July 20, 2014.Reading time 6 minutes.
I promised the friendly people at Richmond Towers Communications – a leading PR company in the food and drink world – that I’d come up with a recipe or two with the Beefeater 24 they sent me after the Chivas Brothers’ cocktail and canapé evening at Hixters last month. Having got my act rolling with Jonathan’s […]
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July 19, 2014.Reading time 4 minutes.
What do you do to cool down when it’s the hottest day of the day of the year and the humidity levels are rising into the 80s (which according to my Google search puts humidity at ‘unbearable’; I don’t think we needed to be told)? Around 6.00pm Jonathan rang; what were my plans for the […]
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June 25, 2014.Reading time 7 minutes.
I used not to like halloumi; I found it often too rubbery. But my family love it so much it’s become a favourite on the barbecue and I’ve slowly come round. And when I discovered a wonderful Cyprus halloumi cheese in Waitrose (yes, Waitrose again, but I promise they don’t pay me!), I decided that […]
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June 24, 2014.Reading time 8 minutes.
Summer evenings mean cocktails; wonderful concoctions of alcohol shaken with or poured over ice, with added sugar and bitters, maybe some fizz; perhaps fruit; a dash of this, a dash of that. Well, it’s an area where you can let your imagination run wild but like all good things, knowing the basics, understanding what works, will […]
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