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...
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Wine & Food Killers: Fennel, Lemon & Goat Cheese Risotto and Denavolo Catavela Bianco 2023
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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Natural Wine Killers: Rotisserie Chicken Caesar/Green Goddess Salad with Burja Estate Roza Pinot Gris 2022
For all of my life, I was totally disinterested in Caesar salad… well, at least until the other week. How can I explain what changed? Maybe it was just the gradual...
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Natural Wine Killers: Miso Herb Courgette Fritters with Labneh Dipping Sauce and Bergkloster Cuvée Weiss 2022
I’ve come around to courgettes. I used to find them watery and insipid, a seasonal vegetable that grew in large gluts that were inversely proportional to its deliciousness, but I’m beginning...
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Natural Wine Killers: Ultimate Spring Salad and Koppitsch Homok 2022
The arrival of spring usually makes me a little loopy. It’s not only the warmer temperatures, the scent of blossoms on the air, the blessedly later sunsets. It’s also the new...
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Natural Wine Killers - Ras El Hanout Spatchcocked Roast Chicken with Chickpea Pulao & Les Cadoles La Cadole à Marcel Mâcon Chardonnay 2021
A Sunday roast is a special thing – or at least it is for a lot of people. Blame my US upbringing, but I never felt that attached to the...
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Natural Wine Killers: Truffle Cheese Pasta with Camillo Donati Ribelle Rosato 2020
I’ve come around on Valentine’s Day. February is short on festive feeling; why not take the opportunity to make a special occasion out of what would otherwise be another grey Wednesday?...
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Wine & Food Killers: Braised Turkey Legs with Mole Rojo and Strekov 1075 Bob 2022
For years, I thought I hated turkey, scarred by the overcooked turkeys served at childhood Thanksgivings. Who needs turkey when you can have duck or goose – or even roast chicken, half...
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Wine & Food Killers: Merguez Sausage and Pumpkin Tagine with Couscous and Bergkloster Super Lecka 2021
This time of year in England can be hard to love. It’s one of the biggest things I miss about living in the States, where autumn (fall) is treated like a...
