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Are you interested in renting a high Victorian Gothic manor?
A rare and remarkable manor house rental near Stroud WHAT: Stanley Park is a remarkable Grade II-listed 11-bedroom manor house that epitomises high Victorian grandeur, and provides all the comforts associated with the best of contemporary living
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How the top Kent chefs do Christmas
They’re responsible for keeping us magnificently well-fed throughout the year at their acclaimed restaurants, but how do Kent’s top chefs feed their own nearest and dearest at this most special time of the year – and what advice do they have to offer
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What are the best festive drinks from East Anglia?
How about a nice ale with your Christmas meal this year? When it comes to local brews we're spoilt for choice in East Anglia and there are so many different styles there's one for every occasion. In the season of goodwill, we invited Bruce Ash, brewing
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How Yorkshire chefs do Christmas
From traditional goose roasts to a glass or two of fizz, chefs and food experts from the county share what’s cooking in their kitchens during the festive period. Richard and Lindsey Johns, The Plough at Wombleton Award-winning restaurateurs
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Top Sussex wines to make your Christmas sparkle
Home to over a quarter of all grapevine plantings in the UK - 28 per cent to be precise -, it’s no surprise Sussex continues to lead the way when it comes to English wine making. There are now 140 vineyards spread across 1,063 hectares throughout
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How Lancashire chefs do Christmas
Four winners of the Lancashire Life Food & Drink Award s reveal what Christmas looks like in their kitchen. Katie Wilson Katie founded Bowland and Bay in 2021 to develop sustainable micro-tourism to bring visitors closer to a network of
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How Hertfordshire chefs do Christmas
Want to prepare the roast with the most this Christmas? Read on to make life that little bit easier in the kitchen this festive season… Whether you love it, loathe it or do everything in your power to get out of it, cooking Christmas dinner is
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How Dorset chefs do Christmas: 12 great festive recipes
We invited six renowned Dorset chefs to share some easy to make festive nibbles and starters you can make at home. These include a cockle warming spiced soup, zesty cured salmon, indulgent puds, stollen with homemade marzipan as well as a rather fabulous
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Why clove, nutmeg and cinnamon are essential to Christmas food
Cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg… even the words waft over you like a special spicy spell. Christmas just wouldn’t be the same without these key ingredients which bring tidings of great joy to our meat and veg, cakes and bakes, not to mention the mulled wine
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Christmas on a Plate in Cheshire
There’s everything you need for a glorious Christmas of eating, giving and receiving at the farm shop crowned the best in the county at the Cheshire Life Food & Drink Awards. Val and photographer husband John Allen visit to take a look at the goodies
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How Derbyshire chefs do Christmas
From beef wellingtons to festive tables laden with some of the best food and drink from the county, four of Derbyshire’s best chefs share what’s cooking in their kitchens this festive period. Mark Aisthorpe, chef patron, The Bulls Head at
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Festive fare from the top Essex producers
Find out about some of the tasty delicacies available from our local producers at this time of year. Forest Lodge Turkeys Forest Lodge Turkeys are a family-run turkey farm whose birds roam free within the farm on the Essex countryside
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How Cotwolds chefs do Christmas
The festive period doesn’t have to be all about turkey sandwiches and boiled sprouts. If you fancy bringing a taste of Cotswold fine dining into your home this year, here are some suggestions from a few of our finest chefs. Deep-filled mince pies
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The Somerset family behind the Harry’s Cider brand
This month we chat to Harry and Toby Fry, father and son of Harry’s Cider in Long Sutton Harry ‘If we’re going to start at the very beginning of Harry’s cider then we’d need to turn the clock back to 1978, back to the time when my father, Bill
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What you need to consider when planning a Christmas party
Based outside Tunbridge Wells, Kim Webb, is founder and director of My Little Tea Party (mylittleteaparty.co.uk). Originally specialising in parties for children, she and her team now organise and style events from baby showers to Christmas parties
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Eat, drink and be merry: Lancashire's top Christmas food and drink
Whether you’re going for a fine dining festive feast or a traditional turkey blow out, it’s time to plan, party and make it memorable with our top tastes of a Lancashire Christmas FOR THE FINE DINING AFFICIONADOS Home by Simon Rogan
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Eat, drink and be merry: Derbyshire's top Christmas food and drink
Whether you’re going for a fine dining festive feast or a traditional turkey blow out, it’s time to plan, party and make it memorable with our 12 tastes of a Derbyshire Christmas FOR THE FESTIVE TABLE A Chatsworth Christmas feast Who
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8 tasty ways to enjoy Yorkshire
Whether you’re gifting or indulging, try these Yorkshire-flavoured food adventures. Mama Doreen’s Festive Afternoon Tea Make your way to Mama Doreen’s in Harrogate this festive season to feast on a Winter Wonderland Afternoon Tea. Enjoy
