Carol Egbert paints and cooks in the Vermont village of Quechee and posts on her website www.carolegbert.com. She will be sending us a fresh recipe once a month. Her dishes are simple to make, family friendly, tasty and often inspired by food from nearby farms and markets. Cakes and bakes feature strongly, food that make a kitchenwarm and a home even warmer.
Praise the Pig – A love letter from Spain
Annie Manson lives and works in Vejer de la Frontera, Spain, where she runs bespoke cookery classes in the heart of this historic Andalucian whitewashed village. Along with a sprinkling of sherry, topped up with fabulous Spanish wines, she ensures guests will head home inspired to bring Andalucian sunshine into their kitchens. Find out more at www.anniebsspanishkitchen.com
Head to Hove for New Year’s Eve
One of our favourite restaurants in Sussex is decadently auguring in the new decade.
Sweet thrill: new Harveys tipple has the px-factor
Short of Christmas gift ideas and running out of time to find a present with the X-factor? Treat the gastronome in your family to the ultimate gourmet indulgence – a bottle of Harveys Pedro Ximénez, made exclusively from sun-drenched Spanish PX grapes. Smooth and velvety, this delectable dark mahogany-coloured dessert wine is bursting with aromas of raisins and dried figs.
Songs of Sapa – Stories and Recipes from Vietnam. Luke Nguyen
What, you might reasonably ask, is a Sapa? Is it a person, a place or a planet in a galaxy far, far away? It is in fact a town and district in northwest Vietnam and the homeland of Luke Nguyen the award-winning chef and owner of the Red Lantern restaurant in Surry Hills, Sydney. Well known across Oz as a ‘TV chef’ Luke is fascinated by his Vietnamese homeland and, speaking the language, is able to find and enjoy the best places to eat in this wonderful, and still to most westerners, mysterious land.
Barrica Brings Barcelona to London’s West End
Visitors to Goodge Street (number 62) in the West End are invited to try a true tapas bar experience following the opening of Barrica. With the look and feel of an authentic Spanish tapas bar, Barrica is a venue where people can feel just as comfortable having a coffee, a beer, a glass of sherry or a sit down meal with wine.
Four Alternative Christmas Recipes from MasterChef Mat Follas, Courtesy of Russian Standard Vodka
Russian Standard Vodka has teamed up with MasterChef 2009 winner Mat Follas to bring you something different for your dining table this Christmas and has come up with four alternative recipes to serve your hungry guests. Instead of the traditional turkey and Brussle sprouts this year why not indulge in alternative high dining with some tantalising Russian Standard cocktails to celebrate in style!
Questions about cooking your Christmas turkey? Call the Turkey Hotline for help!
Who do you turn to when it’s Christmas Eve and the turkey you’ve just lugged home from the shops won’t fit in the oven? Or the recipe says ‘stuff the neck end” – and you just can’t tell which end is which? You call the turkey hotline of course!
Pete Gottgens Wins Glenfiddich ‘Spirit of Scotland’
Up against some of Scotland’s top chefs, the rural hotelier on Perthshire’s Loch Tay (profiled in August) was recently announced overall winner during the prestigious awards at Edinburgh’s Prestonfield House.
Cornish Quartz a Cheddar with taste and texture for your cheeseboard
We all love a bit of Waitrose even those of us in postcodes where Waitrose fear to tread. We simply mount an expedition to a more favoured code (SW12 over SW16 for me) and then bring back our goodies under cover of darkness in case the local chavs spot our signs of obvious affluence.