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03Feb 2016
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  • book review, food, Italy, Palmento, Robert Camuto, Robert V. Camuto, Sicily, travel, wine
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Palmento – A Sicilian Wine Odyssey: Book Review

Palmento – A Sicilian Wine Odyssey: Book Review

Robert Camuto has crafted a beautiful vision of Sicily, its exceptionally varied landscape, its inhabitants – both native and immigrant, its foods, and of course its wines.

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03Feb 2014
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  • BBC, food, food & drink, TV, wine
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BBC Food & Drink returns to UK TV screens

BBC Food & Drink returns to UK TV screens
Last year we celebrated the return of the classic "BBC Food & Drink" programme from the 1980s under a greatly revised format and outlook, with Chef Michel Roux Jr. and Kate Goodman. It had a...
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20Dec 2013
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  • Alexander Armstrong, BBC, Britain, champagne, christmas, food, Giles Coren, wine
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Getting wine drunk on television

Getting wine drunk on television
Whatever you think of Giles Coren or Alexander Armstrong as the presenters, the BBC show "The 12 Drinks for Christmas" was entertaining TV and a snapshot of a very British attitude to drinking. [caption id="attachment_1326" align="aligncenter"...
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19Dec 2013
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  • bacon, food, Jack Conte, Nataly Dawn, Pomplamoose, wine
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Flippin’ food and music

Flippin’ food and music
I like to promote the idea of getting wine "content", i.e. talking about wine, out of wine-only sites (like this one) and making it part of other conversations - usually ones more people actually care...
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12Feb 2013
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  • BBC, food, Madeira, Prosecco, sparkling, twitter
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Tasting wine against the clock

Tasting wine against the clock

What can you say about wine in 3 minutes and 14 seconds?

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26Nov 2010
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  • chinese, food, fun
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Friday Weird Food Post: This dish is alive!

In my latest trip around the UK on wine duties, I visited the lovely Royal Baths Chinese Restaurant in Harrogate. The place is stunning itself, and the food was great...

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24May 2010
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  • "julie and julia", blogging, film, food
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Julie, Julia and Me

I watched Julie & Julia last night for the first time. I first heard about it from a good friend @mathildecuisine who also happens to...

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