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Food and Drink for 15 February 2008

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How does a 127-year-old recipe for soup stand up today?

Feb 15 2008

A soup recipe served up on this date 127 years ago has Alastair Gilmour intrigued. What would it have tasted like?...

Why can’t food just be food?

Feb 15 2008

I FOUND myself shouting at the radio. The people in the car next to me on the Tyne Bridge must have thought I was either bonkers or having a major argument on the hands-free....

Fillet of venison with couscous

Feb 15 2008

THIS recipe is for fillet of venison, a meat that fulfills modern health food criteria but needs treating carefully to avoid it being tough or dry....

Quality is no longer a lottery

Feb 15 2008

WE ALL have gaps in our knowledge. One of mine is called Portugal. This is odd in a way, for the very first glass of wine I ever drank was Portuguese. It was Mateus Rosé, and I was 11. As a special Boxing Day treat I was allowed a thimbleful to help wash down my cold turkey and pickles. I felt ever so sophisticated....

Salt cod, anyone?

Feb 15 2008

ONE of the dry white wines from Portugal I enjoyed so much is stocked locally by Richard Granger Fine Wine in Jesmond, Newcastle....

Beamish Hall Country House Hotel, Stanley

Feb 15 2008

THE weather at this time of year is so unpredictable. One day warm and calm, the next lashing it down. Sometimes it gets even more ridiculous. For example, I booked a table at Beamish Hall in County Durham a couple of weeks ago and set off from Newcastle in misty rain....

UK about to discover how good our food is

Feb 15 2008

REGIONAL food could soon be on the menu across the UK after local producers headed north of the border to woo new customers....

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