March 2008 - Posts

• Parker to be immortalised on film

  A new film about Robert Parker has been given the green light, decanter.com has learned. Read More... Posted Mar 31 2008, 04:01 PM by Decanter News

• Koch refiles suit, broadens 'Jefferson bottles' attack

  Multimillionaire collector William Koch has broadened his legal attacks in the 'Thomas Jefferson bottles' case. Read More... Posted Mar 31 2008, 10:31 AM by Decanter News

• Filari in Versi: a competition for wine-loving poets

  A Friuli cooperative has launched a poetry competition focusing on wine. Read More... Posted Mar 31 2008, 09:27 AM by Decanter News

• Wine Reports: Domaine La Tour Boisée 2005 Vin de Pays d'Oc Cabernet Sauvignon ($9.99)

  Warm, a bit rough and rustic; but there's nothing wrong with that in this "wine of the country" table wine, fine with simple fare. Read More... Posted Mar 31 2008, 09:23 AM by WineLoversPage.com

• 30 Second Wine Advisor: Cooked!

  Many common wine flaws are clearly defined and relatively easy to learn to recognize. Not so "cooked" wine, a widely cited problem but one that lacks a clear description. Read More... Posted Mar 31 2008, 09:23 AM by WineLoversPage.com

• Ribera del Duero dedicate wine to gay community

  Ribera del Duero has created a wine to honour the gay community. Read More... Posted Mar 31 2008, 09:17 AM by Decanter News

• Dennis T. Collins: obituary

  Dennis T. Collins, general manager of California's Treana Winery since 2002, has died of cancer aged 60. Read More... Posted Mar 31 2008, 08:48 AM by Decanter News

• Island’s Past and Future, in a Layer Cake

  An unusual multilayered cake — known as the Smith Island cake — is viewed by some as the new great hope of an economically struggling island in Chesapeake Bay. Read More... Posted Mar 31 2008, 01:21 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Cooking and Cookbooks, Desserts, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Maryland

• Ideas & Trends: Ode to an Onion Ring, and Other Fast Food in the Slower Lane

  Give me the second-tier joint; the burger kings can take care of themselves. Read More... Posted Mar 29 2008, 08:34 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, Copeland, Al, Fast Food Industry, Carl's Jr, Sanders, Harlan, Thomas, Dave

• The Count: Does Recession Mean Doom for Restaurants?

  When the economy is falling down all around you, it is only natural to want to protect yourself with some austerity measures. Read More... Posted Mar 29 2008, 04:09 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, Recession and Depression, NPD Group, Consumer Behavior

• A Half-Century Old, the Whopper to Get a Younger Image

  By the end of the year, Burger King will introduce open kitchens, circular chrome countertops and plasma televisions that play looped videos of open flames. Read More... Posted Mar 28 2008, 09:19 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Burger King Corp, Fast Food Industry

• Home Work: The Joy of (Still) Cooking

  She equates feeding her family with love, which is why she cannot imagine stopping cooking after the nest has emptied. Read More... Posted Mar 28 2008, 07:49 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Recipes, Cooking and Cookbooks, Food, Families and Family Life

• The Lede: Fallout From the Mozzarella Scare

  Italy makes some progress in containing a dioxin contamination. Read More... Posted Mar 28 2008, 03:03 PM by NYT > Dining and Wine

• Food: The Way We Eat: Just Grate

  Self-respecting Italians don’t sprinkle cheese on seafood pasta. Too bad for them. Read More... Posted Mar 28 2008, 01:49 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Recipes, Cooking and Cookbooks, Restaurants, Seafood, Italy, Cheese, Jenkins, Nancy Harmon, Pasternack, David, Bastianich, Lidia, Pasta

• Push Comes to Chèvre

  Wisconsin cheesemakers are going gourmet, and its cheese producers have learned the magic word artisanal. Read More... Posted Mar 28 2008, 09:39 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Cheese, Wisconsin