When regular contributor Alex Province and Matthew Bennett recently found themselves with family in mountainous Bend, Oregon, they entertained everyone with their classic dirty vodka martinis. If you’ve ever wondered how to make a simple, delicious martini with style, this is it. (Supermarket olives in a jar are fine.)
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A Chardonnay that Loves Winter Fish
Like Connecticut’s wines, the wines on the East End of Long Island get better with each passing year. We think of them as “local wines,” reflecting the characteristics of the grapes and climate that is distinctly ours. This chardonnay is dry in the European style, as opposed to overly oaky. it’s a match for seafood […]
A Beautiful Red that Adores Beef and Chicken
While we know it’s not in our $15 and under category, cheers for Palmer Vineyards Cabernet Franc Reserve, 2010, at about $29. It’s a red that’s great with beef and lovely in the mouth, a combination of aged grapes that start with a fade and become deep and lingering in the glass. This wine is […]
Beautiful $15 Holiday Pink Bubbly
The color is pale as pink ice and its bubbles erupt in a luminous lava-like flow, giving off a light strawberry floral aroma… yet this beautiful little sparkler from the Veneto region of Italy is dry — not the super sweet style many of us know. It’s the absolute perfect bubbly for Hannukah and Christmas, […]
Smart Phone Food Thermometer?
Food thermometers have saved my recipes more times than I can count, so I’m a fan of thermometers that tell me when my item is cooked to the degree it should be. But a thermometer attached to a smart phone? I don’t know about anyone else, but I don’t want my I-phone anywhere near my […]
Beautiful $20 Bordeaux for Holiday Roasts, Stews, Chops and Steaks
What we want in a Bordeaux is enough backbone to stand up to meat and yet a contrasting smoothness to make it a pleasure to drink. That combination often costs a fortune. That’s why we’re excited about Chateau Saint-Sulpice, at around $20 a bottle. The vineyard is a 100-acre property in the heart of France’s […]
