A crash course on reading Portuguese wine labels
IT IS now July, and the Algarve has taken on a holiday atmosphere. Tourists are flocking to this picturesque part of Portugal, and drinking plenty of wine. Unfortunately, many of
Loire wines Â
THE LONGEST river in France is the Loire, flowing for 1,000 kilometres, from south-central France to Nantes, and along its banks are more than 400 kilometers of vineyards. Known as
TASTE YOUR FOOD FIRST
YET AGAIN we are being reminded that excessive salt intake is dangerous and has been attributed to causing high blood pressure, strokes and several other nasties. I am constantly horrified
LAZY HAZY CRAZY DAYS
NAT KING Cole so eloquently and elegantly described the time we enjoy meeting and greeting family and friends in our chosen sunshine homes as those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of summer.
WHEN BUTTER CAN BE BETTER
TRANS-FATS are something high on the discussion list of the healthy, those trying to be healthy and those who are producing foods for us in a hopefully more healthy way
PINE BARK
PINE BARK has received more than its fair share of attention in the press recently – and, unusually, the press has all been good. While we are bombarded with Omegas
FOOD LABELLING
IT SEEMS that despite our best efforts as consumers, we are still constantly being misled by food manufacturers. Encouraged to read labels and ensure we know what we are eating,
CHICKEN KIEVS
FURTHER TO a plea asking where all the Chicken Kievs have gone, The Resident received the following response: Hi Sheena, I have no idea why shops do not stock and
hygiene in the kitchen
WHILE WATCHING a cookery programme recently, I heard the female cook explain that she was wearing polythene gloves because she was handling raw meat – nothing wrong in that, I
Shaken not stirred …
DRINKING COCKTAILS can be risky. Eddie Clarke, who was the first President of the United Kingdom Bartenders Guild, and won the World Cocktail Championship on three occasions, said there were