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By Quench Staff / Food / September 20th, 2026 / Like Reprinted with permission from “EGYPT: Recipes & Stories from an Ancient Land“, copyright © 2026. Photography © 2026 by Jonathan Gregson, illustrations and cover design by Louis Barthélemy. Published by Nourish Books. Recipe Photo Credits: Jonathan Gregson Photography. Aluminium pots of different sizes simmer gently on the stove, coaxing cabbage leaves to tenderize, and herby rice to soften.

By Quench Staff / Food / September 20th, 2026 / Like Reprinted with permission from “EGYPT: Recipes & Stories from an Ancient Land“, copyright © 2026. Photography © 2026 by Jonathan Gregson, illustrations and cover design by Louis Barthélemy. Published by Nourish Books. Recipe Photo Credits: Jonathan Gregson Photography. This sublime soup evokes the flavours of the sea and features the white fish dorade.

Monferrato has a deeply rooted winemaking history and a wealth of vineyards and appellations that speak of a region far from uniform. Its identity stems precisely from the differences, nuances and multiple interpretations that coexist across these hills. Between Asti and Alessandria, the landscape changes rapidly. Some areas are more open, while others are defined by woodland and steeper hills, small villages, isolated farmsteads and vineyards that follow the natural contours of the land.

Canadian sparkling wine may be one of the wine world’s best-kept secrets. While global consumers were discovering Prosecco, English sparkling wine and grower Champagne, a quiet revolution was unfolding in vineyards and cellars from Nova Scotia to British Columbia. Behind many of the country’s most exciting bottles of bubbles lies an unlikely catalyst: a winemaker-only society known simply as Fizz Club.

I also gave half-stars which basically meant I was scoring out of ten points. So pervasive was Robert Parker’s 100-point scoring system that consumers began to expect that all wine writers would be marking wines out of 100. So, reluctantly, I acquiesced and began scoring out of 100. And I had my judging panels at the Ontario Wine Awards use this same numeric system. A wine that scored 90+ at the competition got a gold medal; 87 – 89, silver and 85 – 86 bronze.

Printed with permission from Istanbul by Özlem Warren (Quadrille, May 2026, $40). Photography by Sam A Harris. One of the much-loved kebabs at home, İskender kebap takes its name from its creator, İskender Efendi, and dates back to the late 19th century Ottoman period. The İskenderoğlu family still run the original restaurant Kebapçı İskender in Bursa, but the popularity of the dish has spread far and wide in İstanbul, as well as throughout Türkiye.

By Quench Staff / Food / August 23rd, 2026 / 3 Atom (Sautéed Chilli Peppers with Garlicky Yoghurt) Printed with permission from Istanbul by Özlem Warren (Quadrille, May 2026, $40). Photography by Sam A Harris. Caution! As its name suggests, this is a fiery but delicious meze, that you may come across in kebab houses in İstanbul. The creamy, garlicky yoghurt is a cooling counterbalance to the spicy dried red chilli peppers, but it is probably best avoided if you don’t like too much heat.

Printed with permission from Istanbul by Özlem Warren (Quadrille, May 2026, $40). Photography by Sam A Harris. This is probably the most popular egg-based breakfast in Türkiye; it’s certainly my husband Angus’s favourite and something he orders as soon as we arrive in İstanbul. Every household makes their own version and what to add or not to add has caused many a heated debate! The ingredients that everyone agrees on are juicy, ripe tomatoes and the less meaty, pointy peppers, sivri biber.

This article originally appeared in the Fall/Winter 2022-2023 print issue of Quench Magazine. The interview was conducted by Clem’s good friend, member of the Go-Go’s and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Kathy Valentine. Sadly, Clem passed away in 2025. It’s a scientifically proven fact after Burke was the chosen subject of study by England’s University of Chichester for a research program examining the physiological effects and health benefits of drumming.

I grew up in the 1990s as a first-generation British Indian. Back then, our only examples of South Indian representation were, for lack of a better word, cringe. Take, for example, Apu, the head-bobbing Kwik-E-Mart clerk from The Simpsons, or Ben Jabituya, the accented scientist who befriended robot Johnny Five in the Short Circuit movies. Neither of those gross generalizations reflected who we were as South Asians living in the diaspora.