AS EASY AS PIE
PIE. PASTRY CRUST AND FILLING. SIMPLE – BUT POTENTIALL SOPHISTICATED AND ALWAYS DELICIOUS, WHETHER SAVOURY OR SWEET. CAPSICUM CULINARY STUDIO’S TRAINEES SUGGEST A NUMBER OF WAYS TO SLICE THEM!
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Wine
RETURN OF THE LIGHT RED
RED WINE, ENJOYED WITH LUNCH OF A SUNNY SUMMER’S DAY MIGHT SEEM QUITE HARDCORE. BUT WHEN CHILLED AND MADE FROM CINSAUT OR GRENACHE, IT IS QUITE DELICIOUS.
Beer
A LOFTY POUR
APPLES. CRUSHED APPLES, SPECIFICALLY, ARE NOT A FRUIT ONE WOULD AUTOMATICALLY ASSOCIATE WITH SPAIN. LUCY CORNE INVESTIGATES HOW THE SPANISH HARNESS THE VERSATILE FRUIT.
Spirits
SHAKEN AND CHILLED
WHEN IT COMES TO SPIRITS, THE ONE WITH A HUGE CHUNK OF THE GLOBAL MARKET SHARE IS VODKA. VERSATILITY AND NEUTRALITY IS ITS STRONG SUIT BUT IT’S MICKING GIN BY BECOMING MORE ARTISINAL.
Tasting
NEUTRALITY BE DARNED
IF STEREOTYPES MATTERED THEN THE ASSOCIATION WITH VODKA SHOULD BE OF UBER- NEUTRAL SWITZERLAND RATHER THAN ITS COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN: RUSSIA AND POLAND.