The new Jeep Cherokee has a stylishly European interior, but Charlie Flindt finds it less rugged and has a few suggestions to improve what it was originally great at, off-roading.…
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Apple and pear tart. The perfect tea-time treat
Apple and pear tart is a great sweet treat to try if you are working your way through a glut of apples and pears. It makes a lovely light dessert…
The Field’s favourite spaniels
Spaniels are one of the UK’s most popular breeds as family pets and the shooting field would be incomplete without them. Notoriously nutty, this selection of spaniels owned by our…
The decline of the small vet
With the big, corporate bodies moving in, small veterinary practices are being swallowed up into corporate chains. No longer will we be taking our dogs to a vet that we…
Genevieve Taylor’s raised game pie
A raised game pie is wonderfully old-fashioned and fantastically impressive. And it isn’t as daunting to make as it seems. Try Genevieve Taylor’s raised game pie for a supper party…
Beretta 486 Parallelo EL
Replacing the 470 series and now in 20-bore, the Beretta 486 Parallelo EL looks good and feels light and lively. Michael Yardley is impressed. For a new gun with unusual…
Partridge breast caesar-style salad
Partridge meat adds a great, gamey twist to the classic caesar salad. This makes an impressive shoot lunch if you get the crunch just right on your croutons. Follow Philippa…
My favourite bit of kit: Gavin Gardiner chooses his Jeep
Every true sportsman has that one bit of kit that he couldn’t enter the field without. In a new series of columns, we ask what bit of kit is most…
Ploughing into the future
The mighty plough has moulded our landscape and culture. But does ploughing have a place in modern farming? Tim Field considers its future. For more from The Field’s new farming…
Confit partridge legs with celeriac purée
Serving, presenting and eating a whole roast gamebird has its splendour, but as the season presses on partridge leg meat can become tough. Confit is the perfect solution as slow…