Food and Drink

Food writer JOSH BARRIE brings readers a recipe from Irish chef Anna Haugh, and confesses it's one of his favourite dishes.

Food writer JOSH BARRIE brings readers a recipe from Roberta Hall-McCarron, offering them a taste of Edinburgh

Food writer JOSH BARRIE brings readers a recipe from Irish chef Richard Corrigan, known for his controversial humour but, more importantly, his soda bread

Keith Floyd’s charm turned him into a caricature. SOPHIA DEBOICK thinks that, instead, he should be remembered as the nation’s culinary pioneer “Pick young, small, un-flowering dandelion leaves. Wash and dry them carefully. Serve with olive oil, salt and sherry vinegar and cubes of hot fried bread.” This was the delicious simplicity of Floyd’s Food, […]

There has been a post-Brexit trend exhorting food shoppers to ‘buy British’. But just how feasible is it? And is it necessarily a good thing? It is not just food. On the ‘Buy British’ Facebook group, recent requests for advice on UK-sourced homemade goods include everything from ‘leisure batteries’ to Lancashire sofa cushions. No, I didn’t know […]

Jamie Oliver has joined fellow chefs and celebrities to warn the government about opening the floodgates to urge the government against diminished food standards after Brexit.  In a short video posted on social media they warn Boris Johnson over the impact of low-quality food imports under post-Brexit trade deals. Urging Johnson to make a “Brand Britain, […]

Tim Martin, boss of the Wetherspoon pub chain, is pestering drinkers with his pro-Brexit beer mats. ANTHONY CLAVANE wonders whether his customers might find it too much to swallow

The connection between Dom Pérignon and the pioneering Benedictine monk from which it takes its name is not as simple as is often stated. Although he is sometimes credited with it, Pierre Pérignon (the ‘Dom’ is an honorific, derived from Dominus, for monks from the order) was not responsible for the creation of sparkling wine. […]

Akvavit has been a Scandinavian favourite for centuries. The spirit’s name is derived from the Latin aqua vitae, or ‘water of life’ (as indeed is the word ‘whisky’, which comes via the Gaelic equivalent of the phrase). Like vodka, it is distilled from either grain or potatoes and is then flavoured with herbs, spices or […]

Gin has undergone a remarkable resurgence in popularity in recent years, with many new brands and flavours emerging. There are some older producers, though, with a heritage even stronger than the gin they create. One English name in the art of distilled juniper berries that can be traced back more than 130 years is Beefeater […]