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• ‘Extraordinary – a great alcohol alternative’: the best supermarket kombuchas, tasted and rated

  03-01-2026 14:00
  These once obscure fizzy ferments are now widely available in our supermarkets – but which are a sparkling success and which leave you feeling a bit flat?• It’s easy to ferment at home. Here’s all the kit you needSimilar to vinegar, kombucha is made with a scoby (a symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast), or mother, which looks like a blobby creature from the deep. Homemade kombucha is an enjoyable project and really cheap to make (it’s essentially just the cost of s
  
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• Meera Sodha’s recipe for radicchio and chianti risotto

  03-01-2026 07:00
  Bittersweet maroon leaves pair perfectly with juicy red wine in this elegant winter risotto served with a walnut pestoBitter ingredients are not to everyone’s taste, but, amid these darkest months, they make me feel alive. I love Seville oranges, grapefruit, brassicas, bitter greens, chicory and, most of all, radicchio. I like the burgundy-spotted castelfranco (great for salad with citrus and cheese) and the long-locked tardivo (best cooked with balsamic vinegar), but radicchio di chioggia
  
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