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• Tempting springtime party food to prepare in advance

  12-05-2024 11:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Celebratory Italian treats which won’t keep you busy in the kitchen on the dayI’ve been testing recipes for a birthday party that I’m going to cook for myself in a couple of weeks. Full of spring, a bit Garden of England (cherries, broad beans and cucumber) and quite a bit of Italian.My dream is that I’ll prepare all of this in advance and leave platters around the place along with bowls of roasted nuts and chipsticks. It will, of course, be sunny and I’ll receive o
  
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• Upstairs at the Grill, Chester: ‘It has an awful lot going for it’ – restaurant review

  12-05-2024 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Chester’s Upstairs at the Grill is very well liked – but that doesn’t mean it’s faultlessUpstairs at the Grill, 70 Watergate Street, Chester CH1 2LA (01244 344883). Starters £8-£15, mains £15-£52, desserts £6-£9.50, wine from £34Upstairs at the Grill, a smart steak restaurant in Chester, has much going for it. There are eager staff, one with a magnificent beard that ought to be promoted as a tourist attraction by Visit Cheshire. T
  
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• Three corkers from Majestic’s own-label range

  12-05-2024 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Hats off to Majestic, they are about the last bricks-and-mortar off-licence chain standingLe Grand Retour Malbec, France 2020, £12.99, or £9.99 in a mixed case of six, Majestic With the likes of Unwins, Thresher, Wine Rack and Oddbins all either severely diminished or departed to the great off-licence in the sky, Majestic is the last of the Mohicans when it comes to nationwide bricks-and-mortar wine retail chains. And, after a turbulent 2010s, the business has enjoyed a period of wha
  
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