#foodandwine

Jun 27

WINE OF THE WEEK: Château de Sabazan 2018, Saint Mont, France

The estate-bottled Château de Sabazan 2018 is a plush, deep crimson, velvet-smooth red wine with perfumed sun-warmed black-fruit aromas

Dec 21, 2023

WINE OF THE WEEK: Contino Rioja Reserva 2018, Spain

£22–£26, Tesco, Sainsbury's, Waitrose, Morrison, North & South Wines and other independents If you haven’t got your red wine for the...

Dec 8, 2022

WINE OF THE WEEK: Quinta do Noval Late Bottled Vintage Port 2016, Portugal

£19.95–£26.75, Master of Malt, Cheers, Cambridge Wine Merchants, Ocado, Bon Coeur Fine Wines, Oddbins Never mind saving this until...

Mar 8, 2021

Tales of the Unexpected: Bollinger R.D. 2007

With the 2007 vintage the disgorgement date has returned to the front label If I'm ever asked who from history I would choose as my...

Feb 17, 2017

Girls' Night: who'd have thought it...

As I sat on the train reading up about the dinner I was heading for at Northcote in Lancashire, a Michelin-starred restaurant and AA...

Aug 9, 2016

Playing with Fire: Ekstedt restaurant in Stockholm

Cooking over fire at Ekstedt (clockwise from top left): wood-fired oven with loaves of bread waiting at the side to go in, smoke box and...

Aug 2, 2016

Basque dreams: Ametsa with Arzak Instruction

For some reason 2016 is turning out to be a great year for eating. I seem to have had more, more than usually exciting restaurant meals...

Feb 29, 2016

Boozy Food with Spirits: Tips and Extras

Fortify yourself with… A bottle of madeira and a bottle of Australian liqueur muscat or PX (pedro ximenez) sherry. •Use the madeira for...

Feb 25, 2016

Boozy Food with Spirits: Fish en Papillote with Vermouth

An effortless way to cook whole fish, either one per person or sharing. Just put the fish in a foil parcel with herbs and liquor and put...

Feb 21, 2016

Boozy Food with Spirits: Petits Pots de Chocolate

Aka irresistible chocolate mousse with rum. It's another simple classic that we could all be making instead of more elaborate cakes. And...

Feb 17, 2016

Boozy Food with Spirits: Garlicky Prawns Flambéd in Whiskey

Irish whiskey may sound unlikely, but trust me. Ideally you should buy live prawns and cook them yourself, but I’ve been known to use...

Feb 10, 2016

Boozy Food with Spirits: Syllabub

Why aren’t we all eating syllabub? It’s a breeze to make and delicious. This one, based on Elizabeth David’s classic Everlasting...

Feb 2, 2016

Boozy Food with Spirits: Tuna Ceviche with Vodka and Lime

Far be it from me to suggest that anyone should find cooking with wine in Britain off-puttingly expensive, but I do concede that, thanks...

Jan 30, 2016

Boozy Food with Wine: Tips and Extras

Look up the recipe for Coq au Vin in Larousse and it advises using a Chambertin or a Mercurey. Helpful or what? A Chambertin will set you...

Jan 23, 2016

Boozy Food with Wine: Aromatic Dried Fruit in Red Wine

This dark, spicy, autumnal dish can be made two or three days in advance and kept in the fridge. Serve it cold, tepid or warm, with...

Jan 16, 2016

Boozy Food with Wine: Beef with Shallots in Red Wine

Everybody needs a failsafe, rich and warming beef casserole recipe for winter. This is mine. I always use shin, because it has such a...

Jan 9, 2016

Boozy Food with Wine: 7-hour Leg of Lamb

This is not the most sophisticated-looking of dishes – you have to serve the meat in chunks rather than neat slices - but it’s incredibly...

Jan 2, 2016

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...

Nov 6, 2015

WINE OF THE WEEK: Fess Parker Santa Barbara County Chardonnay 2014

£13.95, The Wine Society, thewinesociety.com This wine is a great match for cashew nuts. You might think that anybody worrying about...

Oct 25, 2015

A 2-minute guide to wine and cheese matching

Oozing with flavour: Fromagerie Caseus, the excellent cheese shop in Montreuil, Pas de Calais, France Let’s cut to the chase: wine and...