just as our correspondents were starting to think that 2020 couldn't have dragged them any lower, the unwelcome double-whammy of blazing heatwave and a government-mandated diet regime hits home.
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How to make Princess Anne's favourite recipe — including the special ingredient that's probably already in your cupboard
HRH The Princess Royal has guest edited Country Life's 29 July 2020 issue — and one of the features covers her favourite game recipe, devilled pheasant.
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Rosie and Jim: 'I did not miss this. I did not miss the pain'
This week, the phrase 'be careful what you wish for' comes back to bite both of our corona-correspondents.
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Curious Questions: Why are pineapples called pineapples, when they're not pines and not apples?
Martin Fone delves into the curious history of one of the world's most popular tropical fruits.
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How to make gooseberry and elderflower tart, a perfect seasonal summer dessert
It's peak gooseberry season, and the ideal time to make this delicious tart.
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Want to keep chickens? Here are 22 unusual breeds that'll give you a bustling coop — and maybe some pink eggs for breakfast
Lockdown has made the idea of keeping hens — and harvesting their eggs — even more appealing, but the populations of a surprising number of delightful native breeds are dwindling. Kate Green takes a look at some unusual but rewarding poultry to consider.
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A drink for all seasons: Perfect summer tipples for long, hot afternoons
From floral and fruity gins to wines that you can drink without a pang of conscience, we've rounded up some of the best new drinks on the market, perfect for an al fresco drink as the height of summer approaches.
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Tom Parker-Bowles: Broad beans, the 'quintessence of early summer' that show the brute power of culinary simplicity
Once believed to be vessels for the souls of the recently departed, a freshly picked pod with broad beans nestling in their velvety white casing is a seasonal obsession for Tom Parker Bowles.
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How to make Mac and Wild’s Venison Chateaubriand
Scottish chef Andy Waugh shares one of his favourite venison recipes, just as the quality and availability of this meat reaches its peak.
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5 scrumptious strawberry recipes for those with Wimbledon withdrawal symptoms
A British summer without strawberries would be unthinkable.
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Curious Questions: How, and why, do people eat stinging nettles?
Every summer, people from around the world gather at a pub in Devon for the World Nettle Eating Championship. But why? And how? Ian Morton takes a look, and delves into the strange history of this viciously-stinging yet ubiquitous plant.
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Tom Parker-Bowles' guide to tomatoes — and the recipe that 'is probably the most useful item in any store cupboard'
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How to make Royal Ascot's carrot cake
Royal Ascot is closed to fans this year, but you can at least have a taste of what racegoers would have enjoyed.
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Curious Questions: Why are we suckers for comfort food?
Shepherd’s pie, steak-and-kidney pudding, treacle sponge... these staples on the national menu are like old friends, lifting spirits in times of need. Flora Watkins dives into the best of British comfort food.
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Recipe: How to make The Ivy's Shepherd's pie, perhaps the ultimate comfort food
Shepherd’s pie has long been one of the most-requested items on the menu at The Ivy. Flora Watkins shares the recipe.
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Raymond Blanc's perfect picnic: 'I'm a Frenchman through and through'
This picnic is ideal for Royal Ascot.
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How to make rack of lamb with harissa, asparagus and garlic-and-almond sourdough crumbs
Now's the time to enjoy British-grown asparagus.
