Austria
I remember, many years ago, an Austrian wine tasting in which Gruner Veltliner was compared to Chardonnay from other countries. I didn’t think that it was really a reasonable …
Australia
Dan, Non-Stinky Jeff, the partner and I dined at Hawksmoor earlier. It is a brilliant place to eat and on Mondays they charge a fiver corkage if you want …
Alsace
Earlier tonight we ate reasonably well and had some truly mind-bendingly good wines. This is what life is all about. One wine, however, disappointed. Shame, Olivier Humbrecht, shame! Brut …
Recipes
This worked a treat with the added flavour-enhancing ingredients, so I’m posting the recipe. It is a dead-easy dish to knock up. To make it you will need: 1.5Kg …
Site News
I started this website four years ago with rant and a 1632″]Burgundy (what else) tasting note. Alas I have not kept count of the number of wines I have …
Fast food
Sometimes you really need a kebab. We wanted the best Turkish kebab London has to offer, so we trekked to the other side of Town to get one. We …
Recipes
I’m cooking up some pork with lentils for a dinner party on Saturday. The recipe calls for boiling them in water, but we can do better than that. I’m …
Alsace
I suppose some people would think that the world’s best Gewurztraminer would be even more pointless than the best Muscat. I disagree. A wonderful, fruity, floral Gewurz can be …
Germany
That acidity may hurt, but it shows that you are alive. Alive and enlightened if you are drinking this. When I was a beginner in the field of German …
Recipes
Yesterday I made a much-improved version of my chicken in cider recipe. Regular followers of whatinterests.davidstrange.net will have seen some blurry pictures of it cooking and on my plate. …
