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  How to make your own sophisticated soft drinks
Jun 17, 2011
Despite the buzz about soft drinks over the last couple of years (they now serve them at Noma) it’s still a struggle to get one in a restaurant. But you can make delicious ones of your own as an excellent new book by winewriter Susy Atkins shows.
  Ginger Pig Meat Book: good recipes for great meat
May 21, 2011
My review of the new Ginger Pig Meat Book
  Win a copy of the Balthazar Cookbook!
Nov 5, 2010
It did occur to me, as I turned the pages of The Balthazar Cookbook, to ask why you would buy an American book for classic French recipes. And the answer would be simply because they do them so well.
  Kitchen - Recipes from the Heart of the Home: Nigella's latest tips the scales at 1890g
Sep 10, 2010
The latest orthodoxy about bookselling in these straitened times must be that a book has to be big to sell well. Hence the 492 pages devoted to Nigella’s latest opus Kitchen which weighs in at 1890g or 4lb 2 oz. (Out of curiousity I checked)
  Ryn and Cordie - in search of the perfect partner (the food & wine matching formula)
May 22, 2010
A wine book for girls - but not a girly book . . .
  A review of Josh Wesson’s ‘Wine & Food’
May 30, 2008

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  Which are the best books on food and wine pairing?
May 18, 2007
A few years ago you really struggled to find a book on food and wine matching. Recently though a number have been published, particularly in the States, reflecting the interest in the subject and I’m occasionally asked which I would recommend.