Cyprus has been the provenance of lovable food and wine for thousands of years. What else would you expect from the land that is considered to be the birthplace of Aphrodite.
Halloumi is a delightful cheese from Cyprus that I absolutely love, have you ever tried it?
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Have you seen the April issue of Saveur? It features classic pasta. "The secrets of Italy's greatest food revealed."
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Nell is back from Australia and has settled in Richmond to finish school at VCU.
A visit home to Montclair for Spring break inspired us to revisit Australia with this "OZ" dinner.
The May 2007 issue of Bon Appetit - Where To Eat Now - covered Australian Cuisine in the article "the Wizardry of OZ " which included several great recipes.
Here are the dishes we made, with wine pairing notes and tips on where to find ingredients.
A few months ago, Kings began offering these exotic gourmet salts. Priced at 9 to 12 dollars for a 4.4 ounce jar they seemed like a real luxury. I was very intrigued but the price point did not appeal to me.
I am particular about salt, we have no Morton Salt in our kitchen, Diamond Kosher or Sea Salt Crystals in the ready to use grinders is preferred. Yet I asked myself can salt really be worth what amounts to $20 to $50 a pound? Morton is less than a buck, 26 oz for 60 cents, Diamond Kosher is 1.89 for 40 oz, the Sea Salt complete with grinder is a whopping 2.49 for 2.5 oz.
They went on a sale and on a lark I bought one, now we are hooked. They are that good.
Do you remember Horn and Hardart Automats? I loved their chicken pot pie. Then Swanson came out with their frozen pot pie, which my mother fed us often, to the point of never again. In later years my love of chicken pot pie was revived. Since then I have been on the look out for really good chicken pot pie.
Here are some that I have found.
"edibleJersey" the new magazine and website published by Nancy Brannigan Painter is worth a long look.
Seeking to support and promote local farmers and fresh local foods it is part of the national Edible Communities movement.
With articles, events, recipes and more.
I have come to the conclusion, wait, let me say re-revelation, that the real excitement in wine comes from the instance of perfect, or reasonably close, convergence of food and wine. Why am I kicking myself, I have known this all along. It just has never been so clear.
A recent trip to Australia helped bring this truth to my instant consciousness. Australian chefs' and wine makers' create expressions with flavor that are enlightening. They abide no boundaries; their creativity is as free as an Aboriginal chant. The confluence of ethnic influence from all parts of the globe unfolds into a gentle symphony of creative delights.
Let me get back to my main theme.
My sister-in-law Heidi Rae Weinstein has a wonderful view on food and family. Featured recently in Redbook Magazine and Ivillage.com in a "Live Your Dream " story she shares her adventures toward a goal of helping us all connect and enjoy food as it should be.
