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A journey through the world of the Italian liqueur that some call "firewater" but we adore...

An evening with a hero

Adelmo Fornaciari - better known as Zucchero - stopped off in Glasgow last night. It was an event no Scottish Italian could miss. So, of course, I was there.My first ...

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Posted 5 days 10 hours ago by ginkers
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Lidl goes Grappa!

A humble hunt for cut-price food - this is the credit-crunch you know - produced unexpected results this week. There, stacked among the 50% off veg and strange imported snacks, ...

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Posted 7 weeks ago by ginkers
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Eating for Dumfries and Galloway
Filed under: Food matters

I have been trying this crazy experiment for a week, attempting to eat only food grown or produced in Dumfries and Galloway, the region where I live. It might have ...

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Posted 11 weeks ago by ginkers
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I grow old, I grow old. I shall wear my trousers rolled...

It is Thursday, therefore I shall go out. I sped back from a scriptwriting course just to meet my friends for a good meal. It was a Chinese. Should I, ...

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Posted 12 weeks ago by ginkers
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Hurrah! And then not hurrah!
Filed under: home brew

I have been away from this blog too long. I realise it is one I can only turn to in my hour of need. Or, when I read a story ...

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Posted 15 weeks ago by ginkers
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Grappa goes legit?
Filed under: Grappa in the news

I was sitting down with the wife the other night wondering what to watch on television. The kids were safely tucked up in bed, a nice meal consumed, it was ...

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Posted 35 weeks ago by ginkers
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Go on, give the kids a treat

It is nearly Easter so why not look at a sweet treat for the kids? But this year, forgot all the chocolate eggs - give them doughnuts instead. I like ...

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Posted 37 weeks ago by ginkers
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That it should come to this!

The headline sent a chill down my spine..."More bikies charged over grappa shooting!"That the nights out with the boys should come to this!http://news.theage.com.au/more-bikies-charged-over-grappa-shooting/20080208-1r2q.html

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Posted 40 weeks ago by ginkers
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Co-author finds fame?
Filed under: Books

What is this I see before me? Under a thinly-veiled pen-name have I caught my co-author entering the world of novel writing? Surely he would have used a less obvious ...

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Posted 45 weeks ago by ginkers
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Honey Grappa!

Grappa Honey? Now there's two words I'd like to hear Monica Bellucci whispering in my ear at the end of a meal!However someone in Italy has came up with a ...

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Posted 46 weeks ago by martinobhoy
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