After five minutes, the merlot from Sunset Meadow Vineyard in Goshen, Conn., bursts open in the glass. But the glass is not the only destination for this beautiful red. Chocolate Merlot Cake, anyone?
Food Notes
This Dry Red Renato Ratti Goes with Anything Off the Grill
The 2015 Renato Ratti Barbera d’Asti Battaglione from the Piedmont region of Italy is slightly effervescent, a sure sign of a fresh vintage. That touch of effervescence will diminish over time as the wine ages, an argument perhaps, for drinking vintages as soon as they hit your wine store’s shelves. This red, in particular, becomes joyous chilled.
Samin Nosrat’s Pasta alle Vongole (Illustrated Recipe)
Samin Nosrat’s recipe for Pasta alle Vongole is a lesson in layering acids.
Computer Bag Sale Helps Food Bank
Good Cause Alert: The award-winning Conn. company, Fabrique, will have a sample sale Sat., Aug. 26, to benefit the non-profit Branford Community Dining Room so that families with children eat for free.
The Raging Skillet: Read the Memoir, See the Play
Chef Rossi, New York’s most unconventional caterer, shares her rise to food-fame and notoriety in her memoir, The Raging Skillet. The book has been adapted by Jacques Lamarre for the stage and is having a run at TheaterWorks in Hartford. Go see it while you still can.
Noah’s Restaurant, An East End Favorite Keeps It Real
In the new hipster-yet-old-fashioned seaside town of Greenport, LI, check out Noah’s Restaurant downtown. We had a delicious hangar steak, tuna poke, sensational hamachi, and Mexican Street Corn.
