One of the things that I’m often asked is how I got into food, though perhaps more pressing is the …
Côtes du Rhône Google Hangout: When wine goes high tech
For a drink that’s been much the same for thousands of years, wine, or at least how it’s consumed, has …
Chocolate terroir at Valrhona’s Loma Sotavento
Over the last few years the provenance of ingredients has been something of a fevered trend. Ingredients seem to spring …
Chianti Classico and Gran Selezione tastings 2014, Florence
This time last year I was in Florence for the launch of the new Chianti Classico classification, the Chianti Classico …
Eating out in China, Part Four: Shanghai
Shanghai was the final stop on my lengthy China trip that began in Chengdu. There’s something about Shanghai that switched …
Eating out in China, Part Three: Hangzhou and Shaoxing
It wasn’t until the tail end of my trip to China that I travelled out of Sichuan again. I headed …