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2 weeks ago | 
greatbritishlife.co.uk | Joanne Goodwin
'Are you feeling Peckish?' I asked my daughter on our way to the newly relocated Pecks Restaurant. It was hardly original, and certainly an understatement – we were, in fact, ravenous – but we were also a bit giddy at the thought of a rare, relaxed, adults-only evening together. So the pun, which must have been uttered hundreds of times by expectant Pecks diners, made us even more giggly.
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1 month ago | 
greatbritishlife.co.uk | Joanne Goodwin
Four years ago, Joe and Laura Harris bought what they imagined might be their forever home, on Dumbah Lane in Prestbury, yet within weeks of extensive refurbishment and redevelopment, they decided to move on. ‘People here tend to buy and stay for a long time,’ Joe says. ‘This was certainly our plan.
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2 months ago | 
greatbritishlife.co.uk | Joanne Goodwin
What does a double Michelin-starred restaurant in a country manor amid the glorious Oxfordshire countryside have in common with a brasserie in an airport hotel near Manchester? Are you drawing a Blanc?
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Feb 2, 2025 | 
warringtonguardian.co.uk | Joanne Goodwin
Cheshire Life Food and Drink Awards 2025 (Image: Cheshire Life) The Cheshire Life Food & Drink Awards are returning for 2025. This spectacular night of eating, meeting and celebrating is our chance to honour the hospitality industry – those culinary champions who shape the county’s thriving food and drink scene. Each month in the magazine we champion the region’s food and drink producers and venues – large and small, rural and urban, emerging and established.
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Feb 1, 2025 | 
warringtonguardian.co.uk | Joanne Goodwin
Confit of duck leg with white bean cassoulet – a delicious starter or small plate main. (Image: John Allen Photography) It's early doors on a cold and wet midweek winter evening and the Fishpool Inn is filling up as fast as a fish pool on a cold and very wet summer evening. This is one big space: it can, and often does, cater for 700 people of an evening.
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Jan 27, 2025 | 
greatbritishlife.co.uk | Joanne Goodwin
The Cheshire Life Food & Drink Awards are returning for 2025. This spectacular night of eating, meeting and celebrating is our chance to honour the hospitality industry – those culinary champions who shape the county’s thriving food and drink scene. Each month in the magazine we champion the region’s food and drink producers and venues – large and small, rural and urban, emerging and established.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
greatbritishlife.co.uk | Joanne Goodwin
Let's start this journey through Cheshire in Chester, the destination that consistently tops polls to find the most attractive city in the world. From the Roman amphitheatre to the zoo, the River Dee to the black and white Rows, Chester is teeming with things to do and places to see. The shopping is first-class, with a mixture of High Street names and independents.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
greatbritishlife.co.uk | Joanne Goodwin
It's early doors on a cold and wet midweek winter evening and the Fishpool Inn is filling up as fast as a fish pool on a cold and very wet summer evening circa 2024. This is one big space: it can, and often does, cater for 700 people of an evening. Yet the atmosphere is warm and intimate, with nooks and crannies, tables large and small, and plenty of places for groups who want to celebrate with each other, and couples who just want to be with each other.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
greatbritishlife.co.uk | Joanne Goodwin
A new passage in history is being made on that most historical of European islands – Crete On the east-Cretan hills of Elounda, a global army of architects, designers, sustainability and marine experts, artisans and construction workers are creating the Mediterranean's ultra-luxury green resort. They are building a sanctuary for the soul and the environment, cascading down a hillside looking out on the gulf of Mirabello.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
greatbritishlife.co.uk | Joanne Goodwin
Knutsford is a fantastic place to shop for gifts at Christmas. The town centre has a wealth of unique gift shops and boutiques. After working up an appetite, shoppers are spoilt for choice, with restaurants and bars to suit all tastes. April’s Kitchen goes by the motto ‘casual dining done elegantly’, Linden Stores is an award-winning restaurant serving seasonal British food, and other recommendations include Wine and Wallop, Gusto, Smokehouse and Cellar, or the original Piccolino Italian.
