Boozy Food with Wine: Fennel Risotto
Call me biased, but I reckon that the secret weapon the great chefs never mention is booze. They bang on about how they use only the freshest ingredients bought at 5am in sub-zero temperatures and they bend your ear about the late hours and boot-camp training in kitchens from hell. But they never say, oh I couldn’t do it without the booze. They couldn’t, though. I’m not talking about cook’s nips - the stuff they try not to get sloshed on when they’re stressed out in the kitch