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Well here we are, happy 2015! I always love the surge of optimism a new year brings. Our bodies are sludgy and hurting and sloshing with drink but we are determined to get ourselves together. I am not sure about you, but I have eaten Christmas ham t...

Mary Doughty has been making Christmas puddings for about 75 years. For the past 50, she’s been giving them away to family and friends. The 90-year-old relies on a recipe she learned as a teenager. Her mother, Mary Paul, taught her how to make her fi...

Naughty Nana and Roo Roo have arrived for Christmas! What is it about grandparents and funny names? Saying them in front of other people is a bit like giving out the e-mail address you thought was cool when you were younger. Things like sexyhotminx@...

Thyme chef Rene Amores Maypa came here from his home in Manila, via jobs in top restaurants and private homes around the world. His light and inventive dishes are freshly made — and taste just so — and his pizza rates among the best in Bermuda. Here...

When Gabre and Deborah Swan describe their cassava pie as a labour of love, they aren’t kidding. They grow the cassava root themselves, organically. That involves tending it for two years before they can dig it up, peel it, grate it, and bake a vega...

I often quote wine author and critic Robert Parker and I think that most would agree that he is the best known in this business and his influence is very considerable, for instance his judgment can influence the price for a whole vintage in Bordeaux....

I have to start this with a confession. I haven’t bought my kids salad spinners for Christmas. I have actually bought them American Girl dolls. I did my best to pretend they didn’t exist (the dolls, not my kids …) but Chloe is in P2. Six-year-olds ta...

Wine tasting events can sometimes feel a little stuffy or snooty. Event promoter Cushi Ming is hoping to change all that. He recently came up with an idea for a more interactive wine tasting event. Called “Uncorked”, it takes place on December 18. ...

When James Bond switches up his trademark martini for Macallan scotch whiskey, you know this spirit is so cool, it’s now haute. (That’s “hot” as spoken by Scottish friends, although “elegant and stylish”, the French interpretation, also fits.) The mo...

Grape Expectations By Michael Robinson In the 1600s a trade war broke out between France and England; Louis XIV restricted the import of English goods and then Charles II forbid French wines altogether. The Brits had to look elsewhere and they turne...

Bread isn’t just something to eat for Lucinda Worrell-Stowe, it’s a remedy for all ills. She’s battled numerous forms of cancer since the 1990s and, throughout it all, has made and sold bread under the label Positive Energy. “When you are making bre...