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  1. Food and Wine Matching – March 2024
    Posted On: March 1st, 2024

    Food and Wine Matching – March 2024

    Lamb Boulangère As the days lengthen and crocuses start to appear and blossom adorns the trees, I take solace in the fact that the season is turning and, let's face it, things are going to improve. One of my favourite traditional French recipes is lamb boulangère. This harks back to the days when people heading […]
  2. 'Adventures In Wine' podcast, episode 35 – 'Bonaparte's Beverages'
    Posted On: February 19th, 2024

    'Adventures In Wine' podcast, episode 35 – 'Bonaparte's Beverages'

        David Chandler: "In an absolute first for this podcast, our wine-loving friends spend several minutes drinking something that isn't actually wine. This deviation from tradition, though unthinkable under normal circumstances, is rendered unavoidable by the fact that Jason has decided to answer a question that David wasn't even aware needed to be asked […]
  3. Food and Wine Matching – February 2024
    Posted On: January 26th, 2024

    Food and Wine Matching – February 2024

    Shakshuka Shakshuka is a restorative North African dish believed to be of Tunisian origin. It is quite quickly and easily prepared and makes for a tasty lunch or light supper dish. There are numerous different twists one can deploy in its preparation so I have deliberately not looked for a recipe online as I didn’t […]
  4. Yapp Brothers on the move
    Posted On: January 25th, 2024

    Yapp Brothers on the move

    Yapp Brothers is thrilled to announce a significant milestone in its 55-year history. Established in 1969, the company will shortly be moving to new premises after five decades in Wiltshire.   For half a century, Yapp Brothers has called Mere its home, initially operating out of Robin Yapp’s garage before moving to picturesque Victorian warehouses […]
  5. Food and Wine Matching – January 2024
    Posted On: January 3rd, 2024

    Food and Wine Matching – January 2024

    Kefir-ly Cultivated Last Summer, traversing la belle France on holiday, we stayed the night with our old friends Fred and Laurence Filliatreau in their delightful home, set amongst vines, at Château Fouquet, in the hamlet of Brèze, in the Loire valley. It was great to have our first familial get together since the onset of […]
  6. Food and Wine Matching – December 2023
    Posted On: December 1st, 2023

    Food and Wine Matching – December 2023

    Seasonal Snackage Package and Festive Libations In the run up to Christmas we always invite a few friends and neighbours round for drinks. Experience has taught us that people like a definite cut off time and it is best to avoid trying to provide a fully catered meal. That said, a few canapés or snacks […]
  7. 'Adventures In Wine' podcast, episode 34 – 'Sommelier Enchanted Evening'
    Posted On: November 16th, 2023

    'Adventures In Wine' podcast, episode 34 – 'Sommelier Enchanted Evening'

        David Chandler: "Jason's well-known for keeping a tight ship, but like the egalitarian oenophile we know him to be, he's not averse to granting other mariners of the wine dark sea an opportunity to take the helm and plot a course through the beneficent waters of the bacchanal either. In this instalment, no […]
  8. Food and Wine Matching – November 2023
    Posted On: October 31st, 2023

    Food and Wine Matching – November 2023

    Chicken with Chorizo, Chillis, Onions, Peppers and Garlic with Rice I've come across a few recipes that are very similar to this, but I devised this version years ago and I like it because there is very little to weigh or measure. Most recently, I cooked it for my long-standing, 5 strong book group and […]
  9. Signs of the Times
    Posted On: October 23rd, 2023

    Signs of the Times

    Since childhood I've been an avid Francophile. Clearly, that is due, in no small part, to parental influence but I think it goes further than that. We spent almost all of our family holidays self-catering in France and then when I was 15 years-old I participated in our school's French exchange. Cigarettes, mobylettes, bangers, flick-knives, […]
  10. Food and Wine Matching – October 2023
    Posted On: September 29th, 2023

    Food and Wine Matching – October 2023

    Scallop and King Prawn Ramen with Vegetables and Rice Noodles This recipe evolved during the pandemic when I was looking for food that was healthy, easy to prepare and versatile. You can switch the scallops and prawns for diced tuna, chicken or tofu and get an equally satisfying outcome. It does come pretty close to […]

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