From Faith : I love to pour Champagne straight through the Thanksgiving meal. It works with everything and is so celebratory and delicious. That’s why I’m excited to find a real beauty at a bargain price. Domaine J. Laurens is a brut sparkler from France’s Limoux region. It’s toasty and rich. At $20 a bottle, […]
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Easy Cocktails: Cinnamon Toast
From Faith: As soon as there is a whisper of coolness in the autumn air, our chief cocktail contributor Anthony DeSerio starts thinking about “brown spirits,” meaning any barrel aged spirit like rum, tequila, or whiskey. He’s dreaming about vanilla, oak, caramel and toffee this time of year, the perfect array of flavors for tailgaters […]
Easy Cocktail: Peg Leg Old Fashioned with Rum
Our cocktail contributor Anthony DeSerio knocked us out on the show by whipping up a mouth-watering Old Fashioned, combining an aged rum with black walnut bitters, served on ice. Feel free to use whatever rum you have on hand, though Anthony, who is an ambassador for Patron, used his sponsor’s Pyrat XO Reserve aged rum. […]
How Raucous Should a Wine Tasting Be?
From Faith: At my first industry wine tasting 15 years ago, the director, Tom Slocum, knew me and warned me, sternly. “You’ve tasted and studied French wine for years, I know that,” he said. “But over-confidence at an event like this is dangerous.” Why was Slocum talking to me as if I were a motorcycle rider […]
Restaurant of the Future or the Past?
From Faith: In its Automation section online, The New York Times recently reported on Eatsa, a new, fully “automated” restaurant in San Francisco, where diners “never interact with a person.” The story says there are “unseen people who prepare the food,” but there are no waiters or even an order-taker behind a counter.” Sound familiar? If […]
One Woman Wines on The East End
Claudia Purita has the bug. After growing up in Calabria, Italy, watching her father farm and grow grapes, Purita decided to settle on a piece of land on the North Fork of Long Island, where she has created her own vineyard, One Woman, located in Southold. She makes a terrific Reisling and a delicious Reserve […]
