All I Wanted Was: Beer and Chocolate Chili I recently queried Facebook pals for a chili recipe that had meat, beer and chocolate. So many ideas came my way but I ended up tooling around the Internet until I settled on this one below. I had originally planned to put it all in the crock…
How do you pair food – like the recipe below made with dark beer – with wine? That’s our topic today dear wine friends. What I learned from DiMaggio Washington, my Wine and Spirits Education Trust (WSET) instructor, was that you can pair foods with either like-tasting drinks, or opposing ones. The food will change…
ROLL YOUR LEG OVER – CHEF MIKE IS “BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN!” by Michael Fraschilla (A Postscript from Barbara Ringuette can be read in Part 2 on 12/1/11) As October 1 drew close I felt my nerves getting the best of me…. It had been years since I did the role of “Chef Mike”…….
What do the words “Speed” and “Rack” conjure up for you? Yes, it did for me too, and, we are both right: A – blow your mind – all female bartending competition. Last Sunday, at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel’s Blossom Room, my husband Eddie and I witnessed the third leg of 10-city tour of 18…
Tastes of Fall, Sausages with Snap, Sauerkraut and Styne’s “Steins” Designed for Dining and Beer Garden Celebration WHO: LUCQUES, Los Angeles WHAT: LUCQUES, the flagship restaurant owned by Suzanne Goin and Caroline Styne, presents their first Oktoberfest with a celebration of first-of-the-fall season dishes showcasing figs, pears, winter squash, roasted apples and wild mushrooms with…
I’m a wine drinker. But, in my quest to learn about all types of alcoholic beverages, I have found a love for single malt scotch, liqueurs, vodka, tequila, rum and more. In the mix, I discovered a love for beer only after attending Munich’s Oktoberfest. And, like enjoying fine wine, the people and the atmosphere…
I have been reading a book by Emile Peynaud called “The Taste of Wine”. This book is educational in the science and practice of wine tasting, detailing the senses and how they function, tasting techniques, wine balance and quality, wine tasting vocabulary, and the art of drinking. One topic that I found interesting was the…
I had a great surprise one recent Sunday while enjoying a BBQ bratwurst during one of Valencia Wine Company’s events: Doug Gould, a favorite wine aficionado/entrepreneur came in as well to share a meal, and his own private label of his newly launched “Short lil Bastard”. I learned that Short lil Bastard wine, a Bordeaux…
Four of the six beers that Tanya Green will be highlighting tomorrow night at Wine 661’s Beer Tasting from 7-9 P.M. are: 1) Reisdorf Kolsch 2) Ixngu Black Beer 3) Napa Smith Pale Ale 4) Blanche de Bruxelles (5) I’ll be there at 7, drinking my fair share!) BEER TASTING! Join us for our first…