Whether it’s the funky bar area, recently expanded in anticipation of visitors returning, which overlooks the brewery itself or the ridiculous amount of brews created each week, or a mixture of the two, Firebird Brewery feels like a place that does more than “makes a few Sussex beers”. It’s of no surprise then that the […]
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As a child of Sussex in the 1970s, Sussex Pond Pudding known in our house as Lemon Bomb, was synonymous with high days and holidays. Using her own Sussex recipe, my mother would coat the inside of an old pudding basin with suet and then fill the centre with a lemon encased in a mixture
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When a friend gives you a bottle of local sparkling wine, produced at a Sussex vineyard in Ashburnham, you’re duty-bound to find out more, aren’t you? Tumbling Brook is fresh, crisp, fruity and light, perfect for a warm sunny evening in fact. It comes from a small vineyard and although it may not be publically
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Of a score of good things found outside heaven The land of Sussex was granted seven The choicest of those I often feel Is the oily, glutinous Pulborough eel Though the Selsea cockle would be the best The Chichester lobster’s the lordliest dish The herring of Rye is the tastiest dish The mullet of Arundel
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When Chris Heyes left his job in the city in marketing, most people probably didn’t expect him to become a Sussex cheesemaker. And not just any cheese, but a soft, blue artisan cheese made just feet from where the cows whose milk is used are grazed and milked on the beautiful Balcombe Estate. More extraordinary
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We love this local Sussex cheese toastie recipe made with locally produced Sussex blue cheese. Serves 4 as a starter or light lunch This delicious take on a classic toastie is made with Blue Clouds cheese made in Balcombe, West Sussex. All the Blue Clouds cheeses are made by hand in a small dairy
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