Wine & Food Killers: Fennel, Lemon & Goat Cheese Risotto and Denavolo Catavela Bianco 2023
Once, I was asked to write an article about pairing beer with comfort food. I found the brief tough. After all, what is comfort food? For most of us, the...
HB&B Blog
Wine & Food Killers: Fennel, Lemon & Goat Cheese Risotto and Denavolo Catavela Bianco 2023
-
The Beer Lover's Table: Soda Bread with Crème Fraîche and Smoked Salmon and Pillars Icebock 2024
Like many of us, I can only assume, I am seeking slowness in the New Year. Late last year, I reached my limit in terms of social media infinite scrolls,...
-
Natural Wine Killers: Vietnamese Chicken Meatballs with Lettuce and Radicchio Cups & 2Naturkinder Black Betty 2022
January is an odd time for food. There is the pull towards ascetic self-denial, but also the desire to fend off the cold with hearty bowls of soup, stew and...
-
The Beer Lover's Table: Peppermint Bark and Burning Sky Brewery Blessed State Export Stout
It’s a truth universally acknowledged that in December, life gets in the way. No matter your best-laid plans or your most urgent deadlines, the final month of the year swoops...
-
Wine & Food Killers: Warm Lentil, Chestnut and Radicchio Salad with Roast Pumpkin & Brand Rosé Pet Nat 2022
Sometimes I’ve felt inspired to make a meaty main for the holidays, but this year I’m fully on Team Sides. The demerits of turkey have been well-discussed and it’s not...
-
The Beer Lover's Table: Baked Sweet Potatoes Stuffed with Spiced Harissa Chickpeas and Goat Cheese with HB&B x The Kernel Tropical Stout
It goes without saying that this is a time – the time – for comfort food. I’ve been finding comfort in the everyday meditations and physicalities of the kitchen: the...
-
Natural Wine Killers: Chicken, Rocket and Aioli Sandwiches with Crispy Chicken Skin and Selection Massale Central Otago Pinot Noir
It's not always easy to reflect on what we should be thankful for. The weather is bleak, the news often bleaker... But for this American, that’s what November is for. Even though...
-
The Beer Lover's Table: Japanese Minced Pork Rice Bowls and Baron Brewing Walk in the Park Pale Ale
I’m not quite sure how I feel about Borough Market. On the one hand, I rely on South London’s world-famous food market for the specialty produce that eludes me elsewhere. I...
-
Natural Wine Killers: Balkan Cevapi with Ajvar and Flatbread and Maurer Oszkar Crazy Lud Red 2022
As soon as I saw that this wine - a star of HB&B's October Natural Wine Killers subscription selection - hails from the Balkans and goes best with grilled foods and...
-
Beer Lover's Table: Italian Hoagie Chopped Salad with Anspach & Hobday Ansbacher Festbier
If last winter was my self-proclaimed soup season, then I’ve spent the past few months thoroughly wedged into salad season - the fresh and crunchy, the creamy and the umami. I still have...
-
Natural Wine Killers: Heritage-Breed Pork Chops with Apple and Fennel Salad and Nicolas Reau Attention Chenin Méchant 2023
Just like that, the year is teetering over into its dark half. It’s still warm enough that my tomato plants continue to bear golden fruit, but the wind is getting colder,...
-
The Beer Lover's Table: Sweetcorn, Tomato, Chickpea and Greens Salad with Feta Dressing and DEYA Electric Kool Aid Witbier
This year I’m holding onto summer as long as I can. Right now, my local greengrocer looks more like a jewellery shop, its tables overflowing with heirloom tomatoes in all colours,...
-
Natural Wine Killers: Spiced Pan Con Tomate and Vini Rabasco Vino Rosato Cancelli 2023
There’s nothing like summer to remind you of the joy of simplicity. This is the season of the ingredient, of the stripped-back and uncooked. The best-eaten-raw, the garnished-only-with-salt. Of heirloom tomatoes...
