The key to summer cocktails should be ease of prep. Who wants to spend hours in the kitchen when the party is on the deck? Two ingredient cocktails are best. Also you want low alk. Highballs and sunshine are a road to an early evening hangover, sunburn etc. Champagne cocktails meet both of the above… Continue reading John Gormley Bellinis
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Food and wine pairings, recipes, what to drink with what to eat – wine, beer and spirits
Chocolate and Red Wine
Here’s a chocolate maker, Brix, trying to tilt the chocolate towards wine. They succeed. It’s better than the sweeter commercial pairings to which I’ve been subjected. The suggested pairings here are: Milk Chocolate with Pinot Noir/Port [Ruby & Tawny I suspect]/Riesling/Icewine Medium Dark Chocolate (60%) with Merlot/Shiraz/Zinfandel/Rhone wine. (And this is the best pairing I’ve… Continue reading Chocolate and Red Wine
Lousy Summer
You know the summer’s been bad for the crops when you see those eggplants. Those are the ONLY and BIGGEST eggplant available in the local farmers’ market. If you’re not a gardener, eggplant grow like zuchini, usually with way too many fruit. Controlling the size to get flavour is the challenge. Not this year up… Continue reading Lousy Summer
Guacamole and Red Wine ?!?!??
So what do you drink with guacamole? This time of year the avocados are pouring into the stores. Who can resist them? And anyway, they’re good for you. The rich (i.e. fatty or oily) nature of the fruit overpowers just about evrything. My instinct was a brisk sauvignon blanc but it couldn’t cut it with… Continue reading Guacamole and Red Wine ?!?!??
Red Wine and Sushi
This is a typical dish at Wasabi Sabi. They pay a lot of attention to presentation. Wasabi Sabi, the name of the restaurant is clearly a pun, a play on the Japanese asthetic ideal of impermanence. The interior design, of the restaurant, the presentation, are all suited to this ideal. A few years ago, I… Continue reading Red Wine and Sushi