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Perfect Pairings, Sommelier Prep Course and 100 (more) Perfect Pairings
We were very impressed with Evan Goldstein's latest offering, Daring Pairings, so we decided to take a look back at his first book. Perfect Pairings focuses on 12 of the most common wine varietals - so you can now find out which foods to match with your Cabernet Sauvignons and Rieslings. With less grapes to focus on, Goldstein is able to go more in depth about the variety of styles each varietal can be found in, and offers different recipes for them. You'd want to try the Pork Loin Glazed with Pomegranate and Orange with a ripe, fruit-forward Pinot Noir, but Lamb Shish Kebabs go better with a Pinot Noir that is more aged and developed.
Continue reading...OWJ Book Roundup – Daring Pairings
By Adam Morganstern - May 28, 2010
You’ve finally learned which dishes go well with a Chardonnay, Riesling or Zinfandel, so where do you go from there? Evan Goldstein is out to raise your food & wine IQ even further with Daring Pairings – A Master Sommelier Matches Distinctive Wines with Recipes from His Favorite Chefs. The book presents in-depth profiles of [...]
Continue reading...OWJ Book Roundup – King of the Lobby
By Adam Morganstern - May 27, 2010
For centuries, most people saw wine as a way to enjoy a good meal or relax. Sam Ward saw it as a way to influence government. He arrived in Washington D.C. in 1859, with several cases of fine wine, and managed to secretly draw salaries simultaneously from the U.S. State Department and the country of [...]
Continue reading...OWJ Book Roundup – The Vegetarian Slow Cooker
By Adam Morganstern - May 24, 2010
One of the great advantages of a slow cooker is taking a tough piece of meat and making it mouthwateringly tender. But now that Mario Batali has commanded us to start enjoying “Meatless Mondays” what are carnivores, and vegetarians for that matter, supposed to do with this appliance? Judith Finlayson has the answer with her [...]
Continue reading...The Authenticity Hoax: How We Get Lost Finding Ourselves
By Jonathan Russo - May 18, 2010
The Authenticity Hoax is the most infuriating of all reads. The reader suspects that author Andrew Potter is either fundamentally cranky and unhappy, a boorish contrarian or clever at coming up with a manuscript that will be published by Rupert Murdock (Harper) and reviewed by him as well (Wall Street Journal). This book is the [...]
Continue reading...Organic, Shaken and Stirred
By Adam Morganstern - Jan 22, 2010
As organic foods and wines grow in popularity, it’s no surprise that organic cocktails are now popping up in restaurants and bars. Publishing a green version of a mixed drink book could have been as simple as taking your average bartender’s guide and adding organic before every ingredient. Fortunately, Paul Abercrombie has gone the extra [...]
Continue reading...101 Recipes For Making Wild Wine At Home – John Peragine
By Adam Morganstern - Jan 19, 2010
You would be hard-pressed to find Monkey Wine at your local store, but thanks to John Peragine’s 101 Recipes For Making Wild Wine At Home you can attempt to make it yourself, provided you have 3 lbs. of ripe bananas and some raisins on hand. In fact, Peragine shows you how to make wine out [...]
Continue reading...Hugh Johnson’s Wine Companion (6th Edition, 2009)
By Paul Howard - Aug 28, 2009
The first edition of this book ignited this writer’s fledgling interest in all things vinous some twenty-five years ago. It was the first wine book I ever bought, almost by accident. I was initially attracted to it because of the superb illustrations by Paul Hogarth rather than by the words; they added to my treasured [...]
Continue reading...Pioneering American Wine
By Adam Morganstern - Apr 16, 2009
This volume collects the most important writings on viticulture by Nicholas Herbemont (1771-1839), who is widely considered the finest practicing winemaker of the early United States. Included are his two major treatises on viticulture, thirty-one other published pieces on vine growing and wine making, and essays that outline his agrarian philosophy
Continue reading...The Battle for Wine and Love or How I Saved the World From Parkerization
By Adam Morganstern - May 12, 2008
Alice Feiring wonders herself if she should have written a screenplay instead. She might have come up with The Stepford Wives. Around the world, wines she used to cherish have lost their personalities and are all starting to taste the same. Why? To please their man of course; Robert Parker, the world’s most influential wine [...]
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By Adam Morganstern - Jul 10, 2010
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