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The Winemaker Cooks

Author : Christine Hanna

Publisher : Chronicle Books

Page : 243 pages

File Size : 10,11 MB

Release : 2012-06-22

Category : Cooking

ISBN : 1452100292

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Over 19 million people visit the California wine country every year to enjoy the area's renowned wine, food, and landscapesand the casual lifestyle. Christine Hanna—award-winning winemaker, mother, and consummate hostess—epitomizes the regions laid-back approach to wine and food. Hanna shares her wine expertise and entertaining savvy with 100 recipes, and 75 color photographs capture her tabletops overflowing with local ingredients and products. A souvenir of the good life, The Winemaker Cooks is sure to be savored by wine lovers everywhere!



The New Wine Country Cookbook

Author : Brigit Binns

Publisher : Andrews Mcmeel+ORM

Page : 309 pages

File Size : 49,19 MB

Release : 2013-05-07

Category : Cooking

ISBN : 144943584X

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“This is an incredible and beautiful collection of recipes, stories about Central Coast vineyards, and photos.” —Susan Feniger, chef and author of Susan Feniger’s Street Food California’s Central Coast wine country is on everyone’s lips. Running roughly from Monterey to Santa Barbara, the Central Coast is the fastest-growing American Viticultural Area (AVA) in the state. Here, great minds conceive and create great wines—many of them blends of Rhône grape varieties. Complement these wines with the lush resources of unspoiled land, sea, and barnyard and you have the recipe for a fresh and alluring wine country lifestyle. In this lushly photographed tome, bestselling cookbook author Brigit Binns writes a vivid, delicious love letter to her home state. One hundred and twenty wine-friendly and wine-inclusive dishes showcase California’s glorious bounty, such as Shaved Artichoke and Pancetta Salad with Lavender; Fennel- and Garlic-Crusted Roast Chicken; Petrale Sole with Pinot Noir Butter Sauce; and Fresh Fig Tart with Honey, Goat Cheese, and Pistachios. Each recipe has a wine pairing suggestion from the region as well as from afar. Plus, 25 get-to-know-them profiles bring the reader inside the hearts and minds of the region’s passionate winemakers and food artisans. We all dream of the wine country lifestyle. With The New Wine Country Cookbook, you can now savor the romance, bold honest flavors, and rustic outdoor sensibility of California’s sublimely unpretentious new wine country in your own home. “Provides an evocative view of the dynamic food and wine culture of California’s fastest growing wine region.” —Rajat Parr, author of the James Beard Award–winning Secrets of the Sommeliers



California Wine Lover's Cookbook

Author : Malcolm Hébert

Publisher : Board and Bench Publishing

Page : 166 pages

File Size : 32,60 MB

Release : 1999-01-01

Category : Cooking

ISBN : 0932664822

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This kitchen companion features the top 100 award-winning recipes from the Wine Institute's National Cooking with Wine Contest. They range From Artichoke Appetizer with Wine and Cold Apricot Soup to Limehouse Chicken and Pumpkin Beef Stew, these recipes were culled from more than 2,800 submissions, and featured recipe was screened and tested in order to provides readers with the most unique and reliable eating options. An in-depth chapter on California wine, a wine and food chart, and cooking with wine tips are also included.



Japanese Dishes for Wine Lovers

Author : 千葉真知子

Publisher : Kodansha International

Page : 132 pages

File Size : 25,98 MB

Release : 2005-02-25

Category : Cooking

ISBN : 9784770030030

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A mouthwatering line-up of Japanese dishes and the ideal wines to go with them.Japanese food is not commonly associated with wine, yet many dishes may be perfectly paired with red and white, dry and sweet wines. Reflecting the increasing popularity of wine as an accompaniment to ethnic foods, this is a great book for wine lovers seeking new ways to stimulate their palates and enhance the enjoyment of their favorites.Best-selling cookbook author Machiko Chiba provides easy-to-follow recipes for fifty-eight delightful dishes, all illustrated in full color, while wine expert J. K. Whelehan recommends the best wine to savor with each. In addition, Whelehan discusses the relationship between Japanese food and wine in general, such as how typical ingredients such as soy sauce or sake affect wine selection.A helpful appendix gives instructions for cooking rice, making dashi stock, and preparing fish, while a glossary explains the less familiar ingredients and suggests substitutes where possible.This extensive selection of recipes and wines will provide you with just the special touch you need, whether you are preparing a cozy dinner at home or a party for friends!



The Wine Lover's Kitchen

Author : Fiona Beckett

Publisher : Ryland Peters & Small

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 43,19 MB

Release : 2024-11-12

Category : Cooking

ISBN : 1788796667

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Over 70 recipes that showcase delicious ways of cooking with wine – the magic ingredient. Author Fiona Beckett is the Guardian's wine writer. She is also a cookery writer and a contributing editor to Decanter and Fork magazines and a leading authority on food and wine matching. In this beautifully photographed book, featuring more than 70 delicious recipes, she expands on the idea that cooking with wine is an easy way to make meals special. Included is a detailed introduction to wine, plus a section covering '10 Things You Need to Know About Cooking with Wine'. Each dish also includes a wine pairing to ensure every meal will be a perfect marriage of food and wine. Starting with Soups, Salads & Appetizers, there are recipes such as Warm Scallop Salad with Crispy Pancetta and Parsnip Crisps, Radicchio and Blue Cheese Salad. The next chapter, Pasta and Grains, includes Sticky Pork Mac'n'Cheese and Slow-cooked Ragu. Fish & Seafood has recipes for Moules Mariniéres with Muscadet and Fine Wine Fish Pie. Meat and Chicken features a classic Coq Au Vin and a delicious Duck Casserole with Red Wine, Cinnamon and Olives. Try some of the surprisingly good recipes in the Vegetable Dishes and Pulses/Legumes section such as Caponata and Chestnut, Mushroom and Madeira Tarts. The book rounds off with delightful Sweet Things & Baking with Peaches in Prosecco and Chocolate & Cabernet Pots, then concludes with Sauces, Butters & Relishes.



The Wine Lover's Cookbook

Author : Sid Goldstein

Publisher : Chronicle Books

Page : 234 pages

File Size : 41,39 MB

Release : 1999-05

Category : Cooking

ISBN : 9780811820714

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demystifies the art of pairing wines with food and offers 100 mouthwatering recipes designed to bring out the best in any bottle. Whether you're a dedicated oenophile or a beginning wine enthusiast, author Sid Goldstein will lead you on a fascinating trip through the flavor profiles of the most popular varietals and tantalize you with great dishes to accompany them-grilled sea bass with mango-roasted red pepper relish; duck breasts with honey, ginger, and lavender; chicken cacciatore with Kalamata olives and fennel; and many more. You'll find tips for successful food and wine pairing and discover why the classic matches work. From Syrah to Sangiovese, Pinot Noir to Pinot Grigio, The Wine Lover's Cookbook is an indispensable guide to increasing your enjoyment of both food and wine.



The Food Lover's Guide to Wine

Author : Andrew Dornenburg

Publisher : Little, Brown

Page : 433 pages

File Size : 40,53 MB

Release : 2011-12-06

Category : Cooking

ISBN : 0316084069

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A wine book unlike any other,The Food Lover's Guide to Wine offers a fresh perspective via the single aspect of wine most compelling to food lovers: flavor. At the heart of this indispensable reference, formatted like the authors' two previous bestsellers The Flavor Bible and What to Drink with What You Eat, is an encyclopedic A-to-Z guide profiling hundreds of different wines by their essential characteristics-from body and intensity to distinguishing flavors, from suggested serving temperatures and ideal food pairings to recommended producers (including many iconic examples). The book provides illuminating insights from dozens of America's best sommeliers via informative sidebars, charts and boxes, which complement the book's gorgeous four-color photography. Another groundbreaking work from two of the ultimate culinary insiders, this instant classic is the perfect gift book.



A Toast To Murder

Author : Michele Scott

Publisher : Michele Scott

Page : 203 pages

File Size : 43,18 MB

Release : 2015-12-16

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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The big day is swiftly approaching for Nikki Sands—Manager of the Malveaux Estates in Napa Valley—and her fiance Derek Malveaux, who owns the winery. But when they start receiving cryptic messages questioning their belief in fate, things quickly turn fatal… As the wedding grows closer, it seems the entire affair is cursed. A chewing gum fiasco forces Nikki to cut her hair and go platinum blonde. Then Derek’s old college buddies, along with an assortment of old flames and frustrating family relations, show up to work Nikki’s last nerve. But when Nikki’s close pal Simon is shot as he walks her down the aisle, Nikki realizes that she has to find a matrimonial murderer before her wedding becomes someone’s funeral.



Murder Uncorked

Author : Michele Scott

Publisher : Michele Scott

Page : 240 pages

File Size : 47,37 MB

Release : 2015-12-12

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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Nikki Sands was like every other aspiring actress—waiting tables between jobs. But Nikki had taken serving wines to heart. She knew enough to impress Napa Valley’s golden boy, Derek Malveaux, who offered her a job at his vineyard. And though Nikki may have left her dreams of stardom behind, the world of wine is ripe with intrigue—and the seeds of sleuthing are planted… Nikki has just set foot on Napa Valley’s rich soil when she realizes her new job may not be as safe as she thought. First off, Derek Malveaux is disconcertingly sexy. Second, his top winemaker is dead in the bushes outside Nikki’s cottage. It doesn’t take a connoisseur of foul play to know something’s taken a terrible turn…



The New California Wine

Author : Jon Bonné

Publisher : Ten Speed Press

Page : 306 pages

File Size : 10,36 MB

Release : 2013-11-05

Category : Cooking

ISBN : 1607743019

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A comprehensive guide to the must-know wines and producers of California's "new generation," and the story of the iconoclastic young winemakers who have changed the face of California viniculture in recent years. The New California Wine is the untold story of the California wine industry: the young, innovative producers who are rewriting the rules of contemporary winemaking; their quest to express the uniqueness of California terroir; and the continuing battle to move the state away from the overly-technocratic, reactionary practices of its recent past. Jon Bonné writes from the front lines of the California wine revolution, where he has access to the fascinating stories, philosophies, and techniques of top producers. Part narrative, part authoritative purchasing reference, The New California Wine is a necessary addition to any wine lover's bookshelf.