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

There are very few occasions on which sausages don’t appeal but what’s the best pairing for them? As always it depends on the type of sausages and the way they’re cooked but I personally find that ...

One of the things Mexicans seem to be particularly good at is soup and there’s a special one that is served around Day of the Dead called Soap Azteca which I tried in a restaurant called La Casa del ...

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 ...

If you’ve never before heard of a tamalada then get ready for what could be the next best invention in food-based entertaining. A tamalada is is a traditional Mexican event where groups of family 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...