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Combinations #7 – Wine with Chilli Beef Ramen

Combinations #7 – Wine with Chilli Beef Ramen

I thought a little Oriental influence would be interesting for this round of Combinations. The dish (recipe below) combines plenty of flavours – teriyaki sauce, chilli,Read More

Matching Champagne and Food

Matching Champagne and Food

What to eat with Champagne? There seems to be little available online in regards to specifics matches of champagne styles with food; excpet for a littleRead More

Combinations 4: Combos Goes Green

Combinations 4: Combos Goes Green

Basic Juice is hosting round 4 of Combinations. This is a simple event taking a specified recipe, replicating it, and finding a matching wine. Beau hasRead More

Andrew Barrow
8 Jul
Combinations 3: Flatbreads with Spiced Chicken, Pistachios and Roasted Peppers.

Combinations 3: Flatbreads with Spiced Chicken, Pistachios and Roasted Peppers.

Begun as a little exercise between myself and Beau at Basic Juice, Combinations, was designed to generate interesting content for our respective blogs. Not that BeauRead More

Combinations #3: The wine and food challenge.

The Combinations baton passes to Eating Leeds this month – they have selected Flatbreads with Spiced Chicken, Pistachios and Roasted Peppers as the dish for whichRead More

Andrew Barrow
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The Cellar at Gigetto’s

The Cellar at Gigetto’s

The superbly stocked and extravagantly eclectic wine cellar at Ristorante Da Gigetto in Miane, Treviso, Italy. Details of the meal eaten here are on slashfood. SearchRead More

Andrew Barrow
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Combinations: Matching an Austrian Dessert with Wine.

Combinations: Matching an Austrian Dessert with Wine.

It would seem I had a little more success with the semolina dumplings than Eating Leeds. Mine held up well, still a little lumpy perhaps, butRead More

Combinations 2: Wine to accompany an Austrian dessert.

Beau, the fancy shirted chap behind Basic Juice, is off to Austria; and by heck don’t he want everyone to know about it! Discovering an oldishRead More

Combinations: Matching Baked Mackerel With Wine.

Combinations: Matching Baked Mackerel With Wine.

Defying its simplicity, the recipe for Baked Mackerel served with a Rhubarb sauce or compote, produces a delicious main course. Rhubarb is now in season, mackerelRead More

Combinations 1: Wine to Accompany Mackerel.

For the opening round of Combinations the Wine and Food Matching Challenge I have selected a recipe that appeared in last weekends Times – Baked MackerelRead More

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