Hints and tips:
...Eight years after Suntory’s $16bn acquisition of Jim Beam, “I don’t think we’ll take that huge a risk again in the near future,” Niinami said....
...She highlights a spread from one 1983 edition, showing a glamorous woman pouring a drink with the tagline: “I assume you drink Martell”....
...These recur across time and space, from the ancient flaming pudding with brandy butter to today’s voguish mulled-wine cheesecake....
...Charted waters is on the effects of China taking a pop at European brandy, and there’s a bumper links section as we catch up with lots of stuff that’s been going on since I last wrote....
...I have tried a few different brands and love Waitrose’s mincemeat. This year, they have a brandy-infused one I’ll be using....
...You might also add a splash of brandy – see classic prawn cocktail recipes such as The Wolseley’s – or vodka like Manzi’s chef Christian Turner....
...I make that sound easy. It’s not. Once the terrine is out, scrape off excess fat and jelly, and serve separately to spread on toast....
...Kenedy cites his mum’s baked chocolate rolls, filled with jammy stewed apricots or prunes spiked with brandy. And his husband’s chicken and cider casserole and fish pie....
...Its mission is “to reflect and honour its unique location with a life-enriching focus on art, design, gastronomy and community” — which I’d say it achieves....
...They’re known for having Guinness on tap and milk punch (a milk and brandy or bourbon-based cocktail that originated in the 18th century), and a cleverly curated wine list....
...“Now there’s not a day where I don’t have herbal medicine. It’s not something that I reach for just when I’m poorly....
...In Ceylon I saw your English diffusing comfort and equal laws, opening roads, encouraging industry, destroying forced labour and selling cinnamon to all the world.”...
...If several cases, then this must be one of the most valuable wine collections in the UK, but I suspect it may be just a few bottles. It’s a good point....
...a large glass of brandy....
...I played a small part in this....
...The Confessions National Theatre (Lyttelton), London “I’m not interesting,” says the small white-haired woman as she steps on to the Lyttelton stage. “I’m an old lady. What’s interesting about me?”...
...“Bottle caps — or, rather, liquors like gins, brandy, whisky — were among the items brought by Europeans to trade with Africa. They exchanged them for many things, including humans....
...The few hairdressers I’ve had have come to my home, or I theirs, where we share a laugh over a Nollywood film (or five). They have always been the highlight of my otherwise simple beauty routine....
...Flaming brandy and aspic as social capital. The backlash against Cradock’s blatant social ambition was expressed by the impeccably patrician Elizabeth David....
...I never dined at Manzi’s. All I have to fuel my enthusiasm is other people’s nostalgia....
...I rather wish I hadn’t because it would be nice now to compare, you know . . . perhaps I destroyed an original Brueghel. I hope not.”...
...[The pear grows inside the bottle, like a mini greenhouse, and the bottle is then filled with brandy.]...
...I never negotiated or agreed with criminals [and] never used my position as president to advocate for their interests.”...
...“And I’m OK with that.” Additional reporting by Andy Bounds in Brussels Data visualisation by Steven Bernard and Ian Bott...
...I don’t know if Mum had spotted by then that he wasn’t the safest pair of hands, or if he was already starting the day with what he called a “grappling hook”, a mixture of brandy and port....
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