April 2008 - Posts

• San Francisco Journal: A Run on Rice in Asian Communities

  In San Francisco’s Chinatown, the price of rice has skyrocketed amid fears that an international shortage will spill into the United States. Read More... Posted Apr 30 2008, 11:55 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Retail Stores and Trade, Rice

• Wine Reports: Mas de Gourgonnier 2005 Les Baux de Provence ($12.99)

  Earthy, rustic, balanced and food-friendly, this vintage continues Gourgonnier's long tradition of excellence at a very reasonable price. Read More... Posted Apr 30 2008, 12:10 PM by WineLoversPage.com

• 30 Second Wine Advisor: Organic favorite

  Organic food is becoming a hot item in the grocery store, but organic wine hasn't gained as much traction ... yet. Read More... Posted Apr 30 2008, 12:10 PM by WineLoversPage.com

• Watered-down EU wine reform ratified

  The European Council has finally approved watered-down wine reforms originally proposed two years ago. Read More... Posted Apr 30 2008, 09:49 AM by Decanter News

• Blumenthal lauded for chocolate wine

  Michelin-starred techno-chef Heston Blumenthal OBE has won a Conde Nast Traveller Innovation Design Award for his chocolate wine. Read More... Posted Apr 30 2008, 07:38 AM by Decanter News

• Vinopolis runs English wine week preview

  Wine experts including Oz Clarke and Jancis Robinson MW have chosen a selection of English wines to be shown at Vinopolis in the run up to English wine week. Read More... Posted Apr 30 2008, 06:45 AM by Decanter News

• The Next Best Things in Sliced Bread

  Seven challengers take on the mighty meatball parm and the elegant B.L.T. to become New York’s next best sandwich. Read More... Posted Apr 29 2008, 09:56 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Cooking and Cookbooks, Food, Restaurants, New York City, Fast Food Industry, Sandwiches

• Shortages Threaten Farmers’ Key Tool: Fertilizer

  Population growth, shrinking world grain stocks and a growing appetite for meat, particularly in the developing world, has collided with a shortage of fertilizer. Read More... Posted Apr 29 2008, 09:48 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Agriculture, Economic Conditions and Trends, Environment, Corn, Biofuels, Fertilizer, Vietnam, Sachs, Jeffrey D, United Nations, Iowa, World Food Program

• $25 and Under: Fly to Japan: Round Trip, Only $13

  Ippudo NY, on Fourth Avenue in the East Village, is the first extranational outpost of a Japanese ramen shop renowned for its tonkotsu broth. Read More... Posted Apr 29 2008, 09:47 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, Soups, Japan, Noodles

• Restaurants: From a Speakeasy to a Showboat

  Commerce strikes a pose that combines elements of the Waverly Inn with strains of Balthazar, but its menu is fussier, sometimes undercutting the food’s appeal. Read More... Posted Apr 29 2008, 09:46 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Food, Reviews, Restaurants, New York City

• Wine and Beer Calendar

  Wine and beer events and tastings. Read More... Posted Apr 29 2008, 09:45 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Alcoholic Beverages, Wines, New York City

• Celebrating the Shad by Sparing It

  At one long-running Hudson River shad festival this spring, the part of the shad will be played by farmed Atlantic salmon. Read More... Posted Apr 29 2008, 09:45 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Fish and Other Marine Life, Environment, Endangered and Extinct Species

• Food Stuff: Your Cheese Is Gasping for Breath

  European-style double-ply cheese paper helps keep cheese at its best, retarding the spoilage that can occur when cheese suffocates in plastic wrap. Read More... Posted Apr 29 2008, 09:39 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Food, Cheese

• Food Stuff: A Romanian Lets a Frenchman Into His Salami Shop

  Giving traditional Eastern European sausages and smoked meat products a French twist in Queens. Read More... Posted Apr 29 2008, 09:37 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Food, Meat, Queens (NYC)

• Food Stuff: A Fresh Look at the Spice Rack

  “The Spice Bible,” by Jane Lawson, divides about 40 spices into three categories, and then discusses spice mixes and pastes. Read More... Posted Apr 29 2008, 09:36 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Cooking and Cookbooks, Food, Spices, Lawson, Jane, The Spice Bible (Book)