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Recipes from Le Tasting Room’s kitchen – Sri Lankan grated carrot and coconut
Did you know that freshly grated coconut freezes brilliantly? I’ve had a bag lurking in the back of the freezer for ages.
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Wine education – what’s all the fuss about soil?
Soil. We take it for granted don’t we? How often do we think about soil?
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Life in the Loire 5th March 2021. Goodbye to Dave.
Staring out of the window I can see her standing there. Huddled up with a look of confusion on her face. It’s been a week now.
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Wine education – what is Orange wine?
You might have tasted an ‘orange’ wine already or have heard about it but not know exactly what it is. They’re all the rage!
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Life in the Loire – 15th February 2021
Snow fell at the beginning of last week. Just a little. Enough to turn the vineyards into a sparkling winter scene as temperatures plummeted.
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Wine education – the best food & wine pairings
Last night I made roasted butternut squash and sticky chicken thighs with a white miso, brown sugar, black vinegar & sesame oil sauce.
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Recipes from Le Tasting Room’s kitchen – the best sweet pastry
It’s December the 3rd and I’m already on my second batch of mince pies.
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Lock-down take 2. Day 34. 2nd December.
I’ve taken a few days off from the daily blogging and to be honest, I feel better for it. Writing every day has been a pleasure.
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Lock-down take 2. Day 28. 26th November 2020.
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Lock-down take 2. Day 21. 19th November 2020.
The festive 6 bottle tasting case with goodies goes live tomorrow so today I decided to make one of the recipes I provided.
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Lockdown take 2. Day 14. 12 November 2020.
Wow! Day 14 of lock-down take 2 already. Doesn’t time fly when you have nothing to do. Actually, I do have things to do this week!
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Wine education – what is a cépage teinturier
Teint is a French word and it means tint, dye, stain. A cépage teinturier is a grape variety that stains, dyes or tints. So what makes that different?