28 January 2012

Society Ritual, Pairing Beer, Dessert Wines and Rock Photography.

The rise and fall of a high-society ritual. That secondary fermentation in the bottle, which gives the liquid its bubbles. Pairing food with beer, white wine with cheese and dessert wines. Husband-and-wife photography team and backstage photography that rock!


High-society ritual ~
Here’s to the Ladies who Lunched!

"They were the ladies who lunched, impossibly glamorous, hugely entertaining, and utterly without purpose"

Slim Keith and other social lionesses treated lunch as an art form. Bob Colacello recalls an evolving New York ritual ...
Read more: Here’s to the Ladies who Lunched! vanityfair.com






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"Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower."
~Hans Christian Andersen (quotegarden.com)

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Bubbly news
Dom Pérignon's New Release Dom Pérignon was a Benedictine monk ... wsj.com

Champagne: Why Is It So Expensive? ~ Why the hell is champagne so expensive? ... uk.askmen.com


Pairing
Will Lyons on Wine: When to Drink White Wine With Cheese ~ Which wine do you serve with cheese? ... wsj.com

What to drink with dessert ~ Dessert wines, as a category, have an appealingly paint-by-numbers purpose ... eatocracy.cnn.com

How to pair food and beer - part one ~ Food and beer matching is relatively new to many people ... bbc.co.uk


Image makers
Two's Company ~ Kate Moss and More Inside Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin's "Pretty Much Everything" ... style.com

The Photography of Andrew Kent ~ By 1978 Andrew Kent had the one thing any music photographer desperately wants ... sunvalleymag.com


Wine notes
Buyers and Cellars: How A Gentleman Sells His Wine Collection ~ The story of one man's sale of his wine, and maybe a little more than that ... gq.com

Margrit Mondavi to publish 'frank' ~ decanter.com


Trendy
Bonnie Stern: Bacon? Chocolate? Cupcakes? That’s so 2011 ~ Culinary trend talk every January makes it sound like things have changed overnight. But ... nationalpost.com



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Chocolate Times
* All about chocolate: 26 things to know about chocolate ~ Almost universally loved, it once used as currency and ... finedininglovers.com

* Our favorite recipes for National Chocolate Cake Day ~ latimes.com


Healthy corner
* The Truth About Breast Cancer and Drinking Red Wine—or Any Alcohol ~ theatlantic.com
* Study of the Day: The Personality Trait Linking Alcohol to Aggression ~ theatlantic.com


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16 January 2012

Coming Soon in a Bathtub! Wine, Decanter, Bubbles

Did you know that once upon a time bubbles in wine were considered a fault? More on ingredients in a bathtub, alcohol in wine, the subtle effects of an active volcano and some of the hardest vineyards to work. Also, there are some budget-priced wines with names like Bitch and Fat Bastard ... Could be a good idea for a present? Or maybe not!


Something with character ~
Bathtub Gin

"Gin comes in basically two categories. There’s a distilled version, in which different botanical components are added to what is essentially vodka"

A recipe to take the venerable spirit from mundane to magical ...
Read more: Bathtub Gin; latimesmagazine.com






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"Everybody is a genius. But, if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life believing that it is stupid."
~Albert Einstein (quotegarden.com)

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Wine notes
~ The theory is that as the planet warms up, grapes produce more sugar, which ferments into more alcohol ...
Read more: Coming on strong; ft.com

~ If I am serving a series of different red wines using a decanter, should I wash out the decanter between bottles or ...
Read more: Should I wash out the decanter between bottles? theglobeandmail.com

~ Sicily's red wines rival pinot noir; usatoday.com
~ Bubble trouble turns into elegant sparklers; gazette.net
~ With Rude Names, Wine Stops Minding Its Manners; nytimes.com
~ Music makes wine taste better; telegraph.co.uk


Liquid trends
Coming soon to a pub near you ...
Read more: Top ten drinks trends for 2012; telegraph.co.uk


Ingredients
Brandy can be impressive used as an ingredient ...
Read more: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's brandy recipes; guardian.co.uk


Spirits n cocktails
~ Getting a good Bloody Mary is not a given. The key is to start with a good, dark mix ...
Read more: Sorting through the bloody mess of Bloody Marys; latimes.com

~ A tour of the world - in whisky; guardian.co.uk
~ Going the Distance to Make Craft Cocktails at Home; nytimes.com


Tips of the trade
From Marketing Sherpa’s chart of the week ...
Read more: Marketing Chart: Agencies Rate Effectiveness of Social Media Tactics; bakasmedia.com



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Chocolate Times
~ How to make perfect hot chocolate; guardian.co.uk
~ Flourless Chocolate and Pistachio Cake; jannagur.com
~ Nancy Silverton's chocolate dessert from Osteria Mozza; latimes.com


Healthy corner
~ Hangover restoratives and cures; guardian.co.uk
~ Joe Beef’s Kale for a Hangover; theglobeandmail.com
~ New Year’s Hangover Cure: Less Booze, More H2O; healthland.time.com


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01 January 2012

Toasting n Roasting, Cocktails n Mocktails, Blanc de Blancs, Champagnes, Chocolate and Wine Hotels...

Shaken, not stirred ~
The Chef is Pouring: A GQ Guide to Cocktails

"As complex and surprising as any dish on the menu"

When classic cocktails came roaring back, we were psyched, not to mention buzzed on flips and fizzes and old-fashioneds ...
Read more: A GQ Guide to New Wave of Cocktails: Wine + Cocktails: GQ; gq.com






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"We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day."
~Edith Lovejoy Pierce (quotegarden.com)
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A Toast to Versatility
~ Dramatic growth reported in demand for UK champagne-style wines on eve of release of first English fizz by French maker ...
Read more: English sparkling wine comes of age with French boost;

~ The wine panel tasted 20 blanc de blancs, the finest and most delicate of Champagnes ...
Read more: Blanc de Blancs Champagnes; nytimes.com

~ I still can’t decide if sabering Champagne is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard of or one of the greatest, but here's how to do it, carefully ...
Read more: How to Saber Champagne for New Year's; nytimes.com

~ Cocktail recipes for Christmas; telegraph.co.uk
~ Champagne Cocktails to Ring in the New Year; good.is
~ Toasting and roasting: Reviewing the wine trends of 2011; theglobeandmail.com


Expensive luxury
~ Enjoy your festive treats while you can, chocolate could once again become an expensive luxury item due to climate change ...
Read more: Chocolate will become an expensive luxury item due to climate change; telegraph.co.uk

~ Admit it, you want to be a chocolate snob ...
Chocolate: A Complete Beginner’s Guide; expertenough.com


Travel notes
~ There are those who drink in lieu of travel and those who travel to drink. And drinking itself is a form of travel ...
Read more: Never Fill Your Own Glass: 20 Foreign Drinking Rules and Customs You Need to Know; bootsnall.com

~ 10 best wine hotels around the world; gadling.com
~ Non-alcoholic whisky? Yes, it’s a thing; theglobeandmail.com


Cocktails 101
~ The cocktail as a culinary trend has not yet peaked. There are no longer 10 great drinks or 10 best bartenders ...
Read more: Top 5 Cocktail Experiences of 2011; theatlantic.com

~ How to make Champagne Cocktails; friendseat.com
~ Imbibe: 5 Spiced Cocktails (And A Mocktail) For The Holidays; huffingtonpost.com



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Healthy corner
~ Nutrition and fitness resolutions for 2012; washingtonpost.com


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18 December 2011

Shaken n Stirred! South Africa, Champagne, Pierre Hermé and Vintage Concoctions

Local taste ~
South African Wine's Eureka Moment

"... the up-and-coming winemakers with the talent to fulfill that promise ..."

Writer Michael Steinberger has tasted South African wines that hint at brilliance ...
Read more: South African Wine's Eureka Moment; foodandwine.com






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"Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends."
~Maya Angelou ecosalon.com

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Terroir
~ Champagne is a French exception, a place where the brand, not the land, seems to reign supreme ...
Read more: Champagne With a Capital 'C'; nytimes.com

~ The taste test: Anglo-Gallic cheeses and Christmas puddings; ft.com


Festive notes
All this hall-decking and merry-making can make a reveler awfully thirsty ...
Read more: Chilled out & cheery – booze you can use; eatocracy.cnn.com


They're all toasts
Fans of A Christmas Carol will recall that the story ends with a slap-up dinner at the Cratchit household ...
Read more: To health, prosperity and settled hearts! Raising a glass to the hearty toast; independent.co.uk


L'ingrédient secret
Parisian pâtissier Pierre Hermé has made a multi-million euro business from cakes and macarons ...
Read more: The Dior of desserts; ft.com


Shaken and stirred
~ Vintage concoctions are now all the rage in bars across the UK ...
Read more: Roll out the barrel! These old cocktails pack a mean punch; independent.co.uk

~ Lip-smacking thirst quenchers from around the globe. Which is your favorite? ...
Read more: World’s 50 most delicious drinks; cnngo.com

~ Grape guide - Wine etc; bbcgoodfood.com
~ Amaro: A Bittersweet Obsession; foodandwine.com
~ The Rules Of: A Hangover; good.is



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Chocolate Times
~ Sugar and spice: Mark Hix's sweet treats make perfect gifts for friends and family; independent.co.uk


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