Appreciate Antipasti

Explore olive varieties, antipasti, charcuterie, mouth-watering recipes and Mediterranean culture with our resident aficionado Vaz Frigerio.

Enoteca Pippo - Phil’s Butty Shop


With Brexit dominating the national discussion I suppose we are all wondering a bit about our national and regional differences.

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Octopus, how do I love thee ?.....


....let me count the ways (with apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning), in ascending order like Top of The Po(l)ps;

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The end of Sp-Agretti?


Whilst mooching around on Saturday morning I was alerted that Saturday Kitchen had, with an octopus recipe, probably struck the death knell of my latest favourite ingredient.

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Camarao na Moranga (how to cobble together lunch when it’s snowing)


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Little apple of my eye – the Manzanilla olive (or there's something about Mary)

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