Category: Food
Burgundy
The other day I had one of the greatest meals of my life. A dinner marked by profundity of flavour in food and wine. If I may, I will …
Beer
Today we the first reasonably warm day of spring, so jolly t-shirt on and off to the River Itchen for a walk to spot ducks, swans and hopefully trout. …
Burgundy
I hope you will forgive me if this is not my longest or most coherent article, things got a bit quaquaversal in the early hours of this morning. However, …
Beer
Last year we utterly adored the pickled onions from Perfect Pickles. They were vibrant, crunchy, acidic as hell and really rather spicy, so we purchased a few jars of …
General
Moving to Hampshire has been one of the best things I’ve done in my life. I expected it to be more relaxed than London with a nicer environment and …
London
I’m so bonkers at the moment I couldn’t keep my reservation for the soft-opening of the new branch of Hawksmoor – yes, that bonkers! I asked my excellent chums …
Recipes
I’ve given a number of versions of my chicken in cider recipe. Whilst it has slowly improved, last night’s version was such a massive leap forward I just had …
General
Readers whose memories stretch back to the dim, dark depths of May might have a passing recollection of me praising The Cheese Stall in Winchester. Those you you with …
Recipes
When I was an undergraduate and couldn’t afford food my chum Mr T would cook for me on a regular basis. He was excellent at braising meat in booze, …
Recipes
You can know you like something, and then have an example that totally detonates your underwear. I’ve always liked smoked eel, but the Test Valley smoked eel from the …
