May 2009 - Posts

• The Minimalist: Strawberries, Coddled

  Almond-tinged custard served warm, over good strawberries, is almost as good an option for summer’s bounty as shortcake. Read More... Posted May 29 2009, 01:29 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Cooking and Cookbooks, Nuts, Strawberries

• A Good Appetite: For Stellar Schnitzel, the Trick Is Air

  A chicken cutlet, pounded thin, that is soft and savory beneath its ultra-crisp crust. Read More... Posted May 29 2009, 01:00 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Cooking and Cookbooks, Chickens

• Essay: Food Bloggers of 1940

  In the Depression, the Federal Writers’ Project ate its way across America, from Georgia possum to Northwest geoducks. Read More... Posted May 29 2009, 09:20 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Food, Books and Literature, Works Progress Administration, Food of a Younger Land, The (Book), Kurlansky, Mark

• Summer Reading: Cookbooks

  This summer’s selection is a modest, back-to-basics palate cleanser after last fall’s celebrity-chef-food-porn-o-copia. Read More... Posted May 29 2009, 09:13 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Cooking and Cookbooks, Books and Literature, Cook's Illustrated, Ruhlman, Michael, Meyer, Danny, Link, Donald, Seven Fires (Book), Best Skillet Recipes, The (Book), (Book), Pure Simple Cooking (Book), Alexiadou, Vefa, Hargett, Benjamin, Disbrowe, Paula, Mallmann, Francis, Miller, Mark, Price, Catherine, Kaminsky, Peter, Well-Preserved (Book), Henry, Diana, Serious Barbecue (Book), Vefa's Kitchen (Book), Big Sur Baker Cookbook, The (Book), Schreiber, Cory, Rustic Fruit Deserts (Book), Horn, Jane, Ratio (Book), Lang, Adam Perry, Richardson, Julie, Bone, Eugenia, Real Cajun (Book), Mix Shake Stir (Book), Wojtowicz, Philip

• Heartburn

  Three memoirs-with-recipes deal with relationships good, bad and absent. Read More... Posted May 29 2009, 09:11 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Recipes, Cooking and Cookbooks, Books and Literature, Ray, Rachael, Sweet Life in Paris, The (Book), I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti (Book), Melucci, Giulia, Wizenberg, Molly, Homemade Life, A (Book)

• St. Supery names new winemaker

  Napa Valley's St. Supery Vineyards and Winery has announced its new head winemaker today. Read More... Posted May 29 2009, 09:09 AM by Decanter News

• Johann Reinisch dies

  Austrian winemaker Johann Reinisch, head of the prominent Johanneshof Reinisch estate in Austria´s Thermenregion, has died aged 57. Read More... Posted May 29 2009, 09:06 AM by Decanter News

• Food Tube

  A history of television programs for the culinary set. Read More... Posted May 29 2009, 08:51 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Food, Books and Literature, Television, Food Network, Collins, Kathleen, Watching What We Eat (Book)

• Bites: Restaurant Review: Mado in Chicago

  The motto of this popular restaurant is “Midwestern farmers, Mediterranean flavors.” Read More... Posted May 29 2009, 07:41 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, Travel and Vacations, Chicago (Ill)

• France announces new AOC

  The French national appellations institute has approved a new AOC in the Allier region of central France Read More... Posted May 29 2009, 06:32 AM by Decanter News

• New German wine region announced just south of Denmark

  The German wine industry is to expand as far north as Sylt, an island just 10 miles west of Denmark. Read More... Posted May 29 2009, 04:01 AM by Decanter News

• Fears over future of historic winery sites as Constellation cuts costs

  There are fears that the historic Leasingham winery site in the Clare Valley, Australia, will be sold for non-winery development. Read More... Posted May 29 2009, 02:49 AM by Decanter News

• Organic Dairies Watch the Good Times Turn Bad

  As the trend toward organic food consumption slows after years of explosive growth, no sector is in direr shape than the $1.3 billion organic milk industry. Read More... Posted May 28 2009, 07:15 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Agriculture, Milk, Organic Food, Economic Conditions and Trends

• The Mighty Spud

  Tracking the potato’s worldwide proliferation from ancient Chile to modern ubiquity. Read More... Posted May 28 2009, 02:32 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Books and Literature, Potatoes, Reader, John, Potato (Book)

• The Talk: The World Is His Oyster

  When the design superstar Philippe Starck and his wife, Jasmine, unplug, entertaining is never on the half shell. Read More... Posted May 28 2009, 02:24 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Cooking and Cookbooks, Restaurants, Seafood, Travel and Vacations, Starck, Philippe, Interior Design, Furniture