Guide to Padstow Gins
Britain’s long love affair with gin shows no signs of slowing down. Recent figures from the Wine and Spirit Trade Association have shown it rose to a new peak in 2021, with sales of over £2 billion! A significant part…
Britain’s long love affair with gin shows no signs of slowing down. Recent figures from the Wine and Spirit Trade Association have shown it rose to a new peak in 2021, with sales of over £2 billion! A significant part…
‘Pask Lowen!’ or Happy Easter to you. This is always a special time as we see visitors emerge from their winter hibernation, visiting Cornwall in search of Spring sunshine and enjoying some special Easter traditions. Oys Pask (Easter eggs) You…
Elite Duchy Tours - Interview with Peter Long Peter Long is a former police officer whose 30 year career saw him working in close protection (as a bodyguard) and training riot police. Today he runs luxury, bespoke driving tours in…
If you’ve got something special to celebrate during your trip to Cornwall, you can take the experience to exquisite new heights with lunch or dinner at one of our many fine dining restaurants. The county is awash with Michelin stars…
If you’re craving a deeply indulgent, richly flavoured and highly sensory Christmas experience, Cornwall is the place to head to. Throughout November and December, you’ll find some of the UK’s best Christmas markets and food festivals. Here are seven of…
Cornwall was once best known for its dairy produce; the reliably wet climate and sometimes poor soil was best for growing grass to feed cattle. But while cream teas and a block of Cornish Yarg are still some of the…
One of the culinary highlights of Cornwall’s quirky list of speciality foods is saffron cake. It’s less well known than the Cornish pasty or stargazy pie, but its history is equally rich and its flavour just as exciting. Saffron cake’s…
We gave you a flavour in this post of the best places to enjoy North Cornwall’s outstanding fish and seafood. But we’re aware that there’s more to eating out than splashing out on the fine dining delights of Rick Stein,…
Loved and loathed in equal measure, the satirist and author of Gulliver’s Travels, Jonathan Swift once said of the saltwater mollusc: “He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.” But if you were to put money on it,…
Fishing is Cornwall’s second biggest industry after tourism, so why not support both during your visit by tasting the very best locally caught and produced food from the sea. You’ll even discover a fascinating social history, one that has helped…