January 2011 - Posts

• For Fans With Appetites as Big as Texas

  Sam Sifton, The Times’s restaurant critic, spent four days scouting the food in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and found plenty to cheer. Read More... Posted Jan 31 2011, 07:29 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Cooking and Cookbooks, Restaurants, Local Food, Super Bowl, Fort Worth (Tex), Dallas (Tex)

• Diner's Journal: On Eating in Dallas

  Our restaurant critic ate enough for two football teams. Read More... Posted Jan 31 2011, 07:24 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, Barbecue, Travel, sports, Dallas, southern food

• Diner's Journal: Serving Otter, Beaver and 'God Knows How Many Muskrats' in the Bronx

  Justin Fornal, also known as Baron Ambrosia, held a dinner devoted to the pleasures of eating small woodland creatures on Saturday night. Read More... Posted Jan 31 2011, 06:17 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Cooking, Justin Fornal, muskrat, beaver, raccoon, fisher, Xochimilco, otter, Wild Game, Rafael Mata Sr., squirrel, beaver schnapps, opossum

• Diner's Journal: Off the Menu: David Burke Kitchen

  The menu is American, the room informal. Read More... Posted Jan 31 2011, 04:55 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Burke, David, David Burke, David Burke Kitchen

• Recipes for Health: Cabbage and Red Pepper Gratin

  Paprika contributes a spicy edge to this sweet, comforting gratin. Read More... Posted Jan 31 2011, 04:45 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Recipes, Cooking and Cookbooks, Medicine and Health, Diet and Nutrition, Cabbage

• Diner's Journal: Thanks Uncle Sam, but We Already Have Lots of Diet Gurus

  The federal nutritional guidelines are helpful, but Americans no longer get their food gospel from one central authority. Read More... Posted Jan 31 2011, 03:03 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Agriculture Department, Cooking, dietary guidelines, nutrition

• Recipes for Health: Vegetable Casseroles for Frigid Nights

  Winter vegetables are perfect for bubbly, comforting gratins and other baked casseroles. Read More... Posted Jan 31 2011, 02:10 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Cooking and Cookbooks, Medicine and Health, Dairy Products, Diet and Nutrition, Vegetables

• Lalande-de-Pomerol estate bought by state-owned Chinese company

  Philippe Raoux, owner of Chateau d'Arsac in Margaux and wine tourism complex La Winery, has become the latest Bordeaux winemaker to sell property to a Chinese buyer. Read More... Posted Jan 31 2011, 12:00 PM by Wine News | Decanter

• Humbrecht: Alsace needs sweetness code

  Alsace 'absolutely' needs a system to help consumers navigate the wildly varying levels of sweetness found in its wines, according to Olivier Humbrecht MW. Read More... Posted Jan 31 2011, 08:18 AM by Wine News | Decanter

• Diner's Journal: The Temporary Vegetarian: Vegan Thai Curry Vegetables

  Asian comfort food. Read More... Posted Jan 31 2011, 08:00 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Vegan, Cooking, vegetarian, Main Course, Dinner, The Temporary Vegetarian, Asian, Vegetable, 60 Minutes and Under, home cooking, thai, Drew Spangler Faulkner, L'Academie de Cuisine

• Jackson Family Wines pledge $3 million to University of California at Davis

  Jackson Family Wines has pledged $3 million to University of California at Davis for the construction of the Jess S. Jackson Sustainable Winery Building. Read More... Posted Jan 31 2011, 03:46 AM by Wine News | Decanter

• What’s Broken in Greece? Ask an Entrepreneur

  As one microbrewer sees it, outdated government rules have helped make many Greek companies uncompetitive. Read More... Posted Jan 29 2011, 06:21 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: International Trade and World Market, European Union, Beer, Greece, Heineken NV|HINKY|other-OTC, Macedonian Thrace Brewery, Foreign Investments, European Sovereign Debt Crisis (2010- )

• Ruling Lets Starbucks End a Deal

  Starbucks plans to switch to another distribution partner for the coffee it sells in grocery stores and at other retailers. Read More... Posted Jan 29 2011, 02:48 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Coffee, Starbucks Corp|SBUX|NASDAQ, Decisions and Verdicts, Shopping and Retail, Kraft Foods Inc|KFT|NYSE

• The Temporary Vegetarian: Mushrooms Fill in the Blanks for the Meat-Free

  For vegetarians, mushrooms provide a meaty succulence and satisfying texture that can be missing from a meat-free diet. Read More... Posted Jan 28 2011, 06:40 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Cooking and Cookbooks, Vegetarianism, Mushrooms

• Recipe: Vegan Braised Chinese Mushrooms and Baby Bok Choy

  A recipe for Vegan Braised Chinese Mushrooms and Baby Bok Choy. Read More... Posted Jan 28 2011, 06:31 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Recipes, Cooking and Cookbooks, Mushrooms, Vegan