Ha! This is really just a fancy-pants casserole with a pastry lid on!
Category: Wine & drinks
Spicy Pepitas
Zizz up your next drinks gathering with a bowl of these spicy little beauties.
Adobo Peanut & Lime Salsa
Watch out! She kicks like a mule!
Bissara – Moroccan Broad Bean Dip
Mysterious and green, zinging with chilli, let bissara take centre stage at your next drinks gathering.
Mulled Wine & Vin Brûlée
Take a thermos of mulled wine to a picnic and they’ll come running!
Get Mulling – read all about it
There’s nothing like a warming alcoholic drink to kick-start an evening, clear up the snuffles or warm the cockles of your heart on a chilly night. There’s a little bit of magic created when you heat wine with spices and citrus to make mulled wine. Whether you serve it bright and clear, sharp and sweet, […]
Glögg – Ilaria gets mulling
Cold around your way? Get glögging!
Grab the last of the strawberries before they’re gone!
Pretty, summery, fresh and so moreish, a Rosé spritzer will see you drink less alcohol but have double the fun!
Cool times – chill down with iced mint & lemon water
Chill out with a jug of icy mint & lemon water
Almond Milk with Turmeric – What a tonic!
There are plenty of reasons to try this drink (no, not just because it’s yellow!) …
Gin Room bartender wins cocktail challenge
Gin Room bartender wows judges with his Mid-summer Negroni cocktail.
Villa Maria wine tasting and degustation lunch
Food and wine or wine and food? It’s hard to choose the more impressive of the two served up at a wine tasting and degustation lunch at Villa Maria Winery on Monday. I went primed for action: hungry, thirsty, inquisitive, and with a cab booked to wing me back to the ferry …
Villa Maria forging ahead with organics
Villa Maria is unashamedly family oriented. When you dine with them, with their founder Sir George Fistonich and wife Lady Gail, with their winemakers and staff, you become part of the family, part of their story. That story started a long time ago, in 1961, when a young lad called George leased a few acres […]