Earlier in this series we mentioned that it`s not necessary to describe wine by comparing it to all sorts of other things (afterall, a cheeseburger tastes like a cheeseburger and not hints of summer rain) but many do and it can be fun. There are thousands of different terms people use to describe wine (the [...]
Archive for August, 2010
How to Taste Wine – Common Descriptions
Posted in Wine on August 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
How to Taste Wine – the Taste
Posted in Wine on August 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Before discussing how to taste wine, let`s take a small step back and examine how we taste anything. Our tongue has many taste buds and different part of our tongue specialize in perceiving different tastes. It is believed we can only taste 4 separate things (a fifth is being proposed) and they are: Sweet [...]
How to Taste Wine – the Smell
Posted in Wine on August 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
There was a delightful urban legend that the Inuit people of the Northern Hemisphere had hundreds or thousands of words to describe snow. While the truth is that there are many flaws in this claim (including that there are several Inuit languages so the statement itself has a flawed assumption and that it`s recognized that [...]
How to Taste Wine – the Look
Posted in Wine on August 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Murphy’s Law. Heading out the door on my way to Boston and back for a 36 hour road trip and a half-hour post just got eaten by the Internet. It really was a stunner. It’s almost a shame to begin to talk about the basics of tasting wine with the look. It’s not that it’s [...]
How to Taste Wine – an Introduction
Posted in Wine on August 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I am not a sommelier (heck I had to Google the spelling of it) nor am I any sort of wine expert. I have taken a few courses here and there and consumed a number of bottles but my overall experience is fairly pedestrian. It’s often that I hear (and I remember saying), “I don’t [...]
Fresh from the Garden… What I’ve Learned this year.
Posted in Gardening on August 26, 2010 | 2 Comments »
We had an awesome meal last evening – a mashup of ingredients straight from our garden with some great product from our CSA (Community Shared Agriculture program). Here are some of the things I’ve learned this year: Like puppies and a new job, it really is more work than I thought. That work, when in [...]
Where is Paramesan Reggiano from
Posted in Cheese on August 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
When I grew up I knew Paramsean cheese as a mysterious powder-like substance that came in a towering cylinder and absorbed the most liquid bits of tomato sauce like that stuff you use at the gas station if you are a little overzealous at the pump. That was Parmasean. Most of North America has been [...]
What are Half-Longs and what tomatoes should I use for sauce?
Posted in Canning (Waterbath) on August 24, 2010 | 2 Comments »
It’s a tomato-heavy month. We’d planned to move on from the topic today but some great questions started rolling across the blog in the last 24 hours asking “What is a half long?” My answer may, at first, disappoint. The truth is, I don’t think a half-long exists other than at my local Italian Tomato [...]
My Favourite Dinner of the Year
Posted in Tomatoes (Sauce and more) on August 23, 2010 | 9 Comments »
It`s nearing 11:00PM on Sunday night. I haven`t eaten since early afternoon and I`m bouncing with excitement for dinner. I`m so looking forward to this meal that when my dinner plans got sidetracked about 3 hours ago that I remained focused in order to protect my appetite. I have even picked up takeout for others [...]
Book Review: The Flavor Bible
Posted in Books on August 22, 2010 | 6 Comments »
It`s been a long time since we`ve shared some excitement about a food book even though we`ve had plenty to be excited about. I`m not much of a reader (still struggle to comprehend much of what I read but that`s another story for another day). I also struggle to follow a recipe so the novelty [...]
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