Now I must confess that I have never been convinced about wine with Indian food. I’ve been to no end of press events where a top sommelier hired by a fancy Indian restaurant has introduced a wine and food pairing menu. Some have been fun, all have been interesting, but throughout I have been unable to rid myself of one cynical thought – they want to convince us to drink wine with Indian because there’s a bigger mark up on wine than on lager. There I’ve said it.
Scottish Whisky Month
“Whisky Month in May is the perfect time to visit Scotland, the home of whisky. An exciting programme of distillery and festival events awaits our visitors. They will experience the very best that Scotch Whisky has to offer and learn why this global icon embodies the spirit of Scotland.” Find out more
Love hot chocolate this Valentine’s
If you like chocolate, {Hello Girls) then the MARS hot chocolates range should make you go all gooey with delight. With four flavours to choose from : Moment du Chocolat Gourment (that’s French btw), GALAXYCreamy Hot Chocolate, MALTESERS Malted Hot Chocolate and MARS Hot Chocolate.
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Tanqueray® gin cocktails
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with a loved one over a luxurious Tanqueray® cocktail. The makers of Tanqueray gin have teamed up with some of the country’s leading style bars to produce a range of Valentine’s themed cocktails for the special day. The Valentine’s Cocktails will be available throughout February and offer an exciting alternative to champagne.
British Trout is good for the brain
It’s easy to make a positive change to your diet this year with a great range of recipes from the British Trout Association. Many people now know that eating two portions* of oily fish each week provides essential vitamins and fatty acids that are an important part of a healthy diet, though many people do not realise that Trout is in fact an oily fish.
Mini Shepherd’s Pies
Mini Shepherd Pies make handy individual eating, especially if frozen. This recipe makes use of New Zealand lamb mince which is good but also uses baked beans which we’re not sure about. Mind you, it does make the mince go further and you can’t ignore anything that cuts costs now can you?
Pies -Angela Boggiano
Ahhh pie, is there a more heart-warming word in the English language? Whether sweet or savoury, a pie is a thing of beauty and one which when it comes to table always stops conversation. It’s the smell of the pastry, the waft of escaping steam and the fact that it has to be shared by all that makes it such a focus of attention.
Valentine’s menu just £18.95 at Zizzi
Reserve a table for you and your loved one this February 14th at Zizzi Ristorante for an evening of dining and romance guaranteed, with an aphrodisiac filled 3 course set menu plus a glass of Prosecco, for just £18.95
FIns Restaurant
This is partly a restaurant review and partly a piece on produce, because isn’t what makes a restaurant truly great the quality of what it puts into its dishes just as much as how it cooks them? Fins is in a very fortunate position because it cooks what it catches and has become an official Gary Rhodes Local Food Hero.
Have a spicy valentine’s day – with the “Viagra†curry
If you want to spice up your love life this Valentine’s Day, there’s a new way to get things stirring – ‘Cupid’s Curry”, available online from DoddleCurry.Com, who offer spice kits to make cooking curry at home a doddle.