A Time to Taste
11/02
Cooking was the gentle and slow process of coaxing out the flavours, tenderly encouraging them to take their first steps into the world and mingle with others in their own time.
Stories
A Wine Epiphany on the Cheap
14/01
Don’t get me wrong; I have nothing against really good wine. I’ll drink it whenever I can—especially if someone else is buying. Mostly, I’m on a mission to find something drinkable that I can afford.
Bread, Wine Chocolate: The Slow Loss of the Foods we Love
07/01
My first destination was a rundown tropical paradise called Esmeraldas, the northernmost province on the Pacific coast of Ecuador. The country is part of a bean-shaped area in the Amazon jungle…
Happy Christmas
17/12
The end of a sombre year. So many deaths: artists who were part of the fabric of the late 20th century, but also thousands in war, bombed to oblivion in their own country, drowning...
Panpepato - A Christmas Cake from Arezzo
10/12
Panpepato (the name means pepper bread or spice bread) is a highly peppery version of Siena’s famous panforte, a honey-sweetened fruit-and-nut torte or cake that was once traditional for Christmas.
The Wines of Faugères by Rosemary George
03/12
Faugères is a small, but significant, wine producing area in the Languedoc, comprised of seven villages and two hamlets. Situated to the north west of Béziers against the foothills of the Cévennes.
Gadgets of Earthly Delight
26/11
‘Will it Blend?’ a channel where the inventors of the Blendtec food processor, show how their device can reduce almost anything to dust.
Giving Thanks
22/11
I arrive in Boston on Thanksgiving. I think it is the only day in the US which affords no retail opportunities; it is as if the bomb has dropped.