Adventures in wine and cheese – cheddar, simply the best?
... and there I count them. The cheddars. 25, or thereabouts. Some sporting little more than a strength rating as if somehow flavour is irrelevant. Or perhaps a...
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JancisRobinson.com
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14th June 2026
A walk on the Wild side in Berkhamsted
Farm to fish to fork to frying pan … there is a lot of f-ing about in restaurants claiming an intimate relationship with the earth. Quite what this direct line to Mother Nature involves is sometimes less than clear ...
JancisRobinson.com
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30th May 2026
The Bull, Charlbury, Oxfordshire
The Bull sits in the centre of things. A ‘pub with rooms’, it belongs to the small, exclusive Public House group of largely...
... welcoming shoulder-month fires played quietly in inglenooks, expensively washed plaster glowed in candle-lit corners and beautiful old floorboards provided charmingly on-the-wonk dining to a soundtrack of 1950s jazz and blues.
... welcoming shoulder-month fires played quietly in inglenooks, expensively washed plaster glowed in candle-lit corners and beautiful old floorboards provided charmingly on-the-wonk dining to a soundtrack of 1950s jazz and blues.
JancisRobinson.com
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27th March 2026
Adventures in wine and cheese – goat tales
It's spring. And that means goat.
This month's Wine & Cheese Adventure celebrates goat's cheese and the wines that pair beautifully with it: everything from the light and fluffy to the firm and farmyardy
This month's Wine & Cheese Adventure celebrates goat's cheese and the wines that pair beautifully with it: everything from the light and fluffy to the firm and farmyardy
The Happy Foodie
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19th February 2026
7 must-try Ottolenghi rice recipes
Middle Eastern and Mediterranean kitchens are home to some of the world’s greatest rice dishes ...
JancisRobinson.com
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29th January 2026
Adventures in wine and cheese – the lands of ice and snø
We’d arrived in a country whose Nordic angles had been softened by a blanket of pristine snow. Blue-white, crisp-crust, rasping-dry, squeaky-teeth, polystyrene snow. Though the scenic route around the fjord’s edge had made us hours late ...
JancisRobinson.com
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22nd November 2025
More pie and wine
It’s pie season! Some mouth-watering ideas for pies and what to drink with them in time for Thanksgiving and all the festive occasions to follow.
JancisRobinson.com
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31st August 2025
Etch – carving out a niche in Hove
Passing the open kitchen on the way to my table, I noted gleaming stainless steel and corps-de-ballet choreography: military precision, artistic flourishes and the odd relaxed smile, too ...
Falstaff International
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5th September 2022
Franciacorta: Italy’s young pretender to the sparkling crown
Rejecting the tank production methods of neighbouring Prosecco, Italy’s Franciacorta has its sights firmly set on another model: Champagne.
JancisRobinson.com
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18th December 2025
Adventures in wine and cheese – the festive board
Dickens and the festive season are now so synonymous that I often find myself rifling through his dusty old pages to check what he, or rather they, had to say about cheese ...
Falstaff International
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24th January 2023
Cooking with the seasons: Seville oranges
A burst of citrus sunshine, Seville’s bitter oranges are surprisingly versatile and celebrated around the globe...
JancisRobinson.com
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22nd December 2025
The Smart Traveller's Wine Guides – book reviews
Six sleek guides for wine lovers wanting on-the-ground advice on what and where to drink and eat.
Falstaff International
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13th February 2023
Syrah in focus, part 1: the French homelands
16th February is International Syrah Day – Falstaff celebrates with a deep dive into this brooding, mysterious variety.
JancisRobinson.com
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10th August 2025
The Bull – a review
Something of the Milk Wood dreamtime lingers on in the creeks and coves, the nants and the cilfachs, of this stretch of the south Wales coast ...
Falstaff International
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17th January 2023
Wine beyond January: re-think, re-connect, re-set
Would you like to start being more considered in your wine choices? Here are Falstaff´s suggestions.
Penguin: The Happy Foodie
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14th January 2026
Tasty one-dish sausage recipes for an easy dinner
A collection of winter warmers from some of our star authors like Mary Berry, Jamie Oliver and Ottolenghi.
JancisRobinson.com
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4th November 2025
Adventures in wine and cheese – Langres and fizz
Kicking off a new monthly column, Ben introduces us to the dark arts of wine and cheese pairing. Pictured, Langres – a French cheese just made for fizz.
Falstaff International
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6th April 2023
Cooking with the seasons: oysters
Falstaff does an oyster deep-dive, down through the churning seas of foodie fashion and the maelstrom of menu terminology...
Falstaff International
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11th November 2022
Save the date: 17 November is Beaujolais Nouveau time again
It’s time to celebrate Le Nouveau once more. Falstaff explores the ongoing appeal of Beaujolais’ child prodigy.
Falstaff International
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1st June 2023
Where to eat seafood in London, part 1
London is a truly great seafood city: here are our favourite seats at the bar for cracking, picking and shucking.
JancisRobinson.com
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24th August 2025
The Old Pharmacy – a panacea, a destination
... it seemed to embody the mix-and-match eclecticism, the Regency breakbeat, Hoxton-meets-Bridgerton charms of the place: fresh, exciting.
Penguin: The Happy Foodie
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16th October 2025
8 must-try Ottolenghi pasta recipes
Chef and bestselling author Yotam Ottolenghi is well-known for his wonderful Middle Eastern recipes. But leaf through the pages of his cookbooks and you’ll find some truly innovative pasta dishes ...
Falstaff International
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13th March 2023
Syrah in focus, part 2: journeys around the world
Part two of our series follows Syrah through Europe and beyond.
Falstaff International
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20th June 2023
Where to eat seafood in London, part 2
The second part of our round up of fabulous places to eat seafood, especially shellfish, in London.
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