domingo, 15 de mayo de 2011

Dining & Wine


HEADS UP
By the Rogue River, Myles Anderson shared Walla Walla Vintners wine with Rogue Wilderness Adventures hikers.

Vines and Valleys in Oregon

The combination of hiking and wine tasting has a name: wiking.
Ferran Adrià of El Bulli prepared for a 47-course dinner held by Dom Pérignon.

After El Bulli, a Sweet Taste of Life

The Catalan chef Ferran Adrià has big plans after his fabled restaurant closes in July.
When cut open, the fruit reveals a scoop of sweet pulp speckled with tiny black seeds.

A Fruit With a Future

Suddenly, dragon fruit, the cactus-bred curio, is appearing in too many places to count.
HISTORY UPDATED Ron Levy, at home in Florida, preparing Indian flatbread (naan) and cubed spiced steak in the tandoor oven he invented for use at home.

A Tandoor Oven Brings India’s Heat to the Backyard

A ceramic artist has developed a version of the ancient Indian clay cooking vessels — part oven and part barbecue pit — for home use.
T MAGAZINE

Ristretto | In Philadelphia

The city's 18th-century streets are home to superb coffee, pulled by baristas who are tremendously skilled and disarmingly sweet-natured.
RESTAURANT REVIEW
Inside the National Bar and Dining Rooms, a bistro on the ground floor of the Benjamin Hotel.

The National Bar and Dining Rooms

With a smart, accessible and not terribly expensive menu by the chef Geoffrey Zakarian, the National delivers more than its Midtown location would promise, and handsomely.
Rochelle Ladd, center, and Linda McCoy, sisters who received a James Beard award for their California restaurant, Noriega's, meet José Andrés, who was named the outstanding chef.

The Spotlight Finds a Basque Shepherds’ Canteen

The owners of Noriega’s, a restaurant in a boardinghouse in Bakersfield, Calif., visited New York for the first time to accept an award from the James Beard Foundation.
DINER’S JOURNAL
Eleven Madison Park, ABC Kitchen and Gabrielle Hamilton Win James Beard Awards

Eleven Madison Park, ABC Kitchen and Gabrielle Hamilton Win James Beard Awards

At the James Beard Foundation's annual restaurant and chef awards Monday night, the founder of Prune won Best Chef New York City.
$25 AND UNDER
SLURPABLE Cocoron restaurant on the Lower East Side.

Cocoron

A restaurant on the Lower East Side reinterprets ramen dishes with soba noodles, and the result is thick and lusty.
WINES OF THE TIMES

An Irresistible Austrian Riesling Beckons

The panel tasted 20 Austrian rieslings from recent vintages, wines that are usually refreshing, tangy and energetic with textures.
A GOOD APPETITE
Roasted turkey drumsticks with star anise and soy sauce.

Cherishing the Turkey, All Year Round

Four new ways to enjoy turkey, which tastes as good in May as good as it does in November.
DINER’S JOURNAL
Beer Straight Off the Farm

Beer Straight Off the Farm

For the first time, locally produced beer will be sold at New York City Greenmarkets.
NOSHING Myra Alperson, right, leads one of her

Dining Calendar

A documentary about young farmers; free Korean barbecue from a truck; tastes from the Arctic; and other food and wine events.

Off the Menu

Apl, MP Taverna, Sprinkles Cupcakes and other restaurant openings.
DINER’S JOURNAL
Errata in ‘Modernist Cuisine’

Errata in ‘Modernist Cuisine’

The six-volume cookbook issues 12 pages of corrections.
T MAGAZINE

Fête Accompli | The Last Days of El Bulli

A goodbye party of sorts on Friday featured plenty of boldface names, and a 50-course meal prepared by 50 cooks.
CHOICE TABLES
Trout at Cakes & Ale; feta snack and a salad at Miller Union; “jars” at Empire State South contain snacks like peanut hummus, bacon marmalade, pickles and pimento cheese.

Atlanta Serves Sophisticated Southern

Over the past few years, Atlanta restaurants have taken on a new sophistication, centered on the farm but experienced in the city.
Food Stuff

Bouchon Bakery Starts Cooking at Rockefeller Center

Thomas Keller’s latest will serve breakfast pastries, cookies, sandwiches, soups and salads from morning to early evening.
Blood clams

Blood Clams: Worth a Second Look

Once you get past the name and appearance, you will find that blood clams have a crisp succulence and a flavor that is not as briny as a littleneck or cherrystone clam.

Tortilla Chips of a Different Munchability

Made at a restaurant in Vermont, Gringo Jack’s flaky chips can now be ordered online.

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