Eat This, Drink That, Live Well

Eat This, Drink That, Live Well

The Friday 5 #185

How to break out of your rosé rut, beetroot for people who don't love beetroot and a 5 minute main course to conjure out of the fridge

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Fiona Beckett
Jun 19, 2026
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Having had distinctly unsummery weather for the last month it looks likely we’re going to be hit by a heatwave this coming week which is fortuitous timing as our next online tasting on Monday is devoted to rosé.

Or, more specifically, how to get out of your rosé rut.

I say rut because most of us these days drink one style - the fashionably pale rosé popularised by Provence. But it’s not the only game in town.

A bonus hot weather tip, I’ve spotted that Sainsbury’s is selling litre bottles of Pimm’s for £10 if you have a Nectar card

Also this week

  • road-testing Angela Hartnett ’s new pasta range

  • overcoming my slight aversion to beetroot

  • sharing a recipe for a salad for those of you who don’t count salad as a proper meal

  • and plotting my road trip to Ireland

How to break out of your rosé rut

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