Wine Food & Friends

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Vino

Wine and cooking enthusiasts will know immediately that they have uncorked something truly magical with Karen MacNeilsWine, Food Friends. This book combines the culinary expertise of Cooking Light with the wine connoisseurship of Karen MacNeil, todays preeminent wine authority. Award-winning author, lecturer, and television personality, Karen is a champion when it comes to the enjoyment of food and wine, which she summarizes in The Only Ten Principles of Matching Wine and Food Youll Ever Need. Pair Karens zeal for the art of wine with more than 150 Cooking Light kitchen-tested recipes and you have all the ingredients you need to reach new levels of gastronomical glory. Features nBuild your culinary knowledge base by combining 30 top-rated menus and recipes with wine recommendations for every season and any occasion nMore than 125 full-color photographs give visual cues for presenting casually elegant dishes nDemystifies wine terms with Karen MacNeils tried-and-true food and wine
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Perfect Pairings: A Master Sommelier’s Practical Advice for Partnering Wine with Food

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Vino

As thousands of wines from around the globe enter the marketplace and the American palate continues to adopt flavors from a range of cultures, the task of pairing wine and food becomes increasingly complicated. No longer is the choice simply red or white, or wines from California, France, or Italy. The typical shopper today has access to wines from those regions plus South Africa, Chile, Argentina, New Zealand, and Australia. If that isn’t confusing enough, Asian, Latin American, and Creole dishes might find their way onto the same table. Perfect Pairings, by well-known Master Sommelier and respected restaurant industry veteran Evan Goldstein, provides straightforward, practical advice for choosing the right bottle for each meal. The quintessential resource for matching wine and food, this book includes 58 companion recipes developed by celebrated chef Joyce Goldstein that showcase each type of wine.Perfect Pairings combines in-depth explorations of twelve grape varietals, sparkling
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Food & Wine Quick from Scratch Chicken

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Vino

“The Quick From Scratch Chicken Cookbook” will enable you to go beyond boring baked boneless breasts! How does Pecan-Crusted Chicken with Mustard sauce sound? Or Southwestern Tortilla salad or Grilled Chicken with Spicy Brazilian Tomato and Coconut Sauce? Or try a bird of a different type: Turkey Breasts with Mustard Sage Crumbs, or Grilled Cornish Hens with Sun-dried Tomato Pesto. Plus, there are pastas, risottos, sautes, stir-frys, and lots of soup, salad, and sandwich ideas. So leftovers will never be a problem as half of the recipes use already cooked chicken. Each recipe boasts a full-page photo of the dish along with an affordable wine recommendation. These exceptionally clear recipes will enable you to create delicious, restaurant style dishes in your own kitchen in little time. With 10 new recipes just added, this is a must have for anyone who doesn’t want to spend all night in the
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Food & Wine Annual Cookbook 2008: An Entire Year of Recipes

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Vino

Almost one million subscribers heartily agree: there’s always something delicious going on in Food & Wine. And it’s all here in the annual cookbook, which includes every recipe published in the magazine during 2007 more than 600 of them accompanied by scrumptious-looking photographs. The contributors remain absolutely stellar, cuisine’s finest, including such cookbook authors, chefs, and food luminaries as Jacques Pepin, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Paula Wolfert, and Al Roker. Plus, this year’s volume is organized seasonally, so it’s even easier to find the right recipe for the right occasion. Mouthwatering dishes like Emeril Lagasse’s Shrimp-and-Corn Bisque, Mario Batali’s T-Bone Fiorentina with Sautéed Spinach, and Thomas Keller’s Over-the-Top Mushroom Quiche were tested on home appliances, making them easy to re-create and delicious to eat. In addition, the volume includes 50 brand-new test-kitchen tips, as well as an extensive glossary of accessible wines.
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Food & Wine Cocktails 2010: The Ultimate Source for 160-Plus Terrific Cocktail & Party-Food Recipes from the World’s Biggest Talents

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Vino

As a scene-scooping, style-setting annual, “Food & Wine 2010 Cocktail Guide” always keeps tabs on the hottest nightlife trends. The more than 150 cocktails presented were chosen by 10 of the world’s best mixologists. These are the cocktails making a sensation in the hippest eateries and bars around the world; the drinks bartenders get asked for again and again. And amateur mix-masters won’t find better recipes for traditional favorites. Each chapter focuses on a particular spirit, and every page highlights one or two special cocktails, along with interesting anecdotes about these cocktails. There is a ‘Cocktail Clinic’ that offers tips on stocking the bar with essential glassware and tools, as well as a list of the country’s best resources for bar staples. An index in the back has the names, addresses, and phone numbers of the top 100 bars in the world. Plus, there’s lots of exciting new material, including a whole chapter on the most classic cocktails; a directory of the best liquor
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The Food Lover’s Guide to Wine

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Vino

A wine book unlike any other, THE FOOD LOVER’S GUIDE TO WINE offers a fresh perspective via the single aspect of wine most compelling to food lovers: flavor.At the heart of this indispensable reference, formatted like the authors’ two previous bestsellers The Flavor Bible and What to Drink with What You Eat, is an encyclopedic A-to-Z guide profiling hundreds of different wines by their essential characteristics-from body and intensity to distinguishing flavors, from suggested serving temperatures and ideal food pairings to recommended producers (including many iconic examples). The book provides illuminating insights from dozens of America’s best sommeliers via informative sidebars, charts and boxes, which complement the book’s gorgeous four-color photography. Another groundbreaking work from two of the ultimate culinary insiders, this instant classic is the perfect gift
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Food & Wine Quick From Scratch Italian Cookbook

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Vino

“As beautiful as it is simple, FOOD & WINE’s Quick from Scratch Italian Cookbook captures true Italian flavor. Short shopping lists and easy-prep, easy-clean techniques make these recipes perfect for both hectic weekday and leisurely weekend cooking. I particularly love the pasta recipes for their one-pan simplicity.” Mario BataliChef, TV Star, Author and
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Williams-Sonoma Wine & Food: A New Look at Flavor

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Vino

A fresh look at a timeless subject, Williams-Sonoma Wine & Food approaches wine and food pairing from the perspective of the cook. Organized around flavor groups instead of grape varietals, and lavishly illustrated with full-color photographs, this book shows just how easy it can be to incorporate wine into everyday meals. Joshua Wesson, a leading wine and food pairing expert and the co-founder of Best Cellars, tackles the basics of wine — from regions, to grape varietals, to evaluating a wine using all your senses. He also offers a primer on wine and food pairing, which deconstructs both into their respective building blocks — aromas, tastes, and textures. Through clear text and colorful, evocative images, you’ll learn the simple art of complementing and contrasting these sensual elements to form an array of pleasing matches. Wine & Food includes fifty easy, delicious recipes for all types of plates — from appetizers, to sea food, to poultry, to pork, to desserts. Organized
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Food & Wine Best of the Best Cookbook Recipes

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Vino

Over 100 incredible recipes, meticulously tested by the FOOD & WINE Test Kitchen, for everything from salads and soups to pasta, chicken and desserts. The latest dishes from superstars such as Giada De Laurentiis, Bobby Flay, Mario Batali and Charlie Trotter. Exclusive, never-before-published recipes from many of the authors, including Michelle Bernstein’s supercrispy fried chicken and Flo Braker’s dreamy coconut cream
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Food & Wine Annual 2011: An Entire Year of Recipes (Food & Wine Annual Cookbook)

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Vino

Food & Wine magazine’s annual recipe collection is filled with simple and fabulous recipes from stars like Mario Batali and Rick Bayless, as well as fantastic food from the best cookbook authors and our own Test Kitchen. Food & Wine brings you the very best recipes for every occasion, from weeknight dinners and holiday meals to cocktail parties and Sunday brunch, all from talented cooks and chefs from around the world. Some highlights include: Sweet and Sticky Hot Wings, Lemony Chickpea and Oven-Dried Tomato Stew, Cornmeal- Crusted Fish with Green-Tomato Tartar Sauce, Herb-Roasted Pork Subs with Garlicky Spinach and Butterscotch Stickybuns.Also, you’ll find inside: A variety of tips on fail-safe cooking techniques, essential ingredients and the best kitchen equipment A comprehensive guide full of suggestions for affordable and accessible wines to match the recipe A pairing chart to match wines with everybody’s favorite dishes A color-coded guide calls out staff favorites, as well
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