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Sunday 27 May 2012

Five Best Malt Whiskies

by Jonathan Ray

I came to malt whisky late and have been making up for lost time ever since.

A grain by any other name<br />

A grain by any other name

Sunday, 24th July 2011

Last of the Independents Gareth Jones explores the culinary uses of fregola. Portrait by Joy Davies

Categories: Cooking , Food and Drink , Italian food

Scotch Egg

Scotch Egg

Tuesday, 28th June 2011

by Imogen Lycett Green

Claire Macdonald - hotelier, chef and champion of Scottish food - proves she's a good egg. By Imogen Lycett Green

Categories: Food and Drink , Scotland

Aperitif & Amuse-Bouches

Thursday, 30th June 2011

Maybe it’s the rising heat, but this season’s edition of Spectator Scoff has a rather more prickly, edgy feel to it — some beefy controversies to fire up your mental barbecues.

Categories: Amuse-bouches , Aperitif

A-Z of Scoff

A-Z of Scoff

Thursday, 30th June 2011

by Hattie Ellis

S is for Sugar, T is for Traditional Foods

Categories: A to z , Food and Drink , Ingredients

Success problem

Thursday, 30th June 2011

by Peter Grogan

Another great Bordeaux vintage on the cards? Peter Grogan examines the unexpected problems created by never-ending success

Categories: Bordeaux , Wine

Feverish Fairy

Feverish Fairy

Thursday, 30th June 2011

by Jeremy Clarke

Hemingway beheld horses, Wilde saw tulips growing in the sawdust, but absinthe left Jeremy Clarke lucid and inspired

Categories: Absinthe , Alcohol , Drink , Food and Drink

Big Red

Thursday, 30th June 2011

by Marina Ray

In Argentina, they love their barbecues with meat, meat and more meat. And in the Malbec grape, they have the perfect match, says Marina Ray

Categories: Argentina , Cuisine , Food and Drink , International cuisine , South America

God of fire

Thursday, 30th June 2011

by Alice Whitehead

Alice Whitehead offers tips from the experts to help you become a master of the barbecue

Categories: Barbecue , Food and Drink

Cold Comfort

Thursday, 30th June 2011

by Cookie Bellair

Ice-cream is one of the joys of a British summer – and, says Cookie Bellair, it’s not as hard to make the true, delicate, flavoursome stuff as you might imagine

Categories: Ice cream

Trouble in paradise

Trouble in paradise

Thursday, 30th June 2011

by Patrick McGuigan

Borough food market has a reputation as London’s finest. But all is not well under the arches, as Patrick McGuigan finds out

Categories: Borough market

Scoff Blog

Queen of Burgundy

Friday, 16th March 2012

Mature consideration

Saturday, 18th February 2012

Days of claret and cricket

Saturday, 3rd March 2012

 

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An A-Z of scoff
L is for Locavore

L is for Locavore

The term ‘locavore’ was coined in 2005 by a California chef, Jessica Prentice, to describe a person with a diet based on local food. Some set themselves the challenge of doing this exclusively, perhaps with the odd exception such as coffee and wine. The 1,000 members of the Fife Diet in Scotland have an 80:20 concept: 80 per cent local and 20 per cent fairtrade to cover such matters as bananas.

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