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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Fundamentals #93 - Eko Haze New England IPA
There are more than 2,000 breweries operating in the UK today, more than double than there were just a decade ago, and over 20 times more than in the early...
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Wine & Food Killers: Spiced Spinach and Wild Garlic Soup with Poached Haddock and Matthias Warnung Whitey Weisswein
“Y’all, I need to tell you about this soup I made last night.” My phone lit up with a message from my friend Jess, quickly followed by a photo of rustic...
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Fundamentals #92 — Lost and Grounded Helles
Malt is a too-often under-appreciated ingredient in our favourite beers. More often than not hops will take centre stage, even for beers with far more complex grain-bills than they have...
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The Beer Lover's Table: Taiwanese-Style Popcorn Chicken and Abyss Brewing Zen Level II New England IPA
I was not raised in a deep-frying household. My parents are generally health-conscious, and by nature suspicious of any amount of oil that would approach a “vat”. It was to...
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Fundamentals #91 - Villages Big Salad New England IPA
I miss brewery taprooms. I might be a pub creature at heart – someone that longs for a warm, dimly lit space, perhaps sat bellied up to the bar on...
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Wine & Food Killers: Mackerel with Herb Salad and Crispy Sumac Potatoes and Constantina Sotelo Rosalía
As I’m writing this, false spring has been and gone. You know the one: That tricksy week in February or March that’s so golden and sun-drenched it swindles us into...
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Fundamentals #90 — Glasshouse Poetic Differences Pale Ale
There’s an idea among the biggest multinational brewers that to be “craft” is to ensure part of your offering is a hazy, hoppy beer with little or no bitterness, brewed...
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The Beer Lover's Table: Aubergine Massaman Curry and Boxcar Brewery Double Dark Mild
If sourdough bread was very Lockdown 1, then Lockdown 3 looks more like one-pot cooking projects: long-simmered stews, tender meatballs, creamy pasta dishes. In the middle of a deep cold...
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Fundamentals #89— Queer Brewing Existence As A Radical Act Pale Ale
I was recently asked how I stay objective when I write about beer, and the short answer is: I don’t. Or, to be more accurate, I can’t. Beer is my life and a...
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Wine & Food Killers: Spiced Lamb Meatballs with Saffron-Tomato Sauce and Couscous and Cantina Giardino Re Rosso 2019
Weekends right now are strange. For me, they’ve become long, often empty blocks of time, flattened without the normal pace of pubs, get-togethers with pals and general hubbub. Now, instead...
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The Beer Lover's Table: Cheeseburger Tacos and Beak Brewery Déšt Pilsner
It’s cold, it’s dark, it’s gloomy and lockdown restrictions mean we’re all stuck in our homes even more than we otherwise would be at this time of year. In other...
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Fundamentals #88 — St Mars of the Desert Old School Quality West Coast IPA
If you’re really into beer and Online All The Time like I am, you’ll be aware that we’re now at the stage of the current West Coast IPA discourse where...
