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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We're hiring - Store & Coffee Hatch Manager, East Dulwich Road
Do you have a passion for specialty coffee and an interest in craft beer and natural wine? We're sad to soon be farewelling our Peckham/East Dulwich store manager Nathan, after...
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The Beer Lover's Table: Halloumi, Pitta and Grapefruit Salad with Fried Chickpeas and Newbarns x Holy Goat Berliner Weisse
Brighter days are really and truly on their way. I know this not because the weather is either predictable or reliable, but because my cravings are. Gone is the soup...
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Natural Wine Killers: Green Chutney Sea Bass Ceviche with Fried Chickpeas and Domaine des Sablonnettes Zeste 2022
Last month, I was lucky enough to visit Mexico City for the first time. I promptly fell in love – with the ever-present mist that hung in the air and refracted...
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The Beer Lover's Table: Persian Spiced Rice and Lentils with Spring Herbs and Allagash White
It always struck me as counterintuitive that our New Year falls in the dead of winter, when the world is cold and dormant and the possibility of new growth feels...
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Natural Wine Killers: Ultimate Spring Salad and Koppitsch Homok 2022
The arrival of spring usually makes me a little loopy. It’s not only the warmer temperatures, the scent of blossoms on the air, the blessedly later sunsets. It’s also the new...
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The Beer Lover's Table: Wild Garlic Pesto Lasagne with Ideal Day Path of the Sun Field Beer
Every year, I count down the grim late-winter days, waiting for one of the earliest signifiers of spring: the return of wild garlic season. Much as Real Housewives of Clapton...
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Natural Wine Killers - Ras El Hanout Spatchcocked Roast Chicken with Chickpea Pulao & Les Cadoles La Cadole à Marcel Mâcon Chardonnay 2021
A Sunday roast is a special thing – or at least it is for a lot of people. Blame my US upbringing, but I never felt that attached to the...
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The Beer Lover's Table: Tom Yum Pozole and Utopian Brewing Small Pils
I think about pozole a lot for someone who doesn’t eat it that often. This soup hails from Mexico and the southern US, and is notable for its starring ingredient:...
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Natural Wine Killers: Truffle Cheese Pasta with Camillo Donati Ribelle Rosato 2020
I’ve come around on Valentine’s Day. February is short on festive feeling; why not take the opportunity to make a special occasion out of what would otherwise be another grey Wednesday?...
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The Beer Lover's Table: Tostones (Twice-Fried Plantains) with Mojo Sauce and Indie Rabble Wet George Double IPA
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...
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Wine & Food Killers: Lentil, Cavolo Nero, Chestnut and Chorizo Soup with Mersel Red Velvet 2022
2024 is the year of soup. Don’t just take my word for it; according to the New York Times, soup is being hailed as one of the year’s top nine food...
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The Beer Lover's Table: Pumpkin Chipotle Chilli and Queer Brewing Lay Down My Bones Brown Ale
Count it as one of my controversial food opinions, but I’ve always hated the Christmas sandwich. All manner of discordant and sloppy leftovers, fridge-cold and mashed together between two pieces...
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Wine & Food Killers: Braised Turkey Legs with Mole Rojo and Strekov 1075 Bob 2022
For years, I thought I hated turkey, scarred by the overcooked turkeys served at childhood Thanksgivings. Who needs turkey when you can have duck or goose – or even roast chicken, half...
