Tag: Cocktails
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Rhubarb & Strawberry Collins
If there’s one taste that epitomises the British summertime then it must be that of a perfectly ripe strawberry, bursting with sun-sweetened juice. Some of my earliest memories are of going strawberry picking at our local farm and of the sheer delight of finding the fruit, red and gleaming beneath trefoil leaves. We would fill…
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Kaffir & Clementine Gin Fizz
I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m a little over January. I know that one should never wish the time away, but there’s something about this month that would test even the truest optimist. Perhaps it’s the rather melancholic sight of spent Christmas trees dropping their needles on the curb side, of unlit lights,…
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The King’s Hot Chocolate
Last weekend we were set for snow – heavy snow – and the husband was positively giddy at the prospect of crunching through newly fallen powder and being kept from the office on Monday morning. His disappointment then, when the forecasted blizzard turned into a half-hearted flurry and then to sleet, was tangible. As the…
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Blackberry & Sage Margarita
Thus far the Autumn has been unusually warm and so it was with real delight that I stepped out yesterday morning to see frost silvering the garden and to feel a definite chill in the air. It’s finally time to light the Aga, bring the log baskets in from the shed and to cosy up…
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Elderflower & Cucumber Margarita
There are few scents that evoke the British summertime as beautifully as fresh elder blossoms. As May ripens into June the hedgerows burst into deeper flower and sweeten the air with their perfume. We have our own rather unruly tree that Maurice keeps trying to convince me to remove, but I love it for its…
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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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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…
