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 #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...
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Wine & Food Killers: Tomato Curry with Roasted Paneer and Johannes Zillinger Revolution White Solera
For many, January is a time of deprivation, of restoring a lost balance thrown off by those prior weeks of feasting and merrymaking. I, too, feel a pull towards asceticism...
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Fundamentals #134 — DEYA Message Me The Verdict Mosaic Pale Ale
I’ve long speculated on where Cheltenham’s DEYA Brewery took its name from and I never would have guessed the answer. On a recent visit to the brewery, I sat down...
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Fundamentals #133 — The Kernel Bitter Simonds 1880
It’s been 13 years since The Kernel arrived in Bermondsey and changed the face of the London (nay, the UK) beer scene forever. In that time, there are few styles the brewery...
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Our 2022 Big Beery Advent beers revealed
Beer #24 - Simple Things Fermentations Belgian Christmas And so to our Christmas Eve beer, the cherry on the top of our HB&B advent. Simple Things Fermentations is a small Glasgow...
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The Beer Lover's Table: Eggnog Latte Cookies and Full Circle Brew Co Parkin at the Moon Imperial Stout
As an American, I generally look forward not to mince pies every December, but to Christmas cookies. Why stick to one treat when you can have a rotating cast of four...
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Fundamentals #132 - Newbarns x Omnipollo Complicated Dark Beer
If you think of classic styles like mild, bitter or even an old-school West Coast IPA, malt plays a key role. However, as craft brewers increasingly seek to experiment with alternative ingredients –...
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Wine & Food Killers: Chapli Kebabs and Strekov 1075 Fred #9
Lately, I’ve been thinking about the main courses we serve during the holidays: the enormous bronze turkeys, the resplendently glazed hams, the hearty legs of lamb, even the occasional goose...
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The Beer Lover's Table: A Special Beer-and-Cheese-Pairing Edition
The process of moving house is mostly terrible, but there’s one plus: While most of your kitchenware is still secreted within piles of cardboard boxes, there’s no better excuse to...
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Fundamentals #131 — Pastore Blood Peach Waterbeach Weisse
I confess, I don’t drink a lot of fruit sour beers. I do, however, enjoy the term “fruit sour” if you’ll allow me to explain. It’s been very enjoyable observing the return of some...
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Wine & Food Killers: Almond Egg Custard Tart and Szóló Dolce Tokaji Late Harvest 2019
I wasn’t supposed to do any more cooking – especially not baking. It was the week before moving house and the plan was to eat through the last of our...
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The Beer Lover's Table: Thai-Style Peanut Curry with Soy-Seared Tofu and Newbarns Brewery Deluxe Lagered Porter
The clock going back happens every year, but the speed at which night encroaches still comes as a shock. Dark at 5? Dark at 4:30? Yes, and it will get worse....
