food
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5 Simple Ways To Supercharge Your Breakfast
Even though breakfast is the least favourite meal of the day for most modern people, it is the most important meal. Modern people prefer to skip it since they usually don’t have enough time to prepare a healthy breakfast and take snacks as a replacement. However, eating breakfast can improve your overall wellness while boosting it with nutrients has a positive impact on many vital bodily functions and mood. A good breakfast allows us to skip snacks during the day and also expands the range of nutrients in your diet, allowing you to support overall health. It is also worth noting that your morning sets the tone for the rest…
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Engravers Guild – Let The Celebrations Be-Gin!
Gin has come a long way since it was described as ‘mother’s ruin’. In recent years it has become the fabulous fashionable drink of choice for many, with dedicated gin bars, a wide range of flavoured varieties, and even numerous items of gin memorobilia to grace the art deco gin trolleys that have become commonplace in many homes. If gin is your drink of choice (and it certainly is mine, with Parma Violet being my fave flavour, and Hendricks being my fave traditional brand), then what you really need is your own personalised glass. Engravers Guild, the go to brand for all things personalised, have just the thing. The Dartington…
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Pairing Wine With Seafood
Seafood is one of the healthiest meals you will ever taste. Furthermore, it’s nice to enjoy a glass of wine with a perfectly seasoned fish filet or a delicious platter of shellfish, but there isn’t a “one bottle fits all” option. For guidance, have a look at our helpful breakdown of wine and seafood pairings below. Image credit: Unsplash/Jay Wennington Seafood Pairing Rules First of all, you should know that there are some seafood pairing rules. For example, although lighter reds and sparkling wines can pair well with seafood, white wines typically do the best. Similarly, the wine should be more elegant the more delicate the fish, so when pairing,…
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X Muse Vodka Is Just Perfect For Summer
Whether you have a touch of James Bond about you and enjoy your vodka as a vodka Martini (shaken not stirred obviously), like it neat, or with a touch of tonic or lemonade, good vodka is a fabulous Summer drink. It looks cool, makes great cocktails, and is surprisingly low calorie, making it an alcoholic option for those who are watching their weight. What’s not to love? X MUSE ( pronounced ‘tenth muse’ as in X the Roman Numeral) is the first blended barley vodka inspired by the spirit making traditions of Scotland. It comes in a striking, art deco inspired bottle that seems to have been made to be…
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Why Do We Make Our Taste And Flavour Choices?
When it comes to foods and flavours, we all know what we like and what we don’t like? But what is less certain is why we like certain things, and yet turn our noses up at others. It turns out that it is a far more complex issue than just like/dislike. Our life experiences and particularly experiences when it comes to food, our upbringing (linked to the sorts of food we were exposed to at an early age) and even our age, can all effect the tips of tastes and flavours we enjoy, and these can change as we progress through life. V2, one of the nations leading brands when it…
