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17
Dec

A Winter Salad and Wine Pairings from Evan Goldstein

Master Sommelier Evan Goldstein, author of Daring Pairings and Perfect Pairings, offers up a wintry, persimmon-pomegranate salad and some expert wine pairing tips. _______________________________________________________________ Holiday cheer. The holidays are a loaded time. …

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17
Dec

Menu for Hope 6

Each December, Chez Pim and a global group of food bloggers hosts a fundraising campaign and charity raffle called Menu for Hope. This year, Menu for Hope benefits the United Nations World …

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13
Nov

Randall Grahm and Bonny Doon

“Like Columbus who sought a trade route to Asia, Randall Grahm set sail in 1979 for the Great American Pinot Noir, foundered on the shoals of astringency and finesselessness and ended up …

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09
Nov

Pasta on Location

by Sheila Levine, Associate Director and Publisher, University of California Press Last month I had the great pleasure of visiting Rome to help launch our new Encyclopedia of Pasta. My hosts were …

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14
Oct

Pasta’s Untold Story

Today’s New York Times Dining section features Oretta Zanini de Vita, author of Encyclopedia of Pasta, as she opens the door onto the centuries of history that shape each type of Italian …

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14
Oct

A Toast to History

Dr. Patrick E. McGovern, a biomolecular archaeologist and author of Uncorking the Past: The Quest for Wine, Beer, and Other Alcoholic Beverages, works with Dogfish Head Craft Brewery to resurrect the world’s …

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13
Aug

Wine Me

September is a month with dualing personalities. Kids see it as the evil incarnation of back-to-school, also spelled the-end-of-hope-and-light. Adults, on the other hand, drop off their little darlings and smile gleefully …

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03
Aug

Farming for Mouth and Soul

Columbia College graduate, Fulbright professor, book critic, published author and poet. As if all these titles did not suffice, Jonah Raskin had to go and add farm worker and reporter to his …

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