Category Archives: Lessons
6 Tips for Pairing Wine with Food
The first rule of food and wine pairing is that there are no rules. Fight Club aside, I can give you some tips. Before that, however, I’d like to make the point that food and wine pairing should not be … Continue reading
Alan Richman’s rules for ordering wine
In the current issue of GQ you’ll find Alan Richman’s 14 Tips for Ordering Wine in a Restaurant. Some highlights: “I don’t care if the restaurant is pouring Chateau Latour into Minnie Mouse mugs, don’t walk into a restaurant carrying … Continue reading
Spring-summer cocktails in am New York
Nils and Dave were featured in am New York this week. They put together several delicious bourbon drinks and I’ll include my favorite here: For the serious mixologist: Bourbon Pecan Sour Ingredients: 2 oz Maker’s Mark 1 1/2 oz pecan … Continue reading
To do in June
Take some wine classes with us! See you there. Green Wines Demystified. Tuesday 6/15 6:30-8:30 pm Wines of Napa Valley. Tuesday 6/29 6:30-8:30 pm
Get schooled on summer sippers
I’m not ashamed to admit that I love pink wine. Crisp, refreshing and easy to drink; it’s the wine I crave the most once the temperature begins to rise. Whether you’re a rosé drinker or a skeptic, you should join … Continue reading
Keep trussing that chicken
After working at the FCI since 2006, I finally took my first culinary class this week; Knife Skills, Deboning and Filleting. I can jardinière, macédoine and émincer like nobody’s business, though, the cocotte is another story. You may be asking what … Continue reading
They grow up so fast
The last 6 weeks flew by. Check out these noteworthy blogs born during that time: My Third Child is a Restaurant: manuevering through parenthood and a career Lickin’ It: a bad-ass ice cream blog Eating My Way through My Quarter … Continue reading
What good are the holidays if you don’t light something on fire?
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation is full of fire – both real: the tree, Uncle Frank’s toupee, the electrocuted cat, the sewage-filled street drain – and imagined: Bethany: Is your house on fire, Clark? Clark: No, Aunt Bethany, those are the … Continue reading
My teeth hurt
4 days + over 200 of the world’s most high-acid wine = sensitive teeth 10 days of ProEnamel by Sensodyne and an emergency visit to the dentist have almost restored my teeth to their pre-Germany sensitivity level. I doubt I will … Continue reading
About.com came to class
Alison Wellner attended last month’s Wine Uncorked class and wrote a review for About.com: Culinary Travel. Here’s my favorite part of her description, “This is a great class for people who pretend that they know more about wine than they … Continue reading
