The pair of pine tree branches partially hides the caramelized spears of snow white asparagus, as if this image was deep in the heart of a far-off forest from a Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale. The moment is pristine and clear. A flurry of pine needles off the branch lay alongside the asparagus on oneContinue reading “Restaurants: Noma, Copenhagen”
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Beer of the Week: Lervig Aktiebryggeri, Stavanger, Norway, Rye IPA
Nogne Ø and Aegir are the red hot craft brewers in Norway that have made their way to the States, following the hoppy path from Scandinavia to our local craft brew bars paved initially by Mikkeller from Copenhagen. During a recent visit to Norway, I conducted a grand tasting of various Norwegian (and one fromContinue reading “Beer of the Week: Lervig Aktiebryggeri, Stavanger, Norway, Rye IPA”
Wine of the Week: Les Larmes de Divona Bourgogne Rouge, 2008
The color of this fascinating unfiltered Pinot noir is its first striking feature. An almost dark orange hue glows in the background of the deep rose meets burgundy body. The unfiltered nature of the wine provides a cloudy element that when combined with these contrasting colors provides the same striking appearance of when dark, ominousContinue reading “Wine of the Week: Les Larmes de Divona Bourgogne Rouge, 2008”
Cocktail of the Week: Trinidad Sour from Bar Boca, Oslo, Norway
When the bartender and co-owner of Bar Boca, a charming, quirky bar-coffee shop-cafe in Oslo’s hip Grünerløkka neighborhood, asked for my cocktail preferences, I talked about my dislike for crushed ice, how I enjoy something spirit forward, but a touch of sweetness. In other words, not a mai tai and not a Manhattan. She asksContinue reading “Cocktail of the Week: Trinidad Sour from Bar Boca, Oslo, Norway”
Tuesday’s Project: Caprese: The Dynamic Duo of Tomato and Mozzarella
It’s the final day of July, which means the latter half of summer unofficially is about to begin. Peaches, corn, cherries, and those other signs of early summer will soon bow down to the summer produce king: tomatoes. For the past 8 or 9 months, much of the country has either preached the Alice WatersContinue reading “Tuesday’s Project: Caprese: The Dynamic Duo of Tomato and Mozzarella”
Restaurants: Relae, Copenhagen, Denmark
Romaine lettuce is usually an afterthought, hardly the focus of a salad like its glitzier lettuce siblings Little Gems and mizuna night be. It almost seems romaine lettuce gets the adrenaline pumping like iceberg lettuce. Then after you’ve sampled around a bit in the restaurants of Copenhagen’s New Nordic cuisine generation that swept the cityContinue reading “Restaurants: Relae, Copenhagen, Denmark”
Restaurants: AQ, San Francisco
Barbeque pork with shelling beans and corn bread speaks of hot, lazy summer days. With a glass of lemonade in hand and Vin Scully narrating baseball on the radio, here you have the glorious season where the days are long, the nights are warm, and the fields and orchards thrive. Summer means water balloon fightsContinue reading “Restaurants: AQ, San Francisco”
Cocktail of the Week: Fool’s Wager, AQ, San Francisco
Many of my good friends refer to the spirit driven cocktails I often order as “brown drinks.” Whether intensely smoky from mezcal or bitter from amaro or elegantly strong from bourbon, these drinks tend to not branch too far from the central spirit à la martinis and manhattans. Then there are the apertif drinks thatContinue reading “Cocktail of the Week: Fool’s Wager, AQ, San Francisco”
Beer of the Week: Pacific Brewing Laboratory’s Nautilus Hibiscus Saison
Pacific Brewing Laboratory might sound like a craft brewing operation from the Stanford Linear Accelerator, but actually is the result of dedicated home brewers Bryan Hermannsson and Patrick Horn. The pair started brewing in their garage and now the lab’s concoctions can be found at numerous craft brew bars in San Francisco. I first sampledContinue reading “Beer of the Week: Pacific Brewing Laboratory’s Nautilus Hibiscus Saison”
Wine of the Week: Monje Hollera Listan Negro 2010, Canary Islands
Listan negro is a brash, bold grape that slightly brings to mind Zinfandel with a deeper fruit flavor. It’s the marquee grape for the burgeoning Canary Islands wine growing region, where volcanic soil allows for the vines to not be grafted. Somehow when I visited the Canary Islands two years ago, I never even triedContinue reading “Wine of the Week: Monje Hollera Listan Negro 2010, Canary Islands”
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