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Tea and Coffee (NEW)
What to drink with cake
A beginners’ guide to tea
How to make a great cup of tea
Pairing tea and chocolate
3 things to remember about making the perfect pot of tea
Beyond tea and biscuits
Whisky and other Spirits
A vodka and caviar tasting flight
I'll have a wee dram if you don't mind
Shaken not stirred
Planning a Burns Night dinner
From vodka to mead
A beginner's guide to sake
Japanese whisky and food
How the world’s best sakes pair with food
Soft drinks for sophisticates
Which foods pair best with whisky?
Is whisky the best drink to give on Father’s Day?
Some exciting drink pairings for cheese
Is the sake revolution finally taking off?
Sake and food pairing
A water, wine and fish dinner in London
Which whisky pairs best with haggis?
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Beer and Cider
The Robert Parker of Beer
Best beers for Christmas
What refreshes the parts other beers cannot reach?
Beer and food matching with Raymond Blanc
Which beers to drink at Easter
Life after Lager
A great menu for a beer dinner
If you do one thing this week, try a craft beer!
Witbier and asparagus
How to organise a beer and cheese tasting
Will and I win an award for our beer and food book Appetite for Ale!
How about having a New Year’s Eve beer dinner for a change?
How to match beer and food
Cooking with beer
Beers and ciders to match recipes from Hix Oyster and Chop House
Beer and food pairing is getting big in the states
10 great beer and food matches for summer
Beers to match Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s Christmas alternatives to turkey
Beers to match Mark Hix’s St Patrick’s Day recipes
Salmon burgers with goats cheese and sundried tomatoes
Pairing beer with dessert
What to drink with Scandinavian food
Ideas for a beer and game menu
The Guest Slot
Sweet Bordeaux and savoury food
Matching Alsace wines and food
Fine dining in Colmar
Cognac right through the meal?
Peak pairings in Hong Kong
Matching port and chocolate
Food and wine matching in Hawke’s Bay
Red wine and red meat - what could possibly go wrong?
So what’s Heston Blumenthal REALLY like?
10 food and beer pairings that just don't work - and 10 alternatives that do!
Matching wine and fusion food
What miracle berries do to your palate
China’s glitzy new gastronomy
Bagna cauda and the new Dolcetto
An insider's guide to the Slow Food 'Salone'
Food and wine matching in and around San Francisco
How do you tell when a wine is ready to drink?
The extraordinary food and wine of Georgia
Girona's Gastronomic Forum 2009
Walking through Beaujolais
Can water assist your appreciation of food and wine?
What is the perfect cellar temperature?
The new wines of Malaga
Have pint, will travel: the launch of 'Beer Safari'
French food and Australian Wine
What makes Korean food distinctive
Zagreb puts itself on the Gourmet Festival circuit
Reviews
A trio of new London restaurant openings
O Bontemps - oh, bliss!
L’Autre Pied - but is it quite ‘autre’ enough?
Le Café Anglais - a haven for Francophiles
Sake no Hana - the new Nobu
Hibiscus - Bosi is one of the two London chefs to watch this year, according to Michelin
Le Bistro d’Alex - a real find in an unlikely location
Fairyhill - a reminder of the virtues of the country house hotel
Bord’eaux - misplaced apostrophe, misfiring food
Le Temps au Temps - one of Paris’s chic-est new-wave bistros
Alle Testiere - best restaurant in Venice or most over-hyped?
The Butchers Arms - a Gloucestershire gem
L’Anima - London’s latest Italian couldn’t be cooler
Recent London restaurant openings
Where to eat in and around Agde
Tannery - has success spoiled this iconic Irish restaurant?
The Modern Pantry - a long wait in this long-awaited new London restaurant
Is Murano the real Angela Hartnett?
Bristol’s Lido - a little touch of Moro-by-the-sea
The Giaconda Dining Room - actually more of a caff but none the worse for that . . .
Corrigan’s Mayfair - the Corrigan empire moves onwards and upwards
Hélène Darroze: a case of the empress’s new clothes?
High Timber
Chateau du Port, Marseillan: chic mais cher
Enoteca Pinchiorri: far from a credit crunch lunch
Il Baretto - a stylish new central London hangout for wine lovers
Why Le Champignon Sauvage is one of the best restaurants in Britain
La Falaise, Cahuzac - brilliant cooking at a bargain price
Hix has pulled it off again!
Kitchen W8 - Michelin standard cooking at a bistro price
Does St John deserve the hype?
No skimping at the cut-price River Café
The buzz around Bistrot Bruno
Match of the Week
Cave aged gruyere and dry oloroso
Butternut squash and barrel-fermented Chardonnay
Salmon and Pinot Noir
Sloe gin and Stilton
Thai fishcakes and witbier
Foie gras and Sauternes
Scrambled eggs and sparkling wine
Thai beef salad and off-dry riesling
Manzanilla and tapas
Aubergine (eggplant) and Zinfandel
Cheese fondue and Chasselas
Sushi and Genmaicha (Japanese green tea with roasted rice)
Dark chocolate and Cherry Heering
Savoury pancakes and sparkling cider
Fairtrade chocolate brownies with Fairtrade black coffee
Roast lamb with a Douro red
Ham and Barossa semillon
Pickled herrings with lager and akvavit
Goats’ cheese and Sauvignon Blanc
Prosecco and panettone
Rabbit (or chicken) with spring vegetables and viognier
Salade Niçoise and Rosé
Pork pie and pale ale
Charcuterie and Beaujolais
Sparkling wine and spicy snacks
Greco di Tufo with grilled seabass
Bacchus and cucumber
Calves' liver and Marcillac
Normandy cider and creamy sauces
Cherry beer and cheesecake
Bardolino Chiaretto and seafood pasta
Pastis and olives
Red wine and peaches
Chicken caesar salad and blonde ale
Margaritas, tacos and tostadas
Chicken, lemon and olive tagine with Rioja reserva
Tuscan bean soup and Sangiovese
Grouse and Chambolle-Musigny
Chicken pot pie and perry
Jerk chicken and rum punch
Mackerel en escabeche with manzanilla sherry
Godello and seafood
Steak pie and strong ale
Beetroot soup and British pinot noir
Roast venison with tapenade and a modern Spanish red
Filet ‘sliders’ and pinot noir
Double IPA and pork belly
Fonduta with truffles and Nebbiolo
Les-Baux-de-Provence and civet de sanglier (wild boar stew)
Chocolate and Cognac
Chablis and Jambon à la Chablisienne
Roast suckling pig and amber ale
Pecan pie and Kingston Black apple aperitif
Fish pie and chardonnay
Braised pheasant with chestnuts and Vacqueyras
Turron and sweet sherry
Galette des Rois and Muscat de St-Jean-de-Minervois
San Pellegrino and seafood
Duck confit and Madiran
A Viognier-dominated Languedoc white and a Chinese/Thai takeaway
Kedgeree and Western Australia Semillon
Apricot pancakes and apricot (or peach) beer
Seared diver-caught scallops and mature white burgundy
Wines - and other drinks - to match Delia’s new ‘cheat’ recipes
Espresso and Hazelnut Cake and Fairtrade Coffee
Salmon with leeks and Chardonnay
Boiled bacon and cabbage with Irish stout
Simnel cake and Orange Pekoe tea
Lamb tagine with dates, prunes and apricots and a very good Beaujolais
Pasta with Stilton and onion sauce and a new wave Spanish red
Chicken with sweet peppers and Tempranillo
Seabass carpaccio and Grûner Veltliner
Fritto misto + vino bianco
Tiramisu and oxidised sweet wines
Chicken salad and real apple juice
Mushroom ‘caviar’ and Californian sparkling wine
Gnocchi with fresh tomato sauce and Barbera d’Asti
English sparkling wine and fresh crab sandwiches
Wines to match the menu at Jamie’s Italian
Lapin au vin and Au Bon Climat Pinot Noir
Guava Collins and Singapore Noodles
Gooseberry and saffron creme brulée with a southern French muscat
Goats cheese and mature Alsace riesling
Pizza and chilled red wine
Chicken and vegetable tagine with southern French rosé
Spicy lamb stew with Coonawarra Cabernet
Cold roast veal with herbs and St Chinian rosé
Salmon ceviche and Soave
Braised short ribs in red wine with Les Clos Perdus Corbières
Smoked trout and artichoke linguini with a dry Pfalz riesling
Boiled Ballycotton lobster and premier cru Chablis
Figs, blue cheese and Maury
Warm fig and almond pudding with Chateau Coutet Barsac 1996
Wild boar and Monty’s French Red
Tarte au citron with Helmut Lang Beerenauslese Chardonnay
Macaroni cheese and Montagne-Saint-Emilion
Mushroom risotto with Barbera
Chocolate terrine with Brachetto d’Acqui 2007
Roast suckling pig with Casa de Saima Bairrada Tinto
Smoked, caramelised salmon with Disznókö Tokaji 6 puttonyos 1993
Crayfish and Crab Cocktail with Bonny Doon Pacific Rim Riesling
Chilli con carne and American brown ale
Lemon and poppy seed cake with Tippy Yunan tea with ginger root
Moqueca and Caiprinhas
Roquefort and Loupiac
Chicken with peanut sauce and Faugères rosé
Game pie and Listrac
A Birds Eye pea and truffle buttie with a glass of Meursault? It could only be Heston . . .
Slow-roast lamb with garlic and rosemary and Rustenberg John X Merriman 2005
Charcuterie and young Syrah
Rocket and parmesan salad with dry amontillado sherry
Kylie Kwong’s roasted beef fillet with Cape Mentelle Cabernet Merlot
Comté cheese and Languedoc Syrah
Raspberry beer with chocolate and raspberries
Gruner Veltliner and salt cod
Pot-roast pigeon and Sangre de Toro
Smoked eel, beetroot and Malbec
Pairing Comté cheese and Chivite Coleccion 125 Reserva 2001
Oyster rarebit and Guinness
Citrus fizz and Mexican food
Crisp duck salad with Fielding Estate riesling
Cold roast pork with apple and Chardonnay
Pear frangipane tart with Pacherenc de Vic Bilh
Steak tartare and Côteaux du Languedoc
Ceviche and Susana Balbo Torrontes
Oxtail cooked in Priorat with prunes matched with 2004 Vall Llach Priorat
7 hour leg of lamb with Cot (Malbec)
Tuscan-style sausages and beans with Montepulciano
Oysters and oyster stout
Roast chicken with tarragon and asparagus and oaked white Bordeaux
Lebanese mezze and Côtes de Provence rosé
Gorwydd Caerphilly and white Burgundy
Roast pigeon and Salice Salentino
Anchoïade and Manzanilla
Calf's kidney and Cote Rôtie
Dorset Blue Vinney and Bristol Supreme Sweet Sherry
Dark chocolate tart with 10 year old Tawny
Duck paté, rillettes and red Anjou
Steak tartare and Beaujolais
Perry and a Ploughman’s
Carrot and basil-infused slugs and Saumur Blanc
Cahors and duck ‘parmentier’
French apricot tart and Cérons
Tête de veau and Côtes du Jura rouge
Braised Manx Loaghtan mutton and Crozes Hermitage
Pot roast pheasant with Saint-Chinian
Chocolate and chilli cheesecake and Merlot
Roast monkfish and chips with Tonnix
Fresh walnut tart and Jurancon
Faggots with onion gravy and Mas Belles Eaux Vieux Carignan
Game terrine and sweet oloroso sherry
Roast turbot with wild mushrooms and white Minervois
New season’s olive oil and vino novo
Smoked herring roes on toast and oyster stout
Chicken with 40 cloves of garlic and Thierry Puzelat Pinot Noir
Pigeon ‘tagine’ with Jaboulet Ainé Hermitage La Chapelle 1994
Cheese and Chateau Bouscassé Vieilles Vignes 2000
Macaroni cheese and Alsace Riesling
Game terrine and London dry gin
Roast goose with Nebbiolo
Braised ox cheek and Lalande de Pomerol
Cecina, potato and kale soup and Chateau Montus Madiran
Sashimi and Koshu
Haggis and Westmalle Dubbel
Steak and Stilton pie with London Porter
Pasta with pesto and Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi
Pedro Ximenez and ice cream
Bakewell tart and Liefmans Kriek
Gladstone Pinot Noir and hare royale
Semillon and seafood
Top Wine Matches
10 different drinks to pair with smoked salmon
The 10 best wines for spring and early summer drinking
Top wines to drink with turkey
Which foods work best with tawny port?
Best matches with oysters
What to match with meaty stews and casseroles
Matching wine and soup
Which wines and beers match best with Chinese food
The best food to match with chardonnay
Which drinks pair best with Thai food?
Which wines would you pair with crab?
Top wine pairings with asparagus
Why Pinot Gris hits the mark with spicy food
My top pairings with strawberries
Which wines and beers pair best with mushrooms?
Top wine and beer matches for game
What to pair with Beaujolais Nouveau
Matching food and Chablis II
What to drink with goose
What type of wine pairs best with Vietnamese food?
What to pair with artisanal cheddar?
Which foods match best with Merlot?
Top wine pairings for lamb
My top 10 white wines from Tesco
And my top Tesco red wines
Matching wine and artichokes
My top 10 white wines from Sainsbury’s this summer
Food pairings for my top 15 Sainsbury’s red wines
10 undiscovered wine gems from Germany
The best food pairings for rosé
If you're looking for individual wines with real character . . .
What’s the best wine match for tuna?
Five great cheese and wine pairings
Which wines match best with pork?
10 top wine matches for Christmas starters
My best food and wine matches of 2008
10 top Australian wines: a personal pick
10 top Austrian dry whites - a personal pick
20 top wines from Tesco and food to pair with them
10 top Canadian wine pairings
My 20 top wines and pairings from the Marks & Spencer Spring 2009 Tasting
Best food pairings for Sauvignon Blanc
My top white wine and rosé picks and pairings from the Waitrose spring tasting
Food matches for my top 20 Waitrose reds
Food and wine pairings for my pick of Sainsbury’s whites and rosés (Spring/Summer 2009)
Food and wine pairings for 16 Sainsbury’s reds (Spring/Summer 2009)
What are the best pairings for Provence rosé?
10 top Portuguese table wines
Top food matches for cider
Top pairings for Pinot Noir
Pick of The Bunch
Top wine (and other) matches for sausages
What food to pair with Vin Santo?
Wine pairings for pumpkin pie
10 top wine matches for a vegetarian Christmas
My favourite wine (and other drink) pairings of 2009
Is Koshu the best match for Japanese food?
Wines to match favourite Valentine’s Day foods
Wine Pairing Tips and Techniques
Braucol, Gringet, Mondeuse and Frappato . . .
The tough task of pairing white truffles
The best food and wine matching on the planet
How to match . . . wine and cheese
Top trends for 2007
Food and fruit juice matching
How to read a menu and come up with a great match
What to eat with old Côte Rotie
How to make the perfect Caipirinha
Even MPs indulge in a spot of food and wine matching!
Two more tips for successful food and wine matching
Dom Pérignon 1999
The lemon dilemma
More pairings with Indian food
Why young wines work best for summer
What to drink with asparagus part I
Matching everyday wines with special occasion food
Matching food and wine at Le Gavroche
Krug, Lafon, Marcassin, Mouton-Rothschild . . .
How to eat - and drink - like a Tuscan
What to pair with new-wave Portuguese wines
Culinary fireworks - but no fall-outs - at Trotter’s 20th anniversary dinner
Matching food and Chablis I
How to host a Bordeaux dinner
Where to find the best hot chocolate in London
How to create the perfect Christmas cheeseboard
What to buy the winelover who has everything
Top food and wine trends for 2008
My must-have ingredient for 2008
Biodynamic food and wine matching
Voilà le Hot Duck!
The tricky task of pairing wine and citrus
A perfect wine for cheese. A perfect cheese for wine
Sweet or savoury - what is the perfect match for Sauternes?
A stunningly simple Valentine’s dessert
In 2008 the hot money seems to be on wine bars
When to match red wine with fish
Dry or fruity? Which style of white wine pairs best with simply grilled fish?
Wine recommendations - and a bit of amateur psychology - for Mother’s Day
Cheese and wine revisited
For a perfect match a wine needs to provide an element that’s missing in a dish
What food to pair with a 15% ABV wine
Paris tips and trends
Pairing well matured cheese with great Pinot Noir
Fine wines - far from fine prices
The surprising focus of Gallo’s latest advertising campaign
Matching cold cuts, cheese and chutney
Pairing wine and spices
Finally food and wine pairing gets its own TV series
Which foods pair best with high alcohol red wines?
So what IS a food-friendly wine?
Matching sweet wine and Sichuanese food
A surprisingly good pairing for air-dried ham
Matching wine with Chinese food - time for a rethink?
Wine hits and misses at Corrigan’s
Wine pairings for a chocolate-themed dinner party
Matching Lebanese food and wine
Cocktail and food pairing
Matching food with mature wines
Brazil 3 Argentina 3
How to create a menu around wine
Pairing wine and Indian seafood
A wine pairing dinner at the Chef's Table, Annona
Matching food and Priorat
Matching wine and charcuterie - an experiment
More tips about matching rosé
Lunch is for WIMPS!
Why Vinho Verde won’t be the new Grüner Veltliner (or the new Albarino, come to that)
Wine and game matching revisited
Dry wines with fresh fruit
Building bridges
How to creat a dish to match a wine
What’s the best way to introduce food and wine pairing into your restaurant?
How dairy can help a fine wine match
Pairing wine and cheese with Max McCalman
The best match for caviar - vodka or champagne?
What to match with Christmas ham
Tips for cold weather drinking
What food to pair with mature Margaux
Pairing wine with Chinese cuisine
Organising a wine and seafood pairing dinner
Clever pairings for rare sherries
Top wine pairings at Texture
Published Food and Wine Articles
Dinner in the Dog
Where to find one of the best Aussie wine lists outside London . . .
The fantastic world of Heston Blumenthal
Dans Le Noir?
Kerrrasma!
So what DO you pair with a blockbuster cabernet?
Does Bordeaux need butter?
The perennial problem of wine and cheese
Wine and spice
The day I cooked with Léoville las Cases
Fine Wine and Fast Food
Chocolate and Fine Wine Matching
The 10 trickiest foods to match with wine
Which wines to pick with vegetarian food?
How to make a perfect G & T
What type of wine works best with a barbecue?
What are the best wine matches for shellfish?
Which wines pair best with steak
How to pair wine with an authentic Indian meal
Christmas pairings with port, sherry and madeira
How long to keep wine
The best wine matches for luxury foods
My 25 top food and wine pairings
So, what makes a great cheddar?
Are the world’s top restaurants letting down winelovers?
A beginner's guide to juicing
How to buy the best chocolate
Why I changed my mind about eating foie gras
How - and when - to buy good lamb
An interview with Enrico Bernardo
The art of the affineur
Appreciating oysters
A basic guide to olive oil
Five easy ways to impress your family and friends this New Year's Eve
Why mineral waters taste different
Possibly the best barbecue in the world . . . All you need to know about asado
Food + Drink Links
Recipes
Wilhelm Coetzee's Butterflied Leg of Lamb
Porc a la moutarde
Slow baked plums with shiraz and star anise
Brasato al Barolo (braised beef in Barolo)
Mulled wine - and cider - for Christmas
Frozen orange soufflé with orange liqueur
Spiced Venison with Wild Mushroom and Truffle Sauce
Rigatoni with aubergine (eggplant), sausage and Zinfandel sauce
French Onion Soup
Rustle up a Red Nose Pudding!
Menestra
Quick tiger prawns (shrimp) with pinot grigio, fresh tomato and basil sauce
Terrine Beaujolais
Panko Chicken with Oroshi Ponzu
Summer berries and pink Champagne sabayon
Beer-can Chicken
Oktoberfest potato salad
Mulled cider with sweet roasted apples
Two last minute Thanksgiving cocktails
Dark, sticky Christmas cake with prunes and Guinness
How to make an Egg Nog
A super-smooth cheese fondue
Apricot brandy pancakes
Irish cocoa
Sausages with rich Guinness gravy
Mushroom 'caviar'
The ultimate strawberry tartlets
3 peachy cocktails to celebrate the 4th of July
Chicken with Chardonnay and Chanterelles
Orange and Cointreau syllabub
Mushroom and Mustard soup
How to make a great Margarita
Pork loin with rhubarb
Peter Gordon’s nam phrik num dressing
Pigeon breast and chocolate mole with red currants and parmesan mash
A special Italian stuffing for Thanksgiving
Pork rillettes with fennel
News and Views
Where to drink fine wine by the carafe
Soup and bread matching
Food matching for minors
Big boost for Picpoul
Matching red wine and chocolate
Pigs and Pinot
What goes on in the Members' Room?
Three new year’s resolutions
A return visit to cheese heaven
Food and wine matching courses
When in Champagne drink . . . Bordeaux
Which wine matches best with Indian food? - your verdict
Hit and miss at Robuchon
Your views live on Radio 5 Drive!
The world’s most extravagant food and wine matching dinner
Here’s to Clean Monday!
Beaujolais just doesn't spell romance
Pinot Noir and Asian food
How you can help raise money for Wine Relief
Can any wine survive a Vindaloo?
Bordeaux tops the roast beef poll - just!
A zany day in Alsace
Friday bits and bobs . . .
Only a few more days to catch the launch offer
Hmmm, you’re not too sure about dessert wines according to our latest poll . . .
Pinot rules!
Red is the new white . . .
Great food - shame about the beer!
Which wines pair best with white-rinded cheeses like Brie and Camembert?
Heston Blumenthal's favourite sherry matches
Matching Korean food with wine
Your favourite drink with pizza
The beginning of a great adventure
What to drink with tapas
A classic English meal with a perfectly matched French wine
Half an hour's fun at The Sampler
Shiraz is the best match for ribs, you say
When beer would have been better than wine
More views on cooking with wine
Food and wine matching at the Tate
Do you know any students?
What to do with the drinks you bring back from holiday
Nigella makes riesling fly off the shelves!
Now you can bookmark!
What wine to drink with ratatouille?
Jean-Luc Rabanel is Gault Millau’s surprise choice for Chef of the Year
Why I wrote A Very Honest Cook
Help the homeless this Christmas by buying an inspirational recipe book!
Solve that last-minute present problem . . .
At last a low alcohol wine that tastes like wine!
Where - and how - to go wassailing
Now it’s olive oil and food pairing
Do we actually need Michelin any more?
A fabulous charity dinner
A gourmet b & b in the Abruzzo
Why I no longer eat foie gras
Oysters and red wine
Hélène Darroze to take over at the Connaught
On the road again!
Launching my new Food and Wine Matching Workshops
Pairing asparagus and beer
Should restaurants offer a ‘soft drinks list’ along with their wine list?
What to drink with squirrel
Fat Duck sommelier wins top international prize
A review of Josh Wesson’s ‘Wine & Food’
Kinloch Lodge introduces wine flights to accompany every dish on the menu
Do you want to be a food and wine writer?
Cheese tea! Is this a pairing too far?
Gaucho launches tea and cake matching menu
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Two celebrity chefs open English winery restaurants
Two spot-on beer pairings from beerbistro
Which young chefs are the rising stars in France?
What to drink on US Election Night
A very happy Christmas to you all!
Food and wine matching in 2009
What wine would you drink with Pad Thai?
Steak and Malbec Part I
Last minute Valentine tips
Argentine wines with Asian food
Wine matches at 1884 Francis Mallman
A model wine-pairing experience
Zalto glasses: so what’s the angle?
Matching wine, sushi and yakitori
What to match with your Red Nose wines
Matching wine with fusion food
Joel Robuchon, champagne . . . what more does a girl want?
Food and wine pairing in Provence
Forthcoming changes to matchingfoodandwine.com
Good news and bad news . . .
Welcome to the new look Matching Food & Wine!
FAQs about food and wine matching
The Ultimate Beer Dinner!
Introducing Fiona Beckett’s Cheese Course . . .
Why we are moving to free content
So what was Pierre Koffman’s pop-up like?
Good wine deal at Fortnum’s
So what happened at the Blaggers’ Banquet?
Food and Wine Finds
15 food and drink trends to watch in 2010 . . .
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Matching Food and Wine Live!
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My latest project - Cheese School!
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Great Places to Go
Top places in and around London
London’s latest openings
San Francisco and Northern California
A great find in Burgundy
A meal that shoots into my 10 best ever restaurant experiences
Is this the best value restaurant in Champagne?
Enfin! French wine tourism moves into the 21st century
L’Oustau vs L’Atelier
Where to eat in Cape Town and the Winelands
The best 'French' restaurant in Britain
Is Alinea the best restaurant in America?
My first meal at Marc Veyrat - but will it be my last?
My first encounter with Alain Ducasse
Some great Gascon discoveries
Wine flights at Fortnum's
More food and wine matching at Senderens and a gem of a restaurant on the Left Bank
Food and wine pairing in Trentino
A great base to explore Beaujolais
Top tea spots in London
Four great restaurant finds in Paris
Venice restaurants - the big hitters
Venice restaurants: Eating off the beaten track
Guy Savoy - still at the top of the tree
A perfect romantic hideaway in an unlikely location
Which restaurants will survive in 2009?
Eating out tips for Toronto
New York dining adventures
My Books
About Me
Entertaining with Wine
Food and wine matching . . . a beginner’s guide
A winelover’s New Year’s Eve dinner
A Hallowe'en feast
A steak and Malbec supper
Three easy Christmas cocktails
Choosing wine for a party
What wine to order in a restaurant?
What temperature to serve wine
Which wine glasses to buy
A cassoulet lunch
How to tell if a wine is corked
So what if your Valentine doesn’t drink wine?
Which wine to serve as an aperitif?
A St Patrick’s Day supper
What to pour for your mum this Sunday
Which wines to drink at Easter
A spring lunch for 4
Why old is gold for autumn entertaining
Bring a bottle - but which one?
A simple spring supper for 4
A Bastille Day Lunch
Which wine to take on a picnic?
A Greek-inspired summer supper
When should you chill red wine?
A vegetarian harvest supper
Cocktails for beginners
Celebrate your own Oktoberfest!
A Hallowe'en supper for 4-6
What to drink at Hallowe’en
A Champagne (or sparkling wine) tasting and Russian-style smoked salmon and 'caviar' feast
Treat your friends to a magnum this New Year’s Eve
An alternative Burns Night supper for six
Which type of Valentine are you?
Positively the last word (for this year) on Valentine’s Day
Which wine should precede a Leap Year proposal?
An easy Easter brunch for six
How to entertain like an Italian
Which wine to choose for a barbecue
A Middle-Eastern inspired barbecue for eight
Entertaining on a budget: surviving the credit crunch
What to drink for Diwali
Which wine to choose for Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving wine pairing in one word . . .
Last minute tips for Hallowe'en
Christmas drinking on a budget
An alternative New Year’s Eve menu for four
Which wine to pour at an Inauguration celebration
A Valentine's dinner for lazy lovers
What’s the best pairing for pancakes?
A Spring Scandinavian Supper for 8
Celebrate the Chinese New Year with this delicious seafood supper
An early summer supper for six
How to host a cheese dinner
How to create a great Christmas cheeseboard
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