Spiced

The brand made a successful entry into the world of spiced rums, producing two distinctive flavours, the four-times distilled Spiced Rum and Cherry Spiced Rum, in early 2024.

My dining partner was delighted by the range of seafood on offer and chose the spiced monkfish mela for a starter, which the menu described as lightly spiced monkfish marinated with mustard and olive oil.

Autumn initiates a shift in scenery: changing leaves, cosy pumpkin spiced lattes and a refreshing crispness in the air.

Bite in to discover they are boned out and stuffed with a briskly spiced forcemeat of minced chicken, prawns, mushrooms and, for texture, glass noodles.

Choose from tequila, gin, apple vodka and spiced rum alternatives, all alcohol-free with no sugar added.

Even overlooking the necessary changes made to its series finale due to the pandemic, the ending was highly divisive, and listening to Chuck might have spiced up the closing chapter of the Winchesters' book.

Every one an elegantly spiced delight," wrote Tom Parker Bowles for the cookbook (Aster).

Everything is generously spiced without overpowering the base ingredients.

Idris had spiced it up with chillies and turned it into an appetising and filling snack that is popular among the younger people who eat on their bikes and scroll through Instagram reels and YouTube videos about food.

If you prefer to keep things simple, though, scallop and king prawn vol au vents with brown butter and spiced dark rum sauce or tomato prawn and lobster cocktail are great choices to make, too.

I love exploring these subtleties, but at certain restaurants, not many servers are prepared to take seriously the lumbering white guy who walks through the doors and insists upon his dish being maximally spiced.

I tried the spiced monkfish (£22) with steamed rice and mango curry.

Meanwhile, Kaaren cooked a butternut squash and apple soup starter, a fillet of pan fried Quantock venison with roasted vegetables followed by spiced cranberry and orange jelly.

Next time you’re faced with a bunch of the same, vanilla or pumpkin-spiced candle fragrances, head over to Emme Essentials for aromas that you won’t find anywhere else.

Or, go with the sure thing and load up on the hotel’s classic spiced pecans for a perfect stocking stuffer.

Pho, a signature Vietnamese dish, consists of bone broth spiced with star anise, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom and coriander.

Revel in the rituals of the queue, the performative rudeness of the cutters, and the way they throw a few slices of the smoked, spiced beef on to a plate on the counter for you to eat with your fingers while you wait.

SPICED BEEF is unmistakable Irish tradition.

Start with a cocktail before tucking into Scotch egg with spiced plum ketchup, or beetroot cured salmon with horseradish cream.

That’s no reflection on the squid but the ribs and slow-cooked belly, accompanied by oriental ketchup, spiced slaw and crackling, was mouth-wateringly tender.