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The Miracle of Braising, or How to Never Waste Wine Again
Braising is a cooking method that sounds difficult, but is actually easy as pie. Actually, as anyone who has ever made a pie from scratch, it is much easier. The basic technique is to sear a piece of meat and ...
The Family That Drinks Together…
Eric Asimov recently had a very thought provoking article on his NYT's blog entitled "Should Wine Be a Family Affair?" where he discussed allowing children to have a little wine with food at the family table. For generations of parents and ...
Ways to Cook Asparagus
I swear that this will be my last article about asparagus for a while, however I did promise some cooking and serving methods, so here they are, along with some other tidbits. Asparagus is an extremely nutritious vegetable which is high ...
Two Wines to Tame the Beast
My last article dealt with how to pair wine with one of the bad boys of the culinary world, asparagus. Here are two wines that I really like, and that go wonderfully with it. Both the 2006 Blanco Nieva Sauvignon Blanc ...
Asparagus and Wine
As the weather starts to get nicer and Spring begins to assert itself, the home chef starts to think about asparagus. Despite being available year round these days, it is at this time of year when you can find this ...
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