These days, in order to stand out from the quaffable crowd, a drink needs enough swagger, style and substance to turn its liquid peers green with envy.
Flirting with Failure: Wine made with the middle man of nature
Has the wine industry typified our tastes? Stefan Nicolaou finds out at the RAW wine fair’s sampling event.
High Aims, Low Lands
Douglas Blyde learns about Ben & Jerry’s Caring Dairy programme while watching cows cavort in the windy Netherlands.
More KitchenCool from KitchenAid
It’s the culinary equivalent of Apple Macintosh in its heyday. Its products are undeniably on-trend cool; are available in irresistible colours; do exceptionally clever things; and come from across the pond. It’s KitchenAid and its newest products are stunning.
Foraging for supper at Bailiffscourt Hotel & Spa
A pheasant strutted beside the drive as we arrived. Hams hang from trees beyond the car park (an Aston Martin, a couple of Jaguars – the cars you want to see to be sure you are where you want to be: somewhere classy but not showy). A peacock strolled languorously past the door leading to my gorgeous bedroom … Joanna Biddolph visits the Bailiffscourt Hotel & Spa at Climping in Sussex for a spot of foraging and a lot of indulging.
Jansson’s Temptation – a creamy, decadent potato dish from Sweden
This is a wonderfully creamy, decadent potato dish from Sweden which is super-easy to make using the new KitchenAid Artisan food processor with dicing kit. It was originally made with sprats, not anchovies. Even if anchovies don’t float your boat, try it – their presence adds depth rather than strident fishiness making this dish so moreish it could well convert you for ever.
Imli Street review
The old Imli was, frankly, a bit rubbish. And, despite the’innovative Indian tapas’ concept, which in theory sounded great, the majority of diners ended up sticking with the tried-and-tested chicken-curry-naan-rice triumvirate. How innovative. So would the newly-suffixed one be more up my ‘Street’?
Miranda Gore Browne’s Chocolate Brownie Meringue Cake
Sunday 19th May is World Baking Day. Miranda Gore Browne, winner of The Great British Bake Off shares her recipe for a Chocolate Brownie Meringue Cake.
Cinnamon Kitchen Masterclass at Fortnum’s
This month, Fortnum and Mason will be spicing things up, with a menu in The Gallery restaurant inspired by ‘Cinnamon Kitchen: The Cookbook’, and a masterclass with Vivek Singh himself.
Pistonhead Crude Oil and Kustom Lager
I like a product that speaks to me. Some softly whisper, beckoning from the shadows with crooked finger, whilst others get under your skin with enigmatic enticements to indulge. Pistonhead just bellows at you, hits you round the head with a sledgehammer, and drags you back to its cave.