Category: Miscellaneous

Frico: a Friulian delicacy

As we focus on all things northern Italian, we asked Federica Pecorari – the winemaker at Lis Neris – for the recipe for a classic, local dish. Here, our Head Chef Stewart Turner explains a little more about the Friulian specialty, frico Frico is a dish from Friuli, an area of Northeast Italy with its own […]

Grape or place on the label?

Why does a typical French wine label not name the grape variety, like wines from Australia, the USA or Chile? Here – in an extract from our introductory book Exploring & Tasting Wine – we explain a little about French wine law The red wines from Chinon and Bourgueil are made from Cabernet Franc but […]

On the table: Hill & Szrok

This month we visited Hill & Szrok – the Broadway Market butcher come restaurant – whose Cookshop combines perfect produce and a restrained hand in the kitchen to create something rather special Meat, meat and more meat: the premise at Hill & Szrok is simple (and vegetarians need not apply). Butcher’s shop by day (and […]

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