Category: drinks
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Coconut & Cashew Hot Chocolate
During the last few months of my pregnancy, hot chocolate became something of an obsession. The sparkle of the festive season was strictly off limits (as were those dark winter cocktails that warm one all the way to one’s toes) and so I turned my attention to something that was allowed – and goodness, did…
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Elderflower, Pink Grapefruit & Rosemary Gin & Tonic
This weekend we’ve been incredibly busy in the garden. The sun has finally decided to shine on us, and so we’re taking the opportunity to weed, sow, plant and dig (not to mention building retaining walls and pick-axing and excavating new flower beds!). As a result we’ve not really had the time (nor the energy) to…
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Spiced Rhubarb Gin Fizz
The last time Maurice and I were down in London we visited Mr Fogg’s, a cocktail bar and gin parlour in the West End, themed around Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days. As I love a bit of whimsy, I was quite in my element perched on a chaise longue, sipping literary-inspired libations and nibbling quails’ eggs. (And…
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Spiced Rhubarb Soda
When we moved into our house five years ago, the only thing in the garden that seemed to have been purposefully planted by the previous owners, was a large crown of Victoria rhubarb. It was so well established that we didn’t want to risk moving it, so dug the flower bed around it, and it…
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Cherry Blossom Martini
If there’s one sight that’s synonymous with Spring throughout the Northern Hemisphere, surely it’s the emergence of fruit blossoms, softly trembling through April’s sun and showers, and none are more celebrated nor prolific than those of the cherry tree. I can still recall the first time I encountered these delicate flowers. At the nursery I attended…
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Coconut & Raspberry Smoothie
I sometimes feel like a bit of a fraud posting smoothie recipes, because they’re just so simple, and yet I can’t resist sharing this one. Its creation was a bit of a fluke, but it’s truly delicious. Last weekend we were having (a somewhat rushed) breakfast before driving up to Scotland for the wedding of two…
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Tropical Breakfast Smoothie
A few years after university, Maurice and I lived in Johannesburg. During this time we were lucky enough to travel throughout southern and eastern Africa, and it instilled in us a deep and lasting love for this remarkable continent. I can think of no other place that I would rather choose to return to – touching down on…
