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This is one wily Fox – a traditional country pub where the food and the sunsets are stunning, says Jo Belfield PICTURES BY JOHN SNOWDON
Barry Playfair, Head Chef at Weston Hall, loves cookery books, fish and fresh local produce and hated burgers when he was a boy… no wonder his culinary skills are in such demand
Well, under Canon Law B17 of the Church of England it has to be ‘the fermented juice of the grape, good and wholesome’.
Swinfen Hall Hotel Swinfen near Lichfield Tel: 01543 481494
The Crown InnRiggs Lane, Marston Montgomery, Ashbourne Tel: 01889 590541 info@thecrowninn-derbyshire.co.uk
Pink can mean cheap, nasty and sickly sweet. But cherry-pick the best and you’ll be left with a very rosé glow says Francis Peel
Despite the dross and the politics, Bordeaux best is without peer says Francis Peel I am always being asked if I have a favourite wine, and I answer that I don’t have one. But of course I am lying.
Buffet Island RestaurantLiverpool Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme Tel: 01782 633663
The Old School HouseWeeford Road, Weeford, near Lichfield Tel: 01543 480009
Chef Michael Edwards has made cucumber sandwiches for The Queen and cooked for a host of showbusiness and sporting celebrities but his favourite meal is sitting down with his family to Sunday lunch - cooked by his wife
Many of us will give up drink completely for a month, some perhaps longer. But can I put in a plea for taking a different path? Perhaps we can all just drink more wisely and benefit from it. Wine itself is an endlessly fascinating and complex subject.
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