Wine & Food Killers: Aguachile Two Ways and Quarticello Despina 2023
At its best, summer cooking requires almost no cooking at all. Deep into yet another heatwave, the only things worth eating right now are crisp, fresh, zesty or chilled. But...
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Wine & Food Killers: Aguachile Two Ways and Quarticello Despina 2023
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Beer Lover's Table: Udon Carbonara with Garage Project Pernicious Weed Imperial IPA
Before my honeymoon in Japan, I’d never tried Italian-Japanese fusion cooking. In hindsight, those meals stand out as favourites of the trip. Pizza Marumo blends Neapolitan-style dough with Japanese toppings –...
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Wine & Food Killers: Green Goddess Chicken Salad Wraps with Crunchy Chickpeas and Domaine de l’Accent du Sud Rose 2025
The last heatwave in late May inspired cravings for peak-summer produce (and mild dread of my stove). That seasonal shock made it clear I need to prepare an arsenal of...
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The Beer Lover's Table: Salmon and Cured Egg Yolk Onigiri with Queer Brewing x Duration X Cloudwater Deadhead Pale Wit
Recently, I was lucky enough to spend my honeymoon in South Korea and Japan – easily the best three weeks of eating and drinking of my life. Since returning to London,...
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Wine & Food Killers: Miso Comté Buns and Domaine de Bon Augure Joncs-Cella
Six years ago, I fell in love with a pastry. It was the early days of the pandemic. If I left the house at all, it was to go on a...
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Beer Lover's Table: Tom Yum Risotto with Prawns and Villages Secret Sauce Dolcita IPA
Some of the most successful cooking projects are born of necessity – or just happy accident. Take this recipe for tom yum risotto, which came about spontaneously, at the end of...
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Wine & Food Killers: Lemon-Ricotta Chicken Meatballs with Herb Labneh & a Spring Salad and Cantina Ortaccio Bianco 2021
I like to think that meatballs are an all-four-seasons kind of food. While, in their most traditional form - served with spaghetti and covered in marina sauce - they speak...
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Beer Lover's Table: Hojicha White Chocolate Mousse and Baron Brewing Augustus Gloop Porter
Recently, I had the pleasure of editing a Pellicle Magazine piece by cookbook author and chef Tim Anderson, all about London’s matcha boom. Matcha lattes are everywhere now, he writes...
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Wine & Food Killers: Greek Yoghurt Pasta with Tomato Pine Nuts and Caramelised Onions and Edgar Brutler Drum Bun 2023
It’s hard to know what to cook right now. March can be a fatiguing month of in-betweens and not-yets, and that’s even more true this year. I usually like to...
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The Beer Lover's Table: Sausage, Oregano & Blue Cheese Pasta with Beak x Boxcar Cubed Double Dark Mild
Have you ever been haunted by the memory of a dish that you cooked years ago, but can’t quite recall? Or searched for a recipe you once loved and then,...
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Wine & Food Killers: Vietnamese-Inspired Prawn Fritters and Celler Batlliu de Sort Aulesa Riesling Pet Nat
As much as the unrelenting grey of February calls for hearty stews, rich curries and stodgy pasta bakes, I think we need as much brightness as we can get at...
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The Beer Lover's Table: Orange Tiramisu with Elusive Brewing Doompety Do Chocolate Ganache Stout
Indulgent decadence may be so last month, but this year hasn’t exactly got off to an ideal start, so I’d argue the last thing we collectively need right now is...
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Wine & Food Killers: Indian-Style Aubergine Parmesan with Antica Enotria Vriccio Primitivo 2023
As I write this, fat snowflakes are falling outside my window and the lavender hue of the waning daylight makes it clear just how frigid it is. It is an...
