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Recipes

Recipe: dutch apple cake

Monday, November 26, 2018
Dutch apple cake (photo: Severien Vits)

This traditional Dutch and Belgian apple cake is the perfect way to use up a glut of cooking apples

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9 of Kent's traditional dishes

Friday, September 14, 2018 Samuel Mathewson
Gypsy tart is an iconic Kentish dessert (photo: Thinkstock)

'Kent, sir, everyone knows Kent. Apples, cherries, hops and women,' proclaims a character in Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers. We have gathered some traditional dishes from around the county that were borne of the fruitful orchards and seas of Kent

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Summer recipe: strawberry Pavlova

Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Strawberry Pavlova by Andy McLeish

Andy makes the famous meringue-based dessert named after the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova

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July 2018

Local Producers

Exploring Egerton Farmers' Market

Tuesday, November 27, 2018 Words: Bruce McMichael. Pictures by: Severien Vits
Egerton Farmers’ Marke is a weekly gathering of up to 25 stallholders held inside the Millennial Hall

Working with Kent Farmers' Market Association, we put a different market in the spotlight each month. November is Egerton

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November 2018

Exploring Yalding farmers' market

Thursday, August 30, 2018 Words by: Bruce McMichael. Pictures by: Severien Vits
Gary and Lorraine Curd: a family tradition of market gardening (photo: Severien Vits)

Working with Kent Farmers' Market Association, we put a different market in the spotlight each month

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September 2018

Spotlight on Hythe Farmers' Market

Tuesday, July 31, 2018 Words by: Bruce McMichael. Pictures by: Severien Vits
Lovely fresh seasonal veg at Hythe Farmers' Market (photo: Severien Vits)

Working with Kent Farmers' Market Association, we explore different farmers markets around the county. This time, Hythe

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August 2018

Restaurants

10 Margate restaurants you need to try

Thursday, June 6, 2019 Samuel Mathewson
Margate is full of great restaurants (photo: nogbad, Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

From Creole-inspired seafood to rustic Italian dishes, Margate is rapidly becoming one of Kent's top places to eat. We've gathered 10 of the best places to eat in the town

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Review: The Merry Wives of Windsor at Shakespeare's Globe

Wednesday, May 29, 2019 Sarah Sturt
Pearce Quigley as Falstaff and Bryony Hannah as Mistress Ford in The Marry Wives of Windsor at Shakespeare�s Globe, running until 12 October 2019 (photo: Helen Murray)

Sarah Sturt reviews the jazz-age twist of Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor at the Globe

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Restaurant review: The Ambrette Canterbury

Tuesday, May 7, 2019 Words: Sarah Sturt. Photos: Manu Palomeque
House speciality dosai served in a dramatic pyramid shape (photo: Manu Palomeque)

Award-winning chef-patron Dev Biswali on the joys of southern Indian cusine and expanding his Kentish empire

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May 2019

Restaurant review: The Cliffe restaurant at The View Hotel, Folkestone

Monday, April 15, 2019 Words: Sarah Sturt. Photos: Manu Palomeque
The hotel and restaurant command a fine seafront position on The Leas (photo: Manu Palomeque)

A great location on Folkestone's famous Leas, a dedicated young team and really tasty food awaits at The View Hotel

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April 2019

Restaurant review: The Powell, Birchington

Thursday, March 21, 2019 Words: Sarah Sturt. Photos: Manu Palomeque
The welcoming bar (photo: Manu Palomeque)

Brought to life by a family team with strong local connections, The Powell is back where it belongs in the heart of its community

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March 2019

Food

Hotel and restaurant review: The Pig at Bridge Place, Canterbury

Tuesday, June 11, 2019 Words: Sarah Sturt. Photos: Manu Palomeque
The former Bridge Place Country Club is now a restaurant with 31 rooms, including Hop Pickers Hut (photo: Manu Palomeque)

Kent Life goes the whole hog and stays the night at the newly opened, much-anticipated The Pig at Bridge Place

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10 Margate restaurants you need to try

Thursday, June 6, 2019 Samuel Mathewson
Margate is full of great restaurants (photo: nogbad, Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

From Creole-inspired seafood to rustic Italian dishes, Margate is rapidly becoming one of Kent's top places to eat. We've gathered 10 of the best places to eat in the town

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Kent craft distillery first to go carbon neutral

Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Greensand Ridge founder and distiller, Will Edge (photo: Manu Palomeque)

The distillery near Shipbourne has achieved one of its original green goals

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Chapel Down: 'North Downs is finest for English wines'

Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Chapel Down: North Downs is English wines finest

This area of Kent is regarded as the finest spot in the country to make the highest quality sparkling wine

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5 wildflower walks in Kent with pubs along the way

Friday, May 24, 2019 Hazel Sillver
Bluebells at Blue Bell Hill

Drink in the sight and smell of our native blooms on one of these wonderful wildflower walks

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