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Visit Saigon with "thefoodsection.com"
Our fellow food blogger, The Food Section, is visiting Saigon this week and logging in with their experiences in Vietnam in their special Movable Feast column. Filled with great pictures of their street food experiences, read all about their first hand culinary experiences in Southeast Asia.
October 26, 2004 in Food & Wine Country Travel | Permalink | Comments (0)
Star Palate - Celebrity Recipe Cookbook Just Released
Star Palate, a celebrity cookbook for a cure, includes 72 favorite recipes, photos, and personal notes from Robin Williams, Katie Couric, Jay Leno, Quincy Jones, Celine Dion, Emeril Lagasse, Bill Gates, Phil Mickelson, Tim McGraw, Andre Agassi, and many others. Read more about Star Palate at bcrfcure.org.
Compiled by Tami Agassi, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2000, proceeds from the sale of Star Palate benefit Breast Cancer Research Foundation and Marsha Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer Research.
Read a review at the Super Chef Blog.
October 20, 2004 in Cookbooks | Permalink | Comments (0)
Gourmet Magazine's 2004 Restaurant Guide
Did your favorite restaurant make Gourmet Magazine's 2004 Restaurant Guide? If not, maybe this guide will inspire a visit to a restaurant you take for granted in your city. Or it's a good guide to help you find a restaurant while you're traveling to a new city.
October 19, 2004 in Restaurant News | Permalink | Comments (0)
"Wine for the Confused" Starring John Cleese on the Food Network
This Sunday, the Food Network brings us John Cleese and his British accent in "Wine for the Confused" to help us get less confused about wine and a few chuckles as well. I have a feeling that Cleese's classic humor, known from his hit "Fawlty Towers" and work with Monty Python will be a watchable entertaining hour of Food Network television. For airtimes, click over to the Food Network site.
October 16, 2004 in All Things Wine | Permalink | Comments (0)
Looking for a Cocktail Recipe?
CocktailDB catalogs over 4000 cocktail recipes and mixes, and probably is one of the larger cocktail recipe databases online. You can search by drink name or by the ingredients in your desired drink. There's also a Mixalator page where you can search for or create your own drink by picking features that you want in your cocktail. The choices range from complexity level, strength, taste characteristics, to time of day.
October 15, 2004 in All Things Wine, Cookbooks | Permalink | Comments (0)
Delicious Chocolate Recipes from France
One of foodie readers' favorite blogs might be ChocolateandZucchini.com, and we love their Chocolate is My Friend archives. These aren't your usual chocolate dessert recipes, but ones that remind us of eating great desserts on our trip to France last year. If you're looking for a cultural twist on a chocolate recipe, then pick one here. Our favorite is the Apricot & Ginger Chocolate Cake. Even if you're not in the mood to cook, blog writer, Chotilde, is a joy to read.
October 4, 2004 in Chocolate, Cooking | Permalink | Comments (1)
How to Read a Wine Label
The label on a bottle of wine undergoes more regulatory and creative scrutiny than perhaps any label on any other commodity. After a design is created and selected, the label must pass muster from the government agency that controls wine production as well as the various government agencies controlling importation and sale in every country where the wine is distributed. [More]
October 1, 2004 in All Things Wine | Permalink | Comments (1)
