Posted by peter | September 1st, 2010 (by Jo Pratt; intro by peter)
Culinary artiste Jo Pratt – the Winchester Wine School’s very favourite food person – is weaving her typical magic again with this gorgeous steak-and-salsa recipe.
This originally appeared in our August newsletter and makes for a great late summer recipe, whether you do it on the BBQ or in a pan.
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Posted by susie | August 12th, 2010 (by susie)
Do you like your holidays to be of the delicious variety?
Or perhaps you fancy re-living some gastro memories from recent times spent abroad?
Either way, I have a suggestion for you – which also works as a fine excuse to feature another fantastic Jo Pratt recipe, accompanied by my wine matching tips.
I’ve just done some work for a company called www.villarenters.com.
They wanted to promote some of their holiday properties on the basis of their gastronomic credentials – ie if
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Posted by peter | July 15th, 2010 (by peter)
This was an extra special edition of Saturday Kitchen for us.
Not only was it the last live show of the season, showcasing the usual gastronomic fireworks. It also featured a very special announcement: that of the arrival of our new son, Thomas Frederick, born on 6th July.
They flashed up some photos of the little fella together with proud parents and James Martin kindly congratulated us on the news. So thanks to all the lovely people at Cactus Studios, as well as to James, for
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Posted by peter | July 13th, 2010 Here’s another utterly delectable recipe from the Winchester Wine School’s resident gastronomy guru Jo Pratt.
Jo has a brand new website – www.jopratt.co.uk – which is well worth a browse for more foodie fun.
And if you want to receive Jo’s recipes as part of our occasional newsletter, together with loads of brilliant wine bargains, sign up by clicking here.
Jo Pratt’s honey and cinnamon duck breast with lentil and pomegranate salad
Serves: 4
This is a simple summery recipe,
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Posted by peter | May 13th, 2010 Here’s another sumptuous recipe from the delightful celebrity chef Jo Pratt: she who confers delectability on our School News bulletins.
Recently, Jo’s been cooking up a storm on ITV’s Daily Cooks Challenge. This recipe shows why she ended up winning…
Jo Pratt’s Crab and Tenderstem Tagliatelle with Lemon and Basil
Serves: 2 | Preparation and cooking time: 10 mins
INGREDIENTS
200-300g tagliatelle
3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
200g pack Tenderstem broccoli
2 cloves
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Posted by peter | May 10th, 2010 (by peter)
This week, Gennaro Contaldo and Tana Ramsay were treated to a VT of me thoroughly enjoying mucking about in a dinghy while ostensibly on a mission to find wines to match with their dishes.
I also (and I have no idea how) got away with using the phrase “Tana’s beautiful bangers” on BBC1 at 10am in the morning.
All this as part of the weekly gastronomathon that is Saturday Kitchen.
As a result of these on-screen antics, my mother apparently has a few words to say to me
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Posted by susie | April 18th, 2010 (by susie)
A quick note to let you know that if you missed this week’s Saturday Kitchen it’s now available to view on BBC iplayer, via the BBC website. The wine bits are at 0:16:30 and 0:55:45.
This week I matched the zippy, thirst-quenching La Basca Verdejo 2008 (M&S £6.99) to Adam Byatt’s (Trinity Restaurant) delicious Rosemary-roasted Monkfish with Nutty Couscous and English Asparagus. The La Basca is a punchy, summery wine that’s drinking beautifully right now and, to my
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Posted by peter | April 1st, 2010 (by peter)
Sometimes, your day just doesn’t pan out how you expected.
While this can be a bad thing, I’m happy to say that yesterday, filming for Saturday Kitchen in a blustery, squally and bitterly cold Fareham, it made for a brilliant day out.
We kicked off by sampling various full-bodied reds in Asda shortly after 8:30am. The assistant manager turned up, ostensibly to check if we were OK (really to see if we were behaving ourselves) and left with a confounded expression.
We were in
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Posted by susie | March 23rd, 2010 (by susie)
This week I’m off to Amersham on my SK wine hunt and I’ve got a couple of terrific dishes to match.
The recipes arrived from Andy (our highly organised director) last week, which gave me plenty of time to shop, cook, and try out several wine and food combos with Pete over the weekend. And the first thing to say is that these are not only delicious dishes, they’re also not too tricky to cook – so I urge everyone to give them a go!
So, what are they? Well, on Saturday
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Posted by susie | March 22nd, 2010 The following is a recipe by the wonderful Jo Pratt: mother, author and all-round brilliant celebrity chef.
We adore her recipes and Susie contributed the wine matches for her latest book, In the Mood for Entertaining, from which this recipe is taken.
We’re very proud indeed to have Jo contributing her delicious seasonal recipes to our free monthly newsletter. If you want to receive the newsletters and recipes direct to your inbox without having to wait, please subscribe to the newsletter
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