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: 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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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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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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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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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...
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Wine & Food KIllers: Caramelised Fennel Crab Toast With Domaine de l’Accent Matis Pét-Nat 2024
Underneath the glitter and tinsel, December can be a time of fatigue, one deadline and work party and hosting obligation after another. It can be hard to catch a breath,...
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Wine & Food Killers: Spiced Roast Duck Pancakes With Christina Kuhlbar 2024
My feelings about the festive season are always fluctuating. Some years, I have the energy to host an enormous Thanksgiving feast for a dozen guests, with a showstopper main course...
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Wine & Food Killers: Tandoori Prawns and Kachumber Salad with Pedro Olivares Muscat Blanc d’Argila 2022
There is still the pervasive idea that pairing food and wine is intimidating, as precise as an algebra equation. Get it wrong and risk humiliation. I don’t know about you,...
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Wine & Food Killers: Cheese and Mushroom Spaetzle with Arndorfer Vorgeschmack Red 2024
After our blazing summer, it feels like someone’s flicked a switch and plunged us suddenly into autumn. Just as quickly, my drinking preferences have shifted. Instead of the pét nats,...
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Wine & Food Killers: The Ultimate Summer Salad and Brand Shake & Wait Orange Pet Nat 2024
“Every summer I make one thing that makes me think: That’s it, that’s the pinnacle of summer… then its memory carries me through the months of being tired of root...
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Wine & Food Killers: Polenta Fries with Tomato and Basil Relish and Tenuta Foresto Favonio Moscato 2022
The time of year has come when I want all my meals to feel like early-evening snacks enjoyed in some Southern European country. If I catch the light in my...
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Wine & Food Killers: Everything Bagel Salmon with Tomato and Goat Cheese Salad and Judith Beck Pink Rosé 2024
I was raised on bagels. Not the round-bread-masquerading-as-bagels that you find in UK supermarkets – real East Coast bagels. Bagels heavily seasoned, then shellacked with an even heavier application of...
