Eat This, Drink That, Live Well

Eat This, Drink That, Live Well

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The Friday 5 #88

The Friday 5 #88

February’s cookbook giveaway, an irresistible new French restaurant and why we need to go back to eating by candlelight

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Feb 16, 2024
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You might well wonder what is happening to the wine component of Eat This, Drink That. The answer is that the year’s wine tastings haven’t really got off the ground yet - or at least not the ones which throw up the bargains.

And it’s that weird period between Valentine’s Day - who wants to buy pink fizz now? - and Mother’s Day and Easter which, as I’m sure you know, is unusually early this year. It’s the wine world’s equivalent of the hungry gap. 

Nevertheless I’ve found a surprisingly good Sicilian red for you and some bargain buys from Tesco along with this month’s cookbook giveaway from which the particularly tempting chicken dish above comes …

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