Asparagus Rolls

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I love asparagus. Really love it. I could eat it everyday for the duration of its short season and not get bored. In fact I would probably have it nearly the same way each time,nice and simple with good butter or oil. I might steam it,roast it or chargrill but I’d still dress it simply. I might have it with some cured ham or hard tangy cheese. But in the main I’d let the asparagus do all the talking.

And once the season was over that would be it. No more asparagus for a whole year. Because even [...]

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May 18th,2010 | Tags:,,,,,,,,, | Category:cheese,easy,eggs,english,light/lunch,recipe ideas,sandwich,spring,vegetables,wine | 3 comments

Prosecco prosecco prosecco

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Matching food to wine or wine to food? Well normally I decide what I want to eat and then I think about what wine might go with it. I’m no expert at all,I stick mostly to ‘standard’ rules and also to wines I like. Occasionally I’ll go a bit off-piste,or someone will introduce me to something different,then I’ll revise my rules a bit. But its always the food first and the wine second.

In the last few weeks there’s been chance to turn this on its head. Try the wine and then wonder what to eat with [...]

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October 21st,2009 | Tags:,,,,,, | Category:autumn,blogging,cheese,country/region,drinks,easy,english,italian,light/lunch,recipe ideas,salad,seasonal,wine | 9 comments

Anyone for English wine?

This week it’s been English Wine Week,as you might imagine an event set up to encourage greater recognition (and consumption) of the wines produced in old Blighty. Its fair to say that even five years ago most people would have choked on their glass of Sauvignon at the prospect of a wide range of drinkable English wines being available,but even though many still might,they should perhaps think again. There are good English wines [...]

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May 30th,2009 | Tags:,,,, | Category:drinks,wine | 4 comments

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