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
Today’s baked goods pale in comparison to a Georgian festive speciality, says food historian Neil Buttery, as he lifts the lid on the Yorkshire Christmas Pye.
We all aspire to cook roast potatoes with the elusive shatteringly crisp shell and cloud-like interior, salivates Emma Hughes, as she discovers the golden rules for serving up the crunchiest of spuds
In the last of our series on the people who make Christmas in the country what it is, Paula Lester speaks to wine merchant Tom Ashworth.
Ribboned with fat and gleaming with a clove-studded glaze,Tom Parker Bowles sings the praises of the succulent Christmas ham.
Kate Green talks to Wizz Gambier, the woman who lives and breathes Christmas puddings, in our series on the people who make Christmas in the country the joy it is.
Do you prefer a zesty, fruity filling or a crunchy pastry topping? Amie Elizabeth White asked the Country Life team to assess some of the fanciest mince pies on the market — here's how they fared.
That bloke off Top Gear joins the Country Life Podcast to talk about making his own gin, how to run a pub, why dull men and women are anything but and why he hates the North Pole and suitcases with wheels.
Anyone for Brussels sprout spaghetti carbonara? No, really — wait until you try it.
Fortnum & Mason's wine and spirits guru Oscar Dodd joins the Country Life podcast.
The hospitality experience at the Allianz Stadium in Twickenham promises much. But does it live up to expectations?
All will argue that theirs is the one-and-only true recipe, but when it comes to a Texas chili, tomatoes and beans are sacrilege
One of the most storied wine-producing families in Italy has put up a series of rather incredible bottles (and more) in Christie's impending fine wine auction.
‘We look after not only our recipes, but our starters themselves — the forces of nature that keep us all going’
Against all odds, the pubs of the capital are thriving. William Hosie raises a glass to their comeback.
The best way ever to get one of your five a day, or a crime against baking? You decide.
You sit there, devouring them all Christmas, and you didn't even think to ask, did you?
Jo Rodgers tracks down the finest roast lunches in London's smartest postcodes to see you through the winter.
Tiger's penis, baboon wee, horny goat weed, snake soup — do any of these unusual dishes actually have what it takes to help the wannabe lothario?
We'll leave it up to you to decide whether the soup or the sourdough is the star of the show in this pair of recipes...
Having profited from the downfall of the oyster as a bar snack, the salted peanut itself is now in danger of being usurped.
