Around Germany with a bottle: a wine buyer's diary
Julian Campbell of Justerini & Brooks visits Germany’s grand estates and new domaines searching for the best new wines to…
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Need the best wines to go with curries or Chinese food? Here they are
VINTAGE PARTNERSHIPS Unless you are a drunk, or a lush, or whatever epithet civilised people mutter behind my back, you…
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Virginie T champagne has Taittinger heritage if not taste
Virginie Taittinger’s champagne may not be noteworthy, but her ambition certainly is. Over a reasonably bland glass of Virginie T,…
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Dine out with the (Michelin) stars at Cannes
All eyes this week are on Cannes this week and the beautiful people strutting around in science-defying dresses. It therefore…
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Blended whisky tasting at the Connaught reforms a staunch purist
As a whisky fan I hold a natural conflict within me. Although welcoming of the liberal mindedness a dram or…
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Luscious Ritz cocktail’s name is Tallulah
They don’t make movie stars like they used to — and they probably only ever made one like Tallulah Bankhead.…
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Top cookery books to inspire you this bank holiday weekend
It has been a while since I last looked over new additions to my kitchen bookshelf, however, this week has…
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Celebrate Fathers’ Day at Le Caprice
Fathers’ Day – coming up on Sunday 15 June – is a much harder ask for children than Mothers’ Day.…
ByLuscious Ritz cocktail's name is Tallulah
Walter Pintus, the wunderkind behind the Ritz’s splendid Rivoli Bar, has created a fitting tribute to the indomitable, insatiable spirit…
ByCelebrate Fathers' Day at Le Caprice
It’s difficult to buy off fathers with a bunch of flowers. Luckily, Le Caprice has got together a few of…
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Why you can’t hold back Jon Spiteri, London’s most distinctive maître d’
FRONT RUNNER He is one of the consistent ingredients that has helped to flavour the London restaurant scene over the…
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Bespoke bottles with ‘Champagne by You’
Author: Romy van den Broeke It all begins with a private tasting of grower champagnes. The customer tastes a curated…
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What a carve up at the Quality Chop House butchery course
I’m a big believer in knowing where your food comes from. If you eat meat you should understand how your…
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The Garden Room atop John Lewis should be blooming delicious
Attentive readers of Spear’s may recall the summer of 2012, when – like a spacecraft from some interstellar race of…
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Emily Rookwood’s recipe for doughnuts
This week is national doughnut week. It is also national sandwich week but I don’t think anyone needs a recipe…
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I tried making doughnuts from scratch over Easter for the first time. It was surprisingly easy, successful and without incident.…
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Quattro Passi serves perfect pasta yet falls under the radar
Quattro Passi is a new ‘Italian fine dining restaurant’ on Dover Street in Mayfair. It is a very well appointed…
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Hidden gems restaurant review: Elkano in Getaria
San Sebastian is a well-known food destination, and Bilbao also has some establishments of merit, but in between these two…
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Guest Recipe: Jenny Dawson’s Rhubarb Chutney
Last week Jenny Dawson of Rubies in the Rubble, a company that uses surplus fruit and veg to make jams…
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Jenny Dawson of Rubies in the Rubble, which uses surplus fruit and veg to make jams and chutneys, shares her…
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