Interview with Victoria and Josh Overington
“We are an ingredient-led restaurant...I have no time for food which makes things into a ball of foam, or whatever, and you can't tell where you're actually eating.”Josh Overington
Food and drink
Mezcal and tequila: What you need to know
Maybe I’ve simply tasted the wrong type of tequila? Flavours of alcoholic drinks such as wine, whisky and beer vary according to the brand and label. It stands to reason that the tequila I downed as student wasn’t premium quality.
Perhaps it’s time to give tequila another chance and simultaneously sample mezcal.
Interview: Christian Krogstad of Westward Whiskey
Stuart Forster interviews master distiller Christian Krogstad of Westward Whiskey, a craft distillery based in Portland, Oregon. Disclosure: Some of the links below and banners are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. Christian Krogstad founded his company as House Spirits...
Toer de Geuze in Flanders, Belgium
A lambic beer undergoes spontaneous fermentation in a vast open tanks known as a coelship. To an untrained eye a coelship looks much like a shallow swimming pool filled with wort prepared by the brewers of the Pajottenland.Translated from Flemish into English, Toer de Geuze means 'Tour of Gueuze'. Typically held over one weekend every two years, the event is a celebration of gueuze beer presenting aficionados with opportunities to visit lambic breweries and gueuze blenderies.
Oyster Sunday in Ghent, Belgium
Some might consider a brunch featuring a dozen oysters as decadent. But this is the third Sunday in October and I’m in the Belgian city of Ghent.
Maltese drinks & traditional food in Malta
Arabic, Italian, French and British influences plus Mediterranean ingredients have helped shape a delectable cuisine whose dishes are often under-rated in discussions about European gastronomy.
Lightly spiced butternut squash soup recipe
The soup is both filling and relatively healthy. It’s also relatively easy to cook. Depending on your portion size, this lightly spiced butternut squash soup recipe should make enough for between four and six bowlfuls.
Interview with Rascal Gin maker Dan Walsh
Liverpool-based gin maker Dan Walsh is the creator of Rascal Gin. He set aside time to talk about the experience of launching a new small-batch gin onto an already saturated British gin market.
Asparagus liqueur from the Netherlands
Talk of visiting a distillery in an old mill in the Netherlands had my mind conjuring images of sails turning slowly on a windmill. Yet the Graanbranderij De Ijsvogel is based in a water-powered mill.
A Bari food tour by rickshaw
“Bari is flat, so it’s perfect for cycling,” says Alf, who turns to look at me as he pedals. I have it easy, I’m sat under the canopy of his rickshaw and taking a foodie tour around Bari Vecchia, the old town in the heart of Apulia capital.