Published on Yahoo Lifestyle UK & Ireland on 30th December 2013:
I haven’t made a soufflé since the early days at culinary school but with a few bananas getting a bit too ripe, I decided to make a banana soufflé.
This is a simple recipe with store cupboard ingredients. If you’re quick, you can have it on the table in 30 minutes.
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Published on Yahoo Lifestyle UK & Ireland on 24th December 2013:
It’s the day after that big party, be it Christmas lunch, New Year’s drinks, birthday bash or wedding reception, and you’ve found yourself cleaning up. The last thing you’re thinking of is saving that odd glass of white wine or the untouched bottle of de-capped beer.
Intuitively, you might want to pour it straight down the drain but there’s definitely something better you can do – find a delicious recipe to cook with the leftover alcohol.
Here are some ideas to get you started:
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Published on Yahoo Lifestyle UK & Ireland on 18th December 2013:
When it comes to food and wine matching, the best of us know that sometimes it can be impossible. There are so many nuances in flavours, aromas and textures to consider for the perfect match.
In Rioja, a group of local men got together to solve that problem. They were members of a Gastronomic Society where men with a serious passion for food and wine met regularly to cook, eat and drink.
Collectively, the men created a new wine estate – Bodegas Beronia. The aim was to create fine Riojan wines, made in the traditional style, that would go perfectly with the food that they were eating.
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Published on Yahoo Lifestyle UK & Ireland on 13th December 2013:
At a recent dinner party, I was asked for some hard and fast rules for food and wine matching.
More specifically, my friends wanted confirmation that white wines should be for fish and white meats while red wines are for red meats. If you could only have one rule for food and wine matching, then this would be the one that will give you the highest success rate.
In reality, it is of course much more complicated than that.
Some red wines will work perfectly with fish while some white wines work better with meats. It all depends on a number of things.
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Published on Yahoo Lifestyle UK & Ireland on 10th December 2013:
Most people will avoid dessert wines with their sweet treats while others relish in its lip-sticking delight.
I certainly fall into the latter.
Dessert wines are one of the greatest styles of wines for sharing because their inherent sweetness means you have to drink slow and savour while their complexity and long finish will leave you talking for hours.
From lighter styles to more intense offerings, here are six dessert wines that you’ll find easy to fall in love with:
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