• Quail is a common meat in many European dishes. It has a lean, gamey meat that becomes wonderfully flavourful after marinating. Vine roasted quail is an elegant dish that’s perfect for a dinner party (just tell your guests to watch out for bones!). TO DRINK: A full-bodied, oaked Chardonnay pairs well with the sweetgrapes, rich bacon and gamey meat

    If you can get started a couple of hours early, homemade pizza is an easy, delicious meal option and so much cheaper than takeaway. It’s also healthier and…

    Koula, 94.7 presenter and F&HE blogger, is loving all things food-related in her travels through Turkey, Greece, Italy and Israel… Monday 3 September Another splendid day of sight-seeing! We left Thessaloniki just after 7am and passed the impressive Mount Olympus en route to Meteora, which is one of the largest clusters of Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Greece. The six monasteries are all built on top of these ridiculously high sandstone rock pillars and are said to have been built in the 16th century. When you see how high up the monasteries are, you cannot begin to imagine the engineering involved…