Cava Palate Cleanser Christmas Cocktail

Photo by Tyson Sadlo

Photo by Tyson Sadlo

We are now well into the season of  Gargantuan feasts, early evening vomiting commuters, amateur drinkers and amazon orders.

By the time Saturday comes along you may already be full and dreading the sheer amount of fat and heavy food you have yet to consume.

This palate cleansing drink . . . → Read More: Cava Palate Cleanser Christmas Cocktail

Mallafre Tasting at Hampstead Butcher and Providore 24th Sep

On Saturday morning around 11am I’ll be at the Hampstead Butcher and Providore with some of the flavoured Mallafre oils for you to taste.

You can taste the basil, chilli, coffee, garlic, ginger and rosemary oils and get some ideas from me on their use and give me some ideas of your own.

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Adopt a ham

If you wish to convert your vegetarian friends or share with the omnivores the delights of Iberian ham a small group of artisan producers from Trevelez in the Alpujarras mountains in Granada have come up with a novel idea. You could be the proud Godparent to one of their hams and watch its progress from mere pig leg to the magnificent jamon that all the food writing clichés in the world have failed to adequately describe. . . . → Read More: Adopt a ham