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,...
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The Beer Lover's Table: Pumpkin, Chestnut and Chickpea Pilaf with RedWillow Treacle Treat Dark Ale
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The Beer Lover's Table: Sausage Casserole with Wild Garlic Butter and Lager Sauce and The Kernel Dark Mild
Every spring, my cooking is governed by a single objective: find as many ways to use wild garlic as possible. There are the staples I make every year – wild garlic...
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Wine & Food Killers: Fried Artichokes with Wild Garlic Pesto and Still Life Sauvignon Blanc 2022
Recently, I’ve fallen for artichokes. I enjoy the appeal of their unyielding exteriors and thorn-tipped leaves, the knowledge that they need to be plucked and peeled and sliced, eviscerated of their...
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Fundamentals #140 — Siren Crescendo 10th Anniversary Imperial Stout
Eight and a half years ago, I attended an off-flavour beer tasting hosted by beer writer Melissa Cole. Melissa took us through everything from DMS to diacetyl, enhancing our beer knowledge by putting us...
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The Beer Lover's Table: Singaporean Chilli Crab Pasta and Sureshot Brewing Whimmy Wam Wam Wozzle Pilsner
Recently, inspired by the recent tteokbokki à la vodka recipe we made together, my partner and I were riffing on ideas for hybrid dishes - food that doesn’t neatly fit...
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Fundamentals #139 — Pressure Drop Cheese Volume 2 New England IPA
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...
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Wine & Food Killers - Garlic Bread Winter Bruschetta and Jumping Juice Pet Nat 2022
In the deepest ebb of the winter doldrums, I stumbled upon a recipe for “winter caprese salad”. Instead of fresh tomatoes, the recipe roasted cherry tomatoes until candy-sweet, paired them...
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Fundamentals #138 - Two Flints Sonic Muse West Coast IPA
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...
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The Beer Lover's Table: Chai-Spiced Apple and Plum Crumble with Great Beyond Brewing Co The Raspberry Incident
I have a lot of feelings about apple crumble. It probably sounds funny, but as a child raised in the US – land of the apple pie à la mode...
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Fundamentals #137 - Elusive Brewing Brave Noise West Coast Pale Ale
It began with a simple question. When brewer Brienne Allan asked on her Instagram stories “Have you ever experienced sexism in the beer industry?”, responses, largely from women and non-binary...
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Wine & Food Killers: Mushroom and Pearl Barley Risotto with Marinated Feta and Fin Wines Biggie Shackleton 2021
I love winter food. The hearty stews and braises, brothy noodles, warming curries, all those root vegetables and citrus fruits… There’s no better time to hold a steaming bowl of...
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Fundamentals #136 — Track x Pellicle Always Trust the Optimist West Coast IPA
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...
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Fundamentals #135 — Makemake Nothing Cannot Exist Forever Double IPA
Everything is finite. The delicious beer I have in my glass right now isn’t going to last forever. I wish it would though – I could stand to have my senses over-saturated...
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The Beer Lover's Table: Tteokbokki à la Vodka and Donzoko Super King Smoked Helles
You can take the girl out of the Mid-Atlantic, but you can’t take the Mid-Atlantic out of the girl. It’s been more than 10 years since I relocated to London from...
