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GRAVETYE MANOR
THERE IS A WHIMSICAL ALICE IN WONDERLAND FEEL THAT LIGHTLY TOUCHES EVERYTHING ABOUT GRAVETYE MANOR ; IT ’ S ALL AT ONCE INCREDIBLY INVITING , DELIGHTFUL , AND PLAYFUL IN THAT ELEMENTS OF THE STAY TOY WITH YOUR LOGIC . AT DINNER FOR INSTANCE , I SAT FOR A FEW MINUTES IN SILENT , STUNNED APPRECIATION OF A SMALL , PERFECTLY FORMED PEBBLE OF BUTTER . MUSHROOM BUTTER TO BE PRECISE . THE EXACT COLOUR OF MUSHROOM , MADE WITH MUSHROOMS OF COURSE , BUT WITH A SALT-FLECKED CONSISTENCY OF FRESHLY CHURNED BUTTER AND A VIBRANT CLARITY OF FLAVOUR . I DIDN ’ T KNOW MUSHROOM BUTTER WAS EVEN A THING AND , LIKE A SPECTATOR TRYING TO WORK OUT A MAGIC TRICK BUT ALWAYS COMING BACK TO THE CONCLUSION THAT MAGIC IS THE ONLY EXPLANATION , I REMAIN UTTERLY PERPLEXED AS TO HOW IT ’ S POSSIBLE TO PACK THAT MUCH FLAVOUR INTO BUTTER . BY POLLY HUMPHRIS
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