Willow & Stone Sparkling Rosé from Kingsland – drinks review
Willow & Stone Sparkling Rosé British wine is selling at £4.99 and has 8.5% alcohol, so a light-in-every-way alternative to more robust traditional wines. It...
1070 Chrayme Salmon Box and Israeli Salad for dinner – review
1070 Kitchen is a polished company specialising in providing delicious kosher foods to Selfridges, to events, to meetings and to me. You don’t have to...
1070 Chicken Goujons and Coleslaw – product review
No, dear reader, that isn’t the number of chicken pieces in a box, even though the serving is generous! 1070 is the name of a...
Live to Sparkle from Kingsland Wines – review
Ideal for party quaffing This is a real party-time drink. It’s ideal for a group, and any glass of fizz with a pink blush is...
1070 Celebrating Jewish Soup & Sandwiches
So, what is 1070? A house number? A phone number? No, it’s actually a date. Jews first arrived in Britain in 1070 at the invitation...
Borgo Molino Prosecco – wine review
It’s said that one eats with one’s eyes. Well, if that’s true then Borgo Molino Prosecco will be tempting before it even reaches the shopping...
Caorunn – the Scottish London Dry Gin – review
The first thing one notices about Caorunn gin is, well, the gin! Its rather classy bottle presents mountain-stream-clear aromatic alcohol in its purest form. It...
Shorn Pinot Grigio Fizz – drinks review
Kingsland Drinks has launched Shorn Pinot Grigio sparkling wine in the UK, a wine that gets it bubbles through introduced carbonation. The investment in the...
Raisin and Cocoa – Biscuits by Elizabeth Shaw – product review
The name Elizabeth Shaw immediately brings to mind those wonderful Mint Crisps (review to follow shortly). She started making them in 1937 and they have...
Junmai Ginjo from Heavensake – drinks review
Junmai Ginjo is just one of many styles of sake. The differences are derived from the type of rice used, the local water, the skill...
Mostly Food & Travel Journal Best of 2017 Awards
Here are a few of the items that have been particularly noteworthy this year. I have presented my favourite restaurants here but the following are...
Lily O’Brien’s Caramel Jewels Collection – review
Irish-flavoured chocolates These really are little gems. Anyone who loves caramel will appreciate these beautifully crafted and delicious chocs from a lady called Lily. Lily...
Crunchy Chicken (or Pork) with Yutaka Panko Breadcrumbs – recipe
It seems like anything fried in breadcrumbs is a winner with the whole family. The trick is to present moist meat with plenty of flavour...
Mezcal Amores – drinks review
Mezcal? Isn’t that a brand of tequila? No – they are slightly different beverages but with great similarities in both taste and production methods. Tequila...
Alhambra Reserva 1925 – drinks review
Independently-owned Alhambra Beers, a celebrated brewery in Spain, was founded in 1925 and is named after the Alhambra Palace in its home town of Granada....
Affordable Fizz from Les Grands Chais de France
Les Grands Chais de France Group is a company based in the Northern Vosges region of France. It’s run by the Helfrich family. When Joseph...
Parlay Ultra Black Rum – drinks review
The label uses a strong old gold and black design which sets well on the inky dark rum in the tall slim bottle. The artwork...
Massucco Wines – drinks review
For many years Loris Massucco has been working hard, supported by the experience of several generations of family wine makers, to create his new, innovative...
Ozeki Dry Sake – drinks review
If we are new to sake we will likely be looking for a mild flavour and a light sake. Yes, sake does indeed have a...
Shirataki Shuzo Atoaji Kiriri Uonuma Junmai Sake – drinks review
The quality junmai sake, made in Uonuma City in Niigata, is a pure sake made of just 100% Japanese rice polished to 65% of its...