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Fiona Beckett

Fiona Beckett is an award-winning food and drink writer, wine columnist for the Guardian and author of 25 books, most recently Wine Lover’s Kitchen. She also publishes her own website matchingfoodandwine.com and is co-founder of the wine podcast Bâtonnage.

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Six easy non-alcoholic cocktail recipes

With much of the world staying in, these simple alcohol-free cocktail recipes from drinks expert Fiona Beckett are sure to keep you entertained at home

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The finest chocolate in the world

Some of the finest cacao beans in the world are grown in Venezuela, and there are few who understand their transformation better than the luminaries of the Compagnia Del Cioccolato. Club Oenologique dips into the world of cru chocolate

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Interview: Mauro Colagreco, Mirazur

He set his heart on becoming a chef at a young age – now Argentine-born Mauro Colagreco has been crowned the world’s best chef. Fiona Beckett discovers the secrets to Mirazur’s astounding success

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Super-ingredient: onions

They've been cultivated for 5,000 years, they're a stable ingredient of every major world cuisine, and they ward off disease. Fiona Beckett salutes the wondrous, ubiquitous onion

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Super-ingredient: butter

Butter has been around for millennia, and it has dozens of forms and thousands of uses. Just don’t keep it in the fridge

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Super-ingredient: salt

Who really understands the myriad complexities of sodium chloride?