Soup can be tricky to pair with wine so beer can be a better option especially with this Mexican bean soup called sopa Azteca ...

It’s sometimes hard to predict what type of food will pair well with riesling because they’re all so different - some being bone dry, some ultra sweet, some positively floral, others zingy and ...

Butternut squash in particular comes in a lot of guises but is fundamentally sweet, especially when you roast it. In general I favour rich whites like oak-aged chardonnay, Rhône varietals such as ...

I don’t drink a lot of white port, I must confess. More often in summer with tonic rather than at this time of year. But now I’ve discovered how well it goes with gruyère, I may. Port is an obvious ...

It’s more common to think of pasta, roasts and grills as natural accompaniments to Chianti Classico than vegetarian dishes but I had a tart at Terra di Seta that turned out to be a perfect match. It ...

Those of you who consult matchingfoodandwine.com regularly may have noticed I have put the Top Pairings section of the site behind a paywall. You may wonder why after all this time. After all the site ...

Steak is a natural partner for red wine, but is there a definitive “best” red for steak? While it’s easy to say that any good red will do, you can fine tune the match. The cut of the steak, the way it ...

Fiona Beckett is an award-winning food and wine writer, one of the world’s leading experts on food and drink pairing, former wine columnist for The Guardian and the author of 25 books on food, wine, ...

Rioja - and by that I mean red rioja - is one of the UK’s best-loved wines and one of the easiest ones to match with food too. As you’d expect it pairs particularly well with Spanish food especially ...

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