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Chalking up to scallops, radish, peanut, chilli and lime

Scallops radish peanut chilli lime

Tam goes on a food and English wine matching mission.

Our 19th wedding anniversary was supposed to be spent overlooking the blue waters of the Indian Ocean on the beautiful south coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa – miles of white sands, the scent of fynbos, warm sunshine, Swartland bush-vine Chenin and a plenitude of fresh seafood.

Lockdown necessitated a new plan. British rather than South African. Instead of the Indian Ocean, our kitchen. Instead of white sands, a table full of white flowers. Instead of fynbos, Jo Malone. Instead of warm sunshine, central heating. Instead of South African Chenin, English...