Top 10 Drinking Chocolates
from Gourmet Food - Cooking, Recipes, Reviews, Entertaining & Travel
Winter always makes me think of hot cocoa. Maybe it's a childhood thing or maybe I'm just searching for an excuse to have more chocolate! As an adult,...
November 24, 2006
November 21, 2006
Wines of The Times: What Goes With Turkey Again?
from Dining by ERIC ASIMOV
The Dining section’s wine panel held a blind tasting with a typical Thanksgiving meal and decided which ones went best with the food.
from Dining by ERIC ASIMOV
The Dining section’s wine panel held a blind tasting with a typical Thanksgiving meal and decided which ones went best with the food.
The Talk: Dining Finds in Buenos Aires
from Dining by OLIVER SCHWANER-ALBRIGHT
Palermo Viejo, the city’s hippest ‘hood, is also the best place to chow down
from Dining by OLIVER SCHWANER-ALBRIGHT
Palermo Viejo, the city’s hippest ‘hood, is also the best place to chow down
It Takes Over a Village
from Dining by MAGGIE BARRETT
Every fall, when harvest time rolls around, the entire town of Buonconvento, Italy, picks up a fork and digs in.
from Dining by MAGGIE BARRETT
Every fall, when harvest time rolls around, the entire town of Buonconvento, Italy, picks up a fork and digs in.
Nov 20, 2006 10:39 AM
Early to Market in Bisceglie
from The Food Section: Press Sighting: New York Times by Josh Friedland
The drive from Bari's airport to Bisceglie is deceptive. The landscape is marked by an incredible amount of modern development: big box stores, a giant outlet mall, and huge cranes building new apartments. But, peel back a layer of the Apulian onion, and you'll find along the coast the old whitewashed towns with narrow streets that wind their way up out of the Adriatic.
I got up early on my last day in Bisceglie and walked along the water into the old city center, where there was an incredible market. The fishermen head out early from the town's small harbor, pushing colorful wooden boats against the tide, and return with a jaw-dropping bounty of seafood -- octopus, squid, clams, oysters, and silvery, glassy-eyed fish. Adjoining the fish market was a vegetable market teeming with fresh produce -- bright fall persimmons, puntarella, pears, olive dolci (fresh, uncured olives), and green and purple artichokes with stems as long as your forearm.
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November 15, 2006
Featured Recipe: Cheese Blintzes
from For Food and Wine Lovers - Epicurean.com
Blintzes remind me of French crepes, although they're Russian in origin. They can befitted with savory or sweet mixtures. Children have great fun mixing up the filling and stuffing the "pancakes." Serve these hot with sour cream topping, sliced strawberries, or stewed rhubarb (sweeten to taste or combine with canned crushed pineapple), or with applesauce on top of a sour cream dressing for additional garnish.
from For Food and Wine Lovers - Epicurean.com
Blintzes remind me of French crepes, although they're Russian in origin. They can befitted with savory or sweet mixtures. Children have great fun mixing up the filling and stuffing the "pancakes." Serve these hot with sour cream topping, sliced strawberries, or stewed rhubarb (sweeten to taste or combine with canned crushed pineapple), or with applesauce on top of a sour cream dressing for additional garnish.
November 14, 2006
Changing The Palate Express Hotelier - Mumbai,India... as India becomes a global destination for travel and various ... spirit are being sketched over the food landscape all ... for Indians and a few wine societies have ...
Parmesan Polenta News 14 Carolina - Raleigh,NC,USA... After the polenta's cooked for 10 minutes or so, add about 1 cup of grated parmesan cheese and stir that in until it's well incorporated. ...
November 13, 2006
Paris's Emerging Neighborhoods
from Gridskipper, the Urban Travel Guide
Just out from the Mairie De Paris is this map of the most deprivedareas of Paris, where they are investing in 211 million euros this year alone. Parisians pay high taxes but at least the money is being invested in the city and it's inhabitants, including the most needy 350,000.
Attached to each area, there is a list of the number of inhabitants, the percentage of those under 20 years old and the percent unemployed (chomage). The 24% foreigners we're not talking about foreign buyers but mostly African and Maghrebin (North African) immigrants.
You could use this as a guide of where to buy that will eventually appreciate rather than hold it's value like the more privileged parts of Paree. If you are on a limited budget and a real estate pioneer. Like other capital cities, at least London (see Brixton and New York (hipster-ville Williamsburg) Paris is gentrified up now and house prices in even places shown on this indicator like Canal St Martin, Belleville and Menilmontant have risen sharply over the years.
You could still choose the even dodgier parts of town that are left (and cheaper), batten down the hatches, bribe your friends to visit you and then sooner or later you'll see a macelleria selling over-priced Italian salami spring up on the corner where the drug addicts used to hang out.
In La Chapelle, Montmartre district, prices have risen by 21% between June 2005 - June 2006. It's here you find the quartier La Goutte d'Or where Zola's Nana was born - you can stil feel its web of Zola-esqe crime and destitution. There are some extremely run-down buildings and social problems amongst the most visible, drug addiction.
So before jumping in as a pioneer and buying your pied-a-terre or booking that funky new hotel in an "emerging" area, make sure you can hack it or will you feel unsafe coming home late at night. You may not be able to hang out in the local Cafe either (some are all-male enclaves with spit on the floor). Of course, when you're more streetwise you'll see all these areas are fabulous in their own way too - check out the fantastic Marché Exotique on the rue Dejean for an authentic Paris/Dakar vibe.
[Text+Photo: Suzanne Hollands]
from Gridskipper, the Urban Travel Guide
Just out from the Mairie De Paris is this map of the most deprivedareas of Paris, where they are investing in 211 million euros this year alone. Parisians pay high taxes but at least the money is being invested in the city and it's inhabitants, including the most needy 350,000.
Attached to each area, there is a list of the number of inhabitants, the percentage of those under 20 years old and the percent unemployed (chomage). The 24% foreigners we're not talking about foreign buyers but mostly African and Maghrebin (North African) immigrants.
You could use this as a guide of where to buy that will eventually appreciate rather than hold it's value like the more privileged parts of Paree. If you are on a limited budget and a real estate pioneer. Like other capital cities, at least London (see Brixton and New York (hipster-ville Williamsburg) Paris is gentrified up now and house prices in even places shown on this indicator like Canal St Martin, Belleville and Menilmontant have risen sharply over the years.
You could still choose the even dodgier parts of town that are left (and cheaper), batten down the hatches, bribe your friends to visit you and then sooner or later you'll see a macelleria selling over-priced Italian salami spring up on the corner where the drug addicts used to hang out.
In La Chapelle, Montmartre district, prices have risen by 21% between June 2005 - June 2006. It's here you find the quartier La Goutte d'Or where Zola's Nana was born - you can stil feel its web of Zola-esqe crime and destitution. There are some extremely run-down buildings and social problems amongst the most visible, drug addiction.
So before jumping in as a pioneer and buying your pied-a-terre or booking that funky new hotel in an "emerging" area, make sure you can hack it or will you feel unsafe coming home late at night. You may not be able to hang out in the local Cafe either (some are all-male enclaves with spit on the floor). Of course, when you're more streetwise you'll see all these areas are fabulous in their own way too - check out the fantastic Marché Exotique on the rue Dejean for an authentic Paris/Dakar vibe.
[Text+Photo: Suzanne Hollands]
30 Second Wine Advisor: Can you taste organic?
from WineLoversPage.com
Is the organic wine glass half empty or half full? It depends on who's looking
What to Drink with What you Eat
from Gourmet Food - Cooking, Recipes, Reviews, Entertaining & Travel
Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page have created a masterpiece of culinary work with What to Drink with What you Eat
(Bulfinch Press 2006). This book is destined to be the...
from Gourmet Food - Cooking, Recipes, Reviews, Entertaining & Travel
Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page have created a masterpiece of culinary work with What to Drink with What you Eat
(Bulfinch Press 2006). This book is destined to be the...
Historic Delmonico Restaurant Reopens in New Orleans
from Gourmet Food - Cooking, Recipes, Reviews, Entertaining & Travel
After being heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina last year, Emeril Lagasse's Delmonico Restaurant finally reopened last week to much fanfare. The historic restaurant (named after the New York...
from Gourmet Food - Cooking, Recipes, Reviews, Entertaining & Travel
After being heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina last year, Emeril Lagasse's Delmonico Restaurant finally reopened last week to much fanfare. The historic restaurant (named after the New York...
Sushi Milanese
from The Food Section: Press Sighting: New York Times by Josh Friedland
In New York, they call it crudo, but here at da Claudio Pescheria dei Milanesi, they call it sushi. Go figure.
Plus, rather than fetching the high prices you'll find in New York for Italian-style raw fish, at da Claudio you can have yourself a generous plate full of ultra-fresh thin-sliced fish, including tuna, salmon, shrimp, and branzino, among other varieties, for just 10 euros (and that's including a glass of wine).
You do have to eat standing up, but that's part of the fun. It's cheap, unpretentious, and delicious.
from The Food Section: Press Sighting: New York Times by Josh Friedland
In New York, they call it crudo, but here at da Claudio Pescheria dei Milanesi, they call it sushi. Go figure.
Plus, rather than fetching the high prices you'll find in New York for Italian-style raw fish, at da Claudio you can have yourself a generous plate full of ultra-fresh thin-sliced fish, including tuna, salmon, shrimp, and branzino, among other varieties, for just 10 euros (and that's including a glass of wine).
You do have to eat standing up, but that's part of the fun. It's cheap, unpretentious, and delicious.
Bites: Reykjavik, Iceland: Saegreifinn
from Dining by MARK BITTMAN
The concoction, called humarsupa, is straightforward, traditional, glaringly honest, delicious and the first thing you should eat when you arrive in town.
from Dining by MARK BITTMAN
The concoction, called humarsupa, is straightforward, traditional, glaringly honest, delicious and the first thing you should eat when you arrive in town.
Featured Recipe: Roasted Rack of Venison with Port and Red Currant Sauce
from For Food and Wine Lovers - Epicurean.com
This is a classic from England, where the autumn hunt has always been taken very seriously. Nowadays, unless you hunt, most of us eat farm-raised venison, which is not as gamy as some might expect yet still retains a pleasing, full flavor and tends to be nice and lean. Though it is traditionally served as a cold sauce alongside cold meat, our adaptation of Cumberland sauce is served hot with chops from a simple, elegant roasted rack of venison. This dish is great for entertaining; an eight-rib rack serves four perfectly. The goal with the lemon and orange zest is to cut matchsticks that will provide texture and flavor to the finished sauce. Use a small knife, vegetable peeler, or a specially designed citrus zester. In winter, serve the venison chops with blanched Brussels sprouts sauteed in butter and finished with bacon. In the summertime, the chops are delicious with buttered string and wax beans.
from For Food and Wine Lovers - Epicurean.com
This is a classic from England, where the autumn hunt has always been taken very seriously. Nowadays, unless you hunt, most of us eat farm-raised venison, which is not as gamy as some might expect yet still retains a pleasing, full flavor and tends to be nice and lean. Though it is traditionally served as a cold sauce alongside cold meat, our adaptation of Cumberland sauce is served hot with chops from a simple, elegant roasted rack of venison. This dish is great for entertaining; an eight-rib rack serves four perfectly. The goal with the lemon and orange zest is to cut matchsticks that will provide texture and flavor to the finished sauce. Use a small knife, vegetable peeler, or a specially designed citrus zester. In winter, serve the venison chops with blanched Brussels sprouts sauteed in butter and finished with bacon. In the summertime, the chops are delicious with buttered string and wax beans.
November 12, 2006
An Evening with Pernod
from For Food and Wine Lovers - Epicurean.com
A friend of mine once said that the reason humans began drinking alcoholic beverages early on is because life always sucked. This is undeniably true. But every now and then, a particular beverage (or brand) stood out for reasons beyond mere ossification. Mead for it honeyed sweetness. Champagne for its effervescent luxury and prestigious birthplace. Cognac for its smooth, velvety darkness. Then there's absinthe. Absinthe has a fascinating history, not so much for its flavor, cost, or even its origins. Instead, absinthe unwittingly claimed its stake in spirit history because of its purported effects on the brain. It was believed to cause hallucinations, epileptic seizures, and "madness." It served as muse to many artists and writers from the 19th and early 20th centuries, such as van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec, Rimbaud, Baudelaire, Wilde, Poe, Hemingway, Degas, and Picasso. Eventually, it became the focal point for prohibitionists worldwide.
Red Wine |Merlots |Chardonnays and Whites| Cabernets
from For Food and Wine Lovers - Epicurean.com
A friend of mine once said that the reason humans began drinking alcoholic beverages early on is because life always sucked. This is undeniably true. But every now and then, a particular beverage (or brand) stood out for reasons beyond mere ossification. Mead for it honeyed sweetness. Champagne for its effervescent luxury and prestigious birthplace. Cognac for its smooth, velvety darkness. Then there's absinthe. Absinthe has a fascinating history, not so much for its flavor, cost, or even its origins. Instead, absinthe unwittingly claimed its stake in spirit history because of its purported effects on the brain. It was believed to cause hallucinations, epileptic seizures, and "madness." It served as muse to many artists and writers from the 19th and early 20th centuries, such as van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec, Rimbaud, Baudelaire, Wilde, Poe, Hemingway, Degas, and Picasso. Eventually, it became the focal point for prohibitionists worldwide.
Red Wine |Merlots |Chardonnays and Whites| Cabernets
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