Summer is dancing provocatively too close to autumn lately and we are all noticing the end of the season. I like autumn but only when it’s the end of September; I’m not too friendly with it in August when I can smell it fast approaching. This cocktail is a salute to all things late summer, which embraces the blackberry staining of your fingers as you muddle them together, the smell…
Summer afternoons that turn into late nights once the sunset starts to do that hypnotic thing which encourages you to make a party of it. Those of you who festival will know that hour; you’re happy and relaxed from a great day with good friends, giggled way more than you usually do and eaten delicious food and can’t see why you don’t do this ALL the time. This is the…
Last weekend I attended the Sisterhood Camp in West Wales to do a campfire cooking and cocktail demonstration. The recipe below is the cocktail I made (Mocktail recipe to follow soon) and I wanted to show that cocktail making for a large group is perfectly easy. Jugs are the answer here so that you aren't mixing and shaking lots of different small amounts on repeat and getting rather hot and…
I recently wrote a feature for Magazine Sub's Hub on cooking something I've never cooked before; this being marmalade from The Olive Magazine. (more…)
I'm all for a fancy meal out but sometimes the Valentine's Day meal needs to be a meal at home. Intimate, low-key and a budget of your choosing. Before you start on the fizz and you're fixing the meal, sip on this delicately floral cocktail while the love of your life tells you all about their day. (more…)
Some people take their Baileys straight up, some add it to their coffee, the Flat White Martini takes it a stage further. Oh boy. Once you dabbled with this recipe from Baileys, you'll be whipping out your cocktail shaker at the drop of a hat. (more…)
My name is Elinor Hill, aka "Beach Hut Cook". I am lucky enough to live by the sea, and I spend a ridiculous amount of time there in our beach hut. I love cooking simple and tasty food for my family, often down the hut or carefully transported to it. There is nothing better than a feast by the sea with the odd cocktail or two thrown in. For me: it’s as good as it gets.