Frosted Sherry and Spice
From Morrisons Frosted Sherry and Spice is a cooling cocktail with a cinnamon twist. Ingredients 50ml Harveys Bristol Cream 50ml pressed apple juice a dash...
Spiced cranberry & apple sauce
From Sainsbury’s A delicious sauce for the festive period, perfect with turkey or pork. Serves: 10 Preparation time: 15 Minutes Cooking time: 8 Minutes...
Bodum Vacuum Travel Mug – product review
A travel mug has become part of the city lifestyle. We sit on sweltering buses and trains in the heat of summer and sip water....
Cataplana – product review and recipe
Cataplana is a traditional Portuguese dish of seafood. It originated on the Algarve coast in the south of the country, but now you’ll find it...
Pear and Almond Tart – recipe
Pear and Almond Tart a simple but classic dessert for a dinner party or even afternoon tea. It makes an impressive centre-piece served whole at...
Brockmans Bold Fashioned
Bold Fashioned is Brockmans perfect Christmas cocktail and a twist on a classic. Ingredients 45ml Brockmans Gin 10ml Zucca Rhubarb Amaro 3 dashes Rhubarb bitters 2 dashes Angostura bitters A strip of orange zest...
Wild Rice Salad
From BBC Food This delicious wild rice salad recipe is perfect for picnics, barbecues or lunch boxes. Ingredients 100g/3½oz broad beans, podded 3-4...
Veg – The Cookbook by Gregg Wallace – review
Most of my UK readers will recognise the name Gregg Wallace and all TV food programme enthusiasts will recognise the face. Greg is the co-presenter...
Master Cakes by Eric Lanlard – review
Eric Lanlard is a familiar face on TV (his Channel 4 series Glamour Puds was a sweet travelogue of patisseries) and he has a voice...
Tofu Chili
From Whole Foods Market Serves 6 Tofu works well in chili, absorbing flavors and mimicking the texture of meat. Add a small jalapeño pepper...
Sainsburys Dalgona Coffee Martini
Dalgona Coffee has been trending for a while. Now Sainsburys offers Dalgona Coffee Martini and its delicious. Ingredients 50ml Courvoisier VSOP 50ml Milk (cow/oak/almond/soy) 2tbsp...
Sakura Rhubarb Jelly – recipe
It will soon be pink blossom time here so delicate pink preparations are in vogue. Pink frosting is an easy option on cakes for a...
Porto – Harry Potter was born here – travel review
Yes, it’s true, dear reader! The boy with the lightning scar was conceived and born in Porto. This city is also known as Oporto and...
Grapes & Wines by Oz Clarke – review
First published as Oz Clarke’s Encyclopaedia of Grapes, Oz Clarke’s new Grapes & Wines, with Margaret Rand, is revised and updated to present the wine...
Jamie Oliver’s Stilton & Cranberry Toasts
From Sainsbury’s “These are so quick and simple to make, and your guests will be blown away by how delicious they are!” Serves: 8...
Ginger Sparkle Prosecco
Our friends at Tastemade are spreading festive cheer in the form of their recipe for Ginger Sparkle Prosecco Ingredients 1 tbsp demerara sugar ¼ tsp...
Irish Beef Fiery Cheeseburgers
Irish Beef Fiery Cheeseburgers Serves 4 Ingredients 675g minced beef 1 mild red chilli, seeded and finely chopped 1 garlic clove, crushed 2 tbsp double...
Korea – Lonely Planet – review
I know for sure that not many of you, my dear readers, have visited Korea. It’s a land less explored by tourists than its near...
Bullards Coastal Margatini
Bullards Coastal Margatini is a striking cocktail with a refreshing tang of lime. Ingredients 50ml Coastal Gin 25ml Orange Liquer 25ml Fresh lime juice...
Plum Upside-down Cake – recipe
This recipe for Plum Upside-down Cake is really a version of the classic and rather retro pineapple upside-down cake. It’s a simple recipe of light...