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...
At long last, I’ve finally come around to the West Coast IPA. This may sound controversial, but when I was younger, I never favoured this style. Early experiences with old-school, Californian...
Eight years ago, a friend of a friend invited me to her home and made tostones for me. I watched as she removed the plantains from their thick green peels, fried...
I never realised what guava could be until I walked into a Brazilian supermarket. Until then, I knew guava mostly as a tasting note that was semi-frequently ascribed to hazy...
When I started this column, I called it Fundamentals because I wanted it to focus on the key elements of beer and brewing. Initially, I wanted to look at the...
Long time readers of this column will know that I have, for a long time, asserted the fact that the West Coast is indeed the best coast. The reason for...
Since I started writing about beer more than a decade ago, I’ve taken every opportunity to talk about the experience that showed me that beer was more than something you...
Back in university, I was lucky enough to room with my friend Sarah, who wasn’t just an all-round lovely human but also a talented cook and baker. One of her signature...
I love it when breweries kick on, especially when this involves releasing a beer that comes out of nowhere and knocks my little cotton socks off. One brewery to do...
This month, I was reminded that cheeseburger dumplings exist. I was spending an evening aimlessly browsing Instagram’s hollow wares, and suddenly, there they were: making an appearance in a post shared by J Kenji López-Alt,...
Years ago, when we all still lived in London, a group of friends and I developed a ritual: Every Sunday, we would meet at one of their houses for “family...
The term “nature is healing” has perhaps been a tad overused during the past couple of years – although the other week, a new brewery opened in Manchester, which after...
Pleasure is undoubtedly one of the most fundamental things about beer, and why we drink it. In fact, I explore this topic as much in my book, Modern British Beer,...