Alistair Shearer on the cuisine of Kerala
My daughter and I arranged a trip to Southern India just before Christmas last year, finishing with a flourish at a five-day wedding ceremony, A hectic year had...
recipes
Macchione – a very drinkable Italian red wine which offers outstanding value and a very enjoyable way to buy it
Immaculately restored old country buildingWell, we’ve just been travelling through Italy, and on our way south we passed through Pienza. We stayed the nigh...
Recipes and menus for July
"Summer is the time when one sheds one's tensions with one's clothes, and the right kind of day is jewelled balm for the battered spirit. A few of those days an...
Nikka whisky from the barrel
Lucky me! A house guest has just given me a bottle of Nikka Whisky From the Barrel.I’m twice blessed too because not only is it a fine whisky, it’s also the...
Savoury bacon rolls
These savoury bacon rolls are different and easy. They’re great with drinks, and they also make a good starter – serve three each with a little dressed salad as...
A summery Brazilian cocktail
Regular readers of Saucy Dressings will know that I recently visited Brazil and that I became quite a fan of their local hooch – a spirit made out of sugar cane...
Brazilian White Fish and Black Olive Tagliatelle
I’ve recently just returned from Brazil where we went up into the hills of the Mata Atlântica – the thick coastal jungle – and had lunch in a relaxed, informal,...
All about langoustes and a recipe for something fantastic to do with them
“Dear Saucy Dressings, I’ve attached a painting that might inspire you to do something fantastic with shellfish. It’s by an artist we’ve represented for nearly...
Saucy Lemonade with Hooch – and a selection of lemonade cocktails
So I made lemonade, and I couldn’t help thinking that the addition of some alcohol might give it a whole new lease of life.I considered all kinds of options...
Thoughts on a very smokey smokey maple cocktail at The Leopard Bar in Bloomsbury
We’d hiked around the fabulous Hockney exhibition, the Gay Artists exhibition, and we’d completed every room of the Pop Art exhibition at the British Museum. ...