If a recipe calls for ‘Chinese cooking wine or dry sherry’, fino or manzanilla are good substitutes; sweet sherry is not.

They are fortified to around 18% ABV. Sherry in its natural state is dry but there are wines labelled as cream, amoroso, medium or sweet oloroso which are sweetened using an intense type of sherry ...

Today is Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of the Lenten season.  As Lent begins, many people embrace the tradition of ...