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Venusto infuses Bobal charm with modern discipline
As we work our way through some exciting wines from D.O. Utiel Requena in Valencia, Spain, we were pleased to try the flagship red from Bodegas Vibe called Venusto. Early in 2015, this new winery took...
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On a hot day, good Vouvray lifts a salade Niçoise
The mercury was pushing 95°F (35°C) and the dew point was well into the sticky zone. When we brought a chilled bottle of Vouvray to checkout at the wine shop the clerk sighed. “Hooray for Vouvray!”...
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Bobal brings friends to the barbecue
Our previous posts on D.O. Utiel Requena (see here) have concentrated on wines of the indigenous Bobal grape. Finca San Blas (fincasanblas.com) in Requena makes a well-regarded 100 percent Bobal. But...
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California cuisine comes full circle at Dry Creek Kitchen
What began in northern California when Alice Waters opened Chez Panisse in 1971 has evolved into the easy sophistication of Charlie Palmer’s Dry Creek Kitchen (317 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg,...
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‘Family’ shows the way to fad-free vegetarian cooking
Cookbooks seem to run in phases. A few years ago, we saw a lot of volumes devoted to various ways of cooking meat, especially barbecue. And there are the perennial single-country cuisine books penned...
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Greeks beat the heat with watermelon salad
Even Hippocrates, the ancient Greek father of medicine, was apparently a watermelon fan, prescribing the fruit as a diuretic. (He also suggested treating children with heat stroke by placing cool, wet...
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Fassolia Piaz: Greek bean salad for summer
Back in March, when no one knew what the pandemic food supply chain would be like, we reflexively purchased bags of dried beans. They were cheap, shelf-stable supplies that could guarantee a source of...
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World on a Plate: beet salad in Jordan, Ontario
As harvest season bears down on us here in northeastern North America, we’re reminded of some of the great dishes we enjoyed during visits to the wine country of Ontario’s Niagara Peninsula. Beets are...
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A Pinot Noir that turns expectations sideways
We confess to being skeptical when we first heard about Crossbarn 2021 Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir. Need a summer red for fish? Check. Need a summer red for spicy cold salads? Check. Need a wine that...
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Summer in the City means party by the harbor
The public right to waterfront access has been enshrined in Massachusetts law since the days of the Puritans. Nowhere has that right been so vigorously asserted as along the wharves of Boston Harbor....
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