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...
HB&B Blog
Wine & Food Killers: Aguachile Two Ways and Quarticello Despina 2023
-
The Beer Lover's Table: Spiced Honeycomb Semifreddo with Yonder Brewing Biscoff Chocolate Brownie Pastry Stout
What dessert should you serve for Christmas? By now, you’ve probably already eaten your fill of mince pies and are sick of snacking on Celebrations. And perhaps like me, you’re...
-
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,...
-
The Beer Lover's Table: Pumpkin, Chestnut and Chickpea Pilaf with RedWillow Treacle Treat Dark Ale
If you ask me, there just aren’t enough dark ales – or brown ales, for that matter – being made today. I love a crispy lager or a hazy IPA,...
-
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...
-
The Beer Lover's Table: Pumpkin, Sausage & Crème Fraîche Pasta With Fried Sage and Hazelnuts and Indie Rabble Marzen Lager
I’m still surprised by just how quickly autumn arrived this year. In September, I was eating fresh heirloom tomatoes and salads in my back garden. But on a walk in...
-
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,...
-
The Beer Lover's Table: Merguez Hot Dogs with Caramelised Onions & Yoghurt Sauce and Newbarns Festival Bier
I always like to have merguez sausages on hand. Every time I go to the butcher (I love Meat NW5, which makes its own sausages in-house), I pick up a...
-
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,...
-
The Beer Lover's Table: Halloumi, Tomato & Saffron Aioli Sandwiches with Tilquin Petite Gueuze
It simply isn’t summer until you’ve had a tomato sandwich. The tomatoes at this time of year feel as precious as jewels, glowing with juice and vitality, tasting of sun...
-
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...
-
The Beer Lover's Table: Marinated Tofu, Sashimi & Yuzu Edamame with Donzoko Radler Yuzu
I reached a point, deep into London’s third heatwave of the summer, when I could no longer stomach the idea of hot food. After eating scrambled eggs and toast, I...
-
Wine & Food Killers: Vietnamese-Style Wings and Herby Salad with Koehler-Ruprecht Kallstadter Riesling Kabinett Trocken 2022
Recently, a friend made chicken wings – simple, marinated with Caribbean hot sauce and fresh thyme for a few hours, thrown into the oven, then poured, juices and all, into...
-
The Beer Lover's Table: Sesame Aubergine Schnitzel With Rocket & Artichoke Salad & St Bernardus x Weihenstephaner Kombine Helles
As the summer arrives, my tastes start to change. In place of soups and stews, I reach for salads and picky bits; instead of meat, I shift to veg-heavy options,...
