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Category: Wine and Food

Pairing Wine with Chinese Food

In January, I wrote an article about pairing wine with Indian food. Today let’s pair wine with Chinese food. Now...

Pairing Wine with Indian Food

Indian food is notoriously spicy, herbaceous, pungent and very, very flavorful. Like Chinese food, it typically pairs well with beer...

Pairing Salmon with Wine

Pairing Salmon with Wine

I never really thought about it before, but what Fiona Beckett of Matching Food & Wine says about salmon rings...

Six Holiday Dinner Wine Pairing Tips

Six Holiday Dinner Wine Pairing Tips

The table is set. You’re excited to have friends and family at your holiday dinner. Or perhaps you are an...

Pairing Wine and Cereal

Pairing Wine and Cereal

On my Facebook page this week, I posted George Carlin’s profound question, “What wine goes with Captain Crunch?” In response,...

Welcoming Autumn with Food and Wine

Welcoming Autumn with Food and Wine

I notice a huge shift in my food preferences when autumn comes and the weather changes. Ice cream and cold...

Discovering Umami

Discovering Umami

No, Virginia, umami isn’t a long tent dress one wears on vacation. Rather, umami is described as the fifth taste...

Birthday Menu Coupled with New Year’s Resolutions

Birthday Menu Coupled with New Year’s Resolutions

A big thank you to my friend and wonderful personal chef and private caterer Suzy Brown of the Brown bag...

Wine and Food Pairing Guidelines

Wine and Food Pairing Guidelines

I don’t believe in ‘hard and fast’ rules when it comes to many things, wine and food pairing being no...

The Science Behind Wine Pairing

Why do I have to learn about the science behind wine pairing? Doesn’t that ruin the mood? Imagine sitting in...