Sitemap - 2023 - Eat This, Drink That, Live Well

My food, wine and travel highlights of 2023

10 excuses to drink champagne this Christmas and New Year

The Friday 5 #82 Christmas special

Let me be your personal wine adviser!

The Friday 5 #81

The Friday 5 #80

Back to Brutto

The Friday 5 #79

The best cookbooks to buy for Christmas gifts 2023

The Friday 5 #78

Win a case of Catena Argentinian wine and a £100 Swaledale voucher

The (belated, sorry) Friday 5 #77

Whatever happened to the main course?

The Friday 5 #76

Sherry is (still not) sexy

Queen of (breakfast) puddings

The Friday 5 #75

How to deal with the darker nights

The Friday 5 #74 (Greetings from Trondheim!)

Languedoc beef stew with red wine, olives and slow-roasted carrots

The Friday 5 #73

Come and taste riesling online with me next Monday

The Friday 5 #72

What to drink when you’re watching Strictly

The Friday 5 #71 (Sherry - and Jerez - special)

The Friday 5 #70

What do you want to know about a wine?

The (somewhat belated) Friday 5 #69

The next step for Eat This, Drink That

The Friday 5 #68

How about throwing an Oktoberfest party this weekend?

The Friday 5 #67 Japanese special

Postcard from Osaka

The lowdown on Eat This, Drink That

The Friday 5 #66

Why 75 no longer feels like 75

Postcard (and photodump) from Edinburgh

The Friday 5 #65

The key to saving money on food …

The Friday 5 #64

Do you want to eat out on a Monday?

The Friday 5 #63 Kent special

Pet Nat Chat

Peaches in prosecco

Sorry, there will be no Friday 5 this week

What food is too much of a faff to make yourself?

Why are we so wedded to Provence rose?

The Friday 5 #62

The Friday 5 #61

So what's it like being a wine writer?

The Friday 5 #60

How to drink less

The Friday 5 #59

Invite your friends to read Eat This, Drink That

Win a case of one of the world’s first 2023 rosés

The Friday 5 #58

What bottle to bring to next week’s online wine tasting

The Friday 5 #57

Quick focaccia pissaladière

The Friday 5 #56 Irish special

The Friday 5 #55

Why wine tasting is an imperfect science

The Friday 5 #54

Last call for this month's online wine tasting

The Friday 5 #53

How I recovered my reading mojo

The Friday 5 #52

Good news all round! Win an Instant Pot multi-cooker and air-fryer …

The Friday 5 #51 Santorini Special

The most popular posts on my Substack

The Friday 5 #50

Tired of Twitter?

Coming shortly on matchingfoodandwine.com ...

The Friday 5 #49

Bring a bottle #1 Pinot Noir

Max's marvellous chocolate pots

Last chance to get 25% off an annual subscription at the 2022 rate!

Postcard from Greece

Join me for my new virtual wine tastings on Zoom!

The Friday 5 #48

Super-easy South African seed bread

The Friday 5 New York Special part II

The Friday 5 #47 New York special part 1

Why cookbooks aren't always as reliable as they should be

#nofriday5 this week - but some decent buys from Waitrose

How to eat in New York without breaking the bank

The Friday 5 #46

So you think you don’t like … natural wine

The Friday 5 #45

What to drink with your Pancake Day pancakes

The Friday 5 #44

Last chance to win this luxury Spanish food hamper!

The Friday 5 #43

How I’ve learnt to love travelling on my own

The Friday 5 #42 Brazilian food special

Six things you (probably) didn’t know about Brazilian wine . . .

The (just about still) Friday 5 #41

A really good cheese fondue

The Friday 5 #40

Win a luxury Spanish food and wine hamper from Mercado 44

The Friday 5 #39