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Make sure your jubilee feast is fit for a Queen
It will soon be time to dust off the vintage crockery, get out granny’s recipes and treat friends and family to a jubilicious feast.
Put the zing into spring with ravishing radishes
With their peppery taste and fresh crunchy texture, radishes make for a great snack or salad staple.
King of the versatile veg is now in season
Very few of our greens can cut it as a starter or side course by themselves, which makes asparagus king of the versatile veg.
Wickham’s wine served to Queen at jubilee lunch
Watching people take a first sip of one of your wines is always going to be a nerve-racking business.
Carol Godsmark's Eating Out
Lock, Stock and Barrel, Locks Heath
The Lock, Stock and Barrel in Locks Heath, near Fareham is one of Dorset-based Hall and Woodhouse’s 250-strong pub chain.
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El Castizo, Chichester
In March, I took La Tasca at Gunwharf Quays to task in this column for its take on Spanish tapas. This chain, despite its website claims to offer ‘the true taste of Spain’, was far from convincing.
Delaney’s Sandwich Bar, Southsea
Did you know there is a British Sandwich Association that promotes the consumption, improvement, innovation and excellence of sandwiches?
Piranha Bar and Restaurant, Hayling Island
The Piranha Bar and Restaurant, to be found on the Sparkes Yard marina at the far end of Hayling Island, exhorts us to ‘soak up the superb ambience at stunning 60-seater restaurant.’
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Wine
Alcohol is part of the balance
Whenever I give wine tastings, one of the most frequent discussion points seems to be the alcohol content of wine these days.
Perfect white wines for spring
When I first tasted the wines I’m writing about this week, we were in the middle of a very dry period.
European wines back on the map
We seem to be in the middle of another of those slight changes in our wine-buying habits, with a resurgence of interest in ‘Old World’ European wines.
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Weather for Portsmouth
Thursday 24 May 2012
Today
Sunny spells
Temperature: 15 C to 24 C
Wind Speed: 12 mph
Wind direction: West
Tomorrow
Sunny
Temperature: 13 C to 25 C
Wind Speed: 22 mph
Wind direction: East
