Aug
2008
Articles from 28th Aug 2008
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Tipping's Tips
Aug 28 2008 | Food & Drink
QI HAVE seen greengages in the supermarket. Are they a normal plum and can I cook with them? Read
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Time for some sun in a glass
Aug 28 2008 | Food & Drink
THE wettest August for a hundred years and little sign of an Indian summer to dispel the gloom - no wonder the seasonal affective disorder is already making an early appearance this year. Read
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Perfect Partners
Aug 28 2008 | Food & Drink
WITH a fruit tart try a Muscat like Vendanges d'Automne Muscat de St Jean de Minervois (£11.99 Coop), a gorgeous southern French example packed with tangerine and orange zest and luscious ripe creamy fruit. Read
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Ingredient of the week - Basil
Aug 28 2008 | Food & Drink
BASIL is one of the most intensely aromatic herbs and also one of the best to grow at home (I always buy seeds from Italy). Read
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Cocktail of the week - Golden Margarita
Aug 28 2008 | Food & Drink
INGREDIENTS Read
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Cheap as Chips - Cranmore Fish Bar, Cranmore Boulevard, Shirley
Aug 28 2008 | Food & Drink
THANKS to reader Mr P Took for urging me to try this clean shop's golden fries of sunshine in deadly-dull August. Read
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Best Buys
Aug 28 2008 | Food & Drink
SOMERFIELD'S wine festival has some inviting offers, including a good value Burgundy Blason Montagny Vielles Vignes 2007 at half price (£5.99) and a fresh white from Italy, Cariddi Inzolia Chardonnay 2007 at half price (£3.49). Read
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Beer Festival
Aug 28 2008 | Food & Drink
BEER flavoured with lavender and honey or a chocolate stout containing cocoa - these are just some of the unique flavours on offer at the Harbury Beer Festival, this weekend (aug 29). Read
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Treat of the week - Autumn Lamb
Aug 28 2008 | Food & Drink
The pale pink and tender lamb that is available in spring rightly has a high reputation. But the lamb available as summer ends and autumn arrives is also delicious. Read
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Roasted Parma Potatoes
Aug 28 2008 | Food & Drink
ROASTED PARMA POTATOES (serves four) Read
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Pear and Blackberry Crumble
Aug 28 2008 | Food & Drink
PEAR AND BLACKBERRY CRUMBLE (serves six) Read
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Our top 5 - Places for fine dining
Aug 28 2008 | Food & Drink
SIMPSON'S Read
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Filini up for top award
Aug 28 2008 | Food & Drink
BIRMINGHAM'S Filini Bar and Restaurant has been shortlisted for the hospitality industry's equivalent of the Oscars in this year's Catey Awards, run by Caterer & Hotelkeeper magazine. Read
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Roast Chicken with Stuffing and Gravy
Aug 28 2008 | Food & Drink
ROAST CHICKEN WITH STUFFING AND GRAVY (serves five) Read
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Edmunds, Brindleyplace, Birmingham. 0121 633 4944
Aug 28 2008 | Food & Drink
THERE came a time during my meal at this newly opened restaurant that I didn't know whether I was about to glaze over ecstatically like Homer Simpson during one of his doughnut moments or would begin uttering the sort of noises made by Meg Ryan in that embarrassing cafe scene in When Harry Met Sally. Read
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Crown and Cushion, Wellington road, Perry Barr
Aug 28 2008 | Food & Drink
"COW foot?" My friend gasped as he looked at the specials board in the Crown and Cushion, Perry Barr. Read
