Tag: food and wine matching

The Betwixtmas dinners: Christmas leftovers and what to drink with them

Christmas feasting doesn’t have to end once the day itself is over. Here, Elisa De Luca describes the joys of using up Christmas leftovers and explains what she’ll be drinking with them. Leftovers are one of the best parts of Christmas, so much so that my family purposefully scales up our festive shopping list each […]

Pairing wild garlic with wine

Spring has finally arrived, bringing with it a host of new seasonal ingredients. Here, we take a look at one of the UK’s most abundant wild foods, and the wines to pair with it: wild garlic. When wild garlic makes its first appearance in mid-February, we know that spring is just around the corner, bringing […]

Our team on their favourite barbecue wines

A garden barbecue is one of summer’s great social occasions. We asked five of our experts to share their top barbecue tip, as well as their favourite fine wine to match the occasion.    A Bordelais barbecue   What I cook  Getting the barbecue out back home is very much a special occasion, mostly due to my family’s […]

A taste of Tuscany: stuffed courgettes

This week’s taste of elsewhere comes courtesy of food writer Ed Smith, the author of On the Side, The Borough Market Cookbook and Rocket & Squash. Cook up his simple stuffed courgettes to transport yourself to the rolling hills of Tuscany You can find Tuscan sausages in all Italian delis and many places beyond them […]