Spring garden lamb with Tabasco

Spring greens, beans and peas, are in season this time of year, and of course British lamb is at its best, and just in time for Easter. Rather than opting for a traditional roast add seasonal flavour with a spicy twist to lamb this spring.

Pisco Sour Week – nothing to be bitter about

You may or may not be aware that it’s currently London’s first ever Pisco Sour Week, a city-wide celebration of (arguably) Peru’s most delectable export. The week-long festival follows in the footsteps of the National Pisco Sour day, which is celebrated throughout Peru on the first Saturday of February.

Spirits Distilled by Mark Ridgwell

Spirits Distilled by Mark Ridgwell is primarily a book for industry professionals, bar tenders and mixologists, but if you can look past the necessarily dry sections about processes, principles and classifications, you’ll find a treasure trove of interesting information about the history and culture of spirits.

Unearthed food and wine matching

My personal’wow moment’ of the evening was when I tried the New Zealand Greywacke Sauvignon Blanc with Four to Eight’s delectable Fontina Arancini (cheese and rice ball, fried in breadcrumbs). The scent from the glass was divine – Patrick described it as having notes of lime, saffron, fennel and nectarine – and teaming the fresh, fragrant wine with the rich, cheese-stuffed arancini was – forgive the cliché – a match made in heaven