“Sicily isn’t just an island, it’s a continent.” – Leoluca Orlando, mayor of Palermo In Sicily, I saw fields where windswept vines are shaped like bushes, often held down by stones. I saw vines that resembled […]
America saved Europe. Not only in the two world wars but further back, in the 19th century, when European vineyards were devastated by phylloxera. Vines that had been exported to America, which were immune to […]
What to buy for the wine lover in your life? Below I’ve listed Christmas gifts to suit all budgets from £3.50 to a million quid! From silly to sophisticated! Wine lovers who travel 1. A […]
We think of pumpkins as an autumnal North American food: although I was disappointed to discover that they usually buy canned when baking pumpkin pie. There is a wide selection of pumpkins and squashes: from […]
The great British meal, fish and chips, served around the world as typically English, is not actually British but Jewish Portuguese. According to hallowed food writer Claudia Roden, it was originally brought here by Portuguese Marrano Jewish […]
Let’s face it. When you’re tired after a long day, the best short-cut dinner is pasta with some kind of sauce. This is the go-to easy meal in our household for filling up tummies. When […]
Snobbery and wine go together like love and marriage. I remember visiting the States a few years ago and getting very snooty about people putting ice cubes in their wine… even red wine! But let’s […]
If you ever go to Seville – and I recommend it as one of the most beautiful cities in the world, with orange scented streets, white horse drawn carriages, and walls covered with blazing pelargoniums […]
