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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The Beer Lover's Table: Indian-Spiced Grilled Cheese Toasties and Baron Brewing Betty & Bean Pale Ale
You can never go wrong with a grilled cheese toastie, but there are definitely ways you can go even more right. A mix of several cheeses is a good start....
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Wine & Food Killers: Chicken Schnitzel with Spring Salad and United Cellars of Tekov Kind of Glou 2021
The practice of wine pairing has its particular diktats that most of us have seemed to internalise. “Red meat goes with red wine”, “only serve fish and white meat with...
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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...
