What’s Cooking (for the lonely) – Grilled cod on sauteed potatoes with paprika and green olives
This is a great one pan dish if you’re on your tod. So many recipes these days serve four-six, so if you’re single, have no friends or just hate washing up, this one goes out to you. Ingredients: 4/5 new potatoes, washed with skin on Fillet of cod (One of it’s brothers or sisters, such … Read more
A refreshing approach to tighter pockets
In these current times of austerity, we are all trying to find ways to continue our lives to how we are accustom but just a little more cheaply. We head to the sales a bit more, have folks over for dinner rather than out, and have replaced our time in the gym with the great … Read more
The French Paradox
The above named phenomena was the discovery of the century. Well, in relation to wine related discoveries at least. To surmise, it refers to the discovery that drinking red wine is good for your health. A small discovery yet a monumental one. If we go more into the detail, it will lead us into the … Read more
The education of the city boys – Learning to love Bordeaux
This is the story of my conversion. When I started getting more intimate with the wine industry (as we call it, The Trade), it was the high time of Pinot Noir. Remember how Miles had a go at Merlot in Sideways? That was pretty much my take on the world. But what made both … Read more
What’s cooking – Mac ‘n’ Cheese with Pancetta & Leek
Comfort food has well and truly made a comeback. In this weather there is nothing quite as good as hot baked one pot creations – pies, stews, lasagne to name but a few. Macaroni and cheese, however, gets a very special treatment. Even on menus around town (Spuntino makes the best in my opinion) you … Read more
The only good thing about Valentines is the booze
We are getting over Christmas, our balances continue to hover at just about empty, and as we pull ourselves out of abstinence, Valentines arrives. Valentines has always been my least favourite occasion in the greeting card calendar. Although I do like the celebration of love, I wish it wasn’t such a commercial pitch – no one likes to … Read more
What’s Cooking – Fish Gonzo
Getting home from the market on a Saturday is always a special state of mind. The Market, being Borough Market is my spiritual home on Saturdays while I work our stall, but it also means getting the weekly groceries. Sometimes I have exact plans, precisely set up for what to get for the home. This … Read more
What’s cooking? Pork Neck, Clams and Jerusalem Artichokes with Apatsagi Tramini
As part of our new ‘What’s Cooking Campaign’ we are going to post weekly a recipe for a dish one of us has cooked along with a suggested wine match and a couple of snap-shots. We don’t have direct affiliation with other grocers, but we try and get the best quality ingredients we can find … Read more
Make Your Own Wine? – A novel way to make it personal
The world is getting back into touch with the many things that have long been industrialised and therefore a bit of a mystery. We are all making cheese these days in the back of the laundry, and the handcraft of beer has recently seen a boom of interest. Now, in a corner of Oregon, we … Read more
Ora et Labora – Monk’s who do god’s work for winelovers
“Pray and work!” said the rule for the St Benedict`s monks. And that’s what they do, every day since. We found a great monastery in Hungary, who apply this ethic to the vineyards. A monk and a vineyard is always a great combination – and in this instance the theory was true again. Put down … Read more
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