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Being a person who has sampled quite a lot of beer in Europe, friends in America will often ask if they really drink warm beer there. Since Americans like their beer almost to the freezing point and then served in… Continue reading "Do People Really Drink Warm Beer in Europe?"
A unique idea for a party that will delight and impress your guests is a wine-tasting tour in a hired limousine. You’ll leave the driving to a professional while enjoying all the amenities of a modern limo and sipping delightful… Continue reading "Throw a Wine Tasting Tour Party in a Hired Limousine"
There are many types of liquor in the world. Some have existed for a long time, like beer or wine. Many have only been made during the last millennium. One of the relatively more recent one is gin. Gin is… Continue reading "Gin – From Kidney Disorder Cure To The National Drink Of England"
Game has a reputation of not being for the faint of heart, and gamy has been used to describe a range of tastes a lot of people find unpleasant. Numerous reasons have been proposed as the source of these flavors,… Continue reading "The Five Most Delicious Game Birds"
Wines, beers and spirits have long been enjoyed as drinks but have taken on a new role as flavoring ingredients in cooking and baking. Although some countries have used them liberally in the past, they are now being used in… Continue reading "Flavoring With Wines and Spirits – Do Alcoholic Beverages Contribute Any Nutritional Value to Food?"
Buying a gourmet wine gift basket can be expensive. You can easily make a beautiful, custom, personalized, gourmet wine gift basket cheaply. You can use champagne too. Gift baskets are always popular and a great idea to give as a… Continue reading "How To Make A Cheap And Easy Gourmet Wine Gift Basket"
When I first started to write this article, I had a small list of corkscrew types, but I had forgotten all the obscure types so the list grew much larger. I decided to start with the three most popular like… Continue reading "Types of Corkscrew and Wine Openers and How to Use Them"
The Classic Beef Oxford recipe is one of my all time favourites. It’s a real hearty meal for all the family to enjoy or if you are having guests over as it is very simple and will not take up… Continue reading "Beef Oxford Recipe"
You can make famous salad recipes from Switzerland very easily at home and the Swiss do enjoy eating salads, either served alone or as a side dish with marinated steak recipes and other such meals. Salad nicoise, “gurkensalat,” and red… Continue reading "Swiss Salad Recipes – Three Tasty Salad Ideas"
If you want to learn how to make wine, one of the first things you should do is learn about all of the different additives and chemicals that are used to make homemade wine. Pectic Enzyme is one of the… Continue reading "How to Make Wine – Pectic Enzyme – What is It?"
A wine cellar is a storage area for wine in barrels or bottles and is normally built underground. It is a necessity in a quality wine cellar to provide a favorable environment to ensure that the wines kept there remain… Continue reading "Qualities of a Good Wine Cellar"
Whilst on your travels in Spain and pausing to take a breath from site-seeing, you have surely experimented with “tapas” at a welcoming bar. If this is the case, it is more than likely that you have come across the… Continue reading "Spanish Food – How To Prepare Boquerones"
Oak barrels have now been replaced by stainless steel wine barrels. Steel drums are durable, which means that they can be used for years at a stretch. It makes economic sense for wineries to use steel barrels in place of… Continue reading "Stainless Steel Vs Oak Barrels – A Comparison"
Proper Grape Storage Grapes are a great snack to keep around. They are healthy, tangy, and juicy enough to satisfy your sweet tooth while keeping you fit as a fiddle. However, like all fresh fruits, storage is a bit of… Continue reading "How to Keep Grapes Longer"
Unagi, or freshwater eel, is one of my favorite ingredients used in sushi, whether it’s a western-style Dragon Roll, unagi nigiri or a simple eel makizushi. While creating my latest batch of homemade and somewhat improvised sushi I got the… Continue reading "Making Homemade Sushi – How to Make a Simple "Western" Nitsume (Sweet Eel Sauce)"
It’s a shame the gourmet’s of the world don’t unite to present an annual award to the Best Restaurant Of The Year. I felt this shortcoming rather acutely some weeks ago when some of us gourmets – hearty eaters always… Continue reading "Antoine’s Recipe A Culinary ‘Scoop’ – Steak Robespierre"