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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 magnificent vegetable as it was meant to be eaten. Those green spears and Spring are [...]

Food and wine pairings are a hot topic these days, and also seem to generate the most interest of any of my posts. I recently read a couple of articles on the subject that I thought I’d share.Here is the first article on the subject, I found it to be very interesting.
Here are some excerpts [...]

I really enjoyed this article on pairings. I have a bottle of Muscadet just begging for a dish like his first suggestion.
Let’s get serious about food and wine matching.
I’m going to present three utterly perfect pairings. They are classic and easy to do.
First up: oysters.
OK, I hear the chorus of boos. Oysters? Yuck. But, please, [...]