"A meal without wine is like a day without sunshine". So says Brillat-Savarin and Brian St. Pierre, longtime contributing editor for Decanter magazine and author of A Perfect Glass of Wine (ISBN 0811812952) agrees. For those of us who enjoy wine, but are just beginning to develop our interest in its relationship with food, behold, The Perfect Match! While other books (like our own Wine Lover's Cookbook, 0-8118-2071-8) cover this subject, The Perfect Match approaches matching from the opposite direction. Find the foods or flavours you want to eat and then find the perfect wine to go with it. Topics of discussion include the reasons why wine is so appealing in the first place, how the combination of food and wine has evolved over time in various regions of the world, and the basic "rules" of matching. Numerous sidebars will offer information on what foods are difficult to match, how special occasions determine wine choices, and the big cheese question - red, white, dry, or sweet? Wines are listed by grape varieties or type with descriptions of their principal flavours, their virtues as companions with food, and the foods they go best with. The book includes classic and contemporary recipes influenced by the great wine-producing countries of Spain, Italy, and France. They have been chosen because of how well each one goes with wine and serve as a base to identify basic flavours in the food and their most complementary wine types. Two indexes make it handy to look up either recipes or wines.
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Brian St. Pierre reports on wine and food for Decanter magazine and contributes articles to a variety of publications including the Sunday Telegraph. He has written 6 books and has contributed to several others. He lives in London.
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Match Made In Kitchen & Table
23 Sep 2005
By rodboomboom
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Is there any other more wonderful match than food and wine? Those that have had a few such match events will profess, no.
Here in this volume are some classics, plus few new creative examples. Volume is exquisite with full color photos and good discussions on wine production, selection, storage, etc. Then highlight, recipes and matched wines.
Some of these are classics one will find in many cookbooks, e.g. Braised ShortRibs in Red Wine, Classic Burgundy Beef, however, there are unique recipe creations e.g. Pan Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Basil Minestrone; Prawns and Chorizo on Risotto Cakes; Trout Packages in Champagne; Cornish Hens En Cocotte; Hazelnut Chicken Breasts with Dijon-Yogurt Sauce. There are great accopmpanying offers such as: Almond-Parmesan Stuffed Onions; Marsala And Goat Cheese Cake;
Here in this volume are some classics, plus few new creative examples. Volume is exquisite with full color photos and good discussions on wine production, selection, storage, etc. Then highlight, recipes and matched wines.
Some of these are classics one will find in many cookbooks, e.g. Braised ShortRibs in Red Wine, Classic Burgundy Beef, however, there are unique recipe creations e.g. Pan Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Basil Minestrone; Prawns and Chorizo on Risotto Cakes; Trout Packages in Champagne; Cornish Hens En Cocotte; Hazelnut Chicken Breasts with Dijon-Yogurt Sauce. There are great accopmpanying offers such as: Almond-Parmesan Stuffed Onions; Marsala And Goat Cheese Cake;
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The book wasn't over fussy with an overubundance of ingredients for the recipes. It is simple and easy and a book that a beginner can learn from.
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