Neat Thoughts About Food, Wine, Travel & More
This dessert wine is strikingly golden in the glass and offers ripe, juicy peach aromas. There’s a rich, coating mouthfeel, honey and fig jam flavors and a nice level of acidity on the finish of this little beauty. The 2007 Echeverria Late Harvest Sauvignon Blanc held up nicely to the caramel panna cotta but it […]
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Sunday night, I attended the first annual Montclair Food and Wine Festival Gala Dinner held at the Women’s Club of Upper Montclair. The upscale event, for which I was a guest of Devil Gourmet, one of the event sponsors, featured some of Montclair best culinary talents and showcased fabulous wines by Amanti Vino, Montclair’s premier […]
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The New Jersey Beer & Food Festival takes place at Crystal Springs 6/14 – 6/15. This weekend-long celebration of craft beers also coincides with Father’s Day June 16 making it the perfect destination with something for everyone: beer lovers, golfers and families, with two top US ranked spas and the Biosphere indoor/outdoor pool complex as […]
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Earlier this week, I was telling a friend that sweet potatoes are better for a low carbohydrate diet and glycemic index than white potatoes, but when she questioned me as to why, I really couldn’t address it beyond “I’ve read it in the South Beach Diet book”. I was actually curious for a proper, more […]
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Perhaps it’s because we’ve vacationed in Mosel and visited and stayed at an inn that poured Selbach-Oster, but I just enjoy these wines tremendously. I uncorked this German Riesling at a recent lobster dinner in Canada and it was a super pairing. On the nose it’s floral with wet stone aromas. Although a Kabinett, which […]
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On last Thursday, Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen – the largest emergency food program in New York City – hosted ‘From Farm to Tray’ a sustainable food benefit, to raise much needed funds. With the help of some of New York’s best loved culinary names, the soup kitchen attracted over 300 guests to the first time […]
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When I saw this beautiful dessert from the July 2003 issue of Bon Appetit, I knew it would be perfect for me Memorial Day barbecue. I’ve made some changes to the recipe and it’s light, pretty and delicious. I had the perfect quantity of blueberries from a giant container from my local Costco. Crust Ingredients: […]
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Whole chicken “butterflied” and cooked the grill is one of my favorite summertime dishes. I’ve marinated the chicken in many different concoctions but this ginger dressing is still my favorite. Don’t have the time or inclination to make your own ginger dressing? No problem, just buy a high-quality dressing. The sugars from the marinade will […]
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Golden in the glass, the 2009 Marquis de Chasse Sauternes offers typical aromas of honey and dry apricot. In the mouth, it’s rich with ripe pear and honey flavors with a little nutmeg notes on the finish. Sweet yet well-balanced – very pleasant for such a young Sauternes. Pairings: Cheese course, foie gras, most desserts […]
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Last weekend, I flew up to Quebec to surprise my dad for his birthday. As always, the weekend was filled with an abundance of food and adult libations. Friday, the weather was nice and we opted to grill pork tenderloin kebabs that my brother-in-law, Etienne, had marinated in his special concoction a good part of […]
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