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Match of the Week is a classic food and drink combination or a less conventional one that's recently inspired me. Most will be based on wine but some will involve beer, spirits, cocktails or other drinks.

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  Mushroom ‘caviar’ and California sparkling wine
May 12, 2008

But then mushroom caviar would go with practically anything . . .
  Chicken salad and real apple juice
May 5, 2008

Simple pleasures . . .
  Tiramisu and oxidised sweet wines
Apr 28, 2008

This doesn’t, I admit, sound a particularly tempting proposition so let me explain . . .
  Fritto misto + vino bianco
Apr 21, 2008

A crisp fresh wine for a simple Venetian treat
  Seabass carpaccio and Grûner Veltliner
Apr 14, 2008

The other day we went to Il Vino d’Enrico Bernardo, an innovative new restaurant in Paris run by the world’s best sommelier in 2004
  Chicken with sweet peppers and Tempranillo
Apr 8, 2008

I’m constantly amazed at the stream of good value reds that is coming out of Spain these days.
  Pasta with Stilton and onion sauce and a new wave Spanish red
Mar 31, 2008

You thought red wine didn’t go with blue cheese? Well, sometimes it does . . .
  Lamb tagine with dates, prunes and apricots and a very good Beaujolais
Mar 24, 2008

The difference a vintage and producer can make
  Simnel cake and Orange Pekoe tea
Mar 20, 2008

A traditional Easter tea-time treat
  Boiled bacon and cabbage with Irish stout
Mar 10, 2008

With St Patrick’s Day falling on a Monday this year - and in Easter week into the bargain - many are expected to be celebrating this coming Saturday
 
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