or, Pairing fish and other light meals with chilled-down reds Earlier this week, warm and humid days built up my thirst for a nice light Loire red wine. From my wine rack, I found an Anjou Cabernet. I knew nothing about it except that it possessed the two keywords I ...

Wow! - Just picked up a couple of these in Somerfield for a massive £2.24 a bottle - surely THE bargain of the year - I can see Port Jelly, duck in port, beef in a port and shallot sauce, port in port, and of course port in a glass all coming up over the next few weeks!Wine reviews UK, supermarket wines, wine events and tasting notes for wines that I try passed onto you so that hopefully you can...

... chopped 1 shallot pat butter 3 ounces ground duck (or turkey) 1 teaspoon cognac 3 ... . Melt the butter in a small sauté pan and sweat the shallot until tender. Add the ground duck, season with salt and white pepper, and sauté until just done. Remove the duck and shallot mixture to a mixing bowl and allow to cool briefly. Combine the the duck and shallot mixture...

... chopped 1 shallot pat butter 3 ounces ground duck (or turkey) 1 teaspoon cognac 3 ... . Melt the butter in a small sauté pan and sweat the shallot until tender. Add the ground duck, season with salt and white pepper, and sauté until just done. Remove the duck and shallot mixture to a mixing bowl and allow to cool briefly. Combine the the duck and shallot mixture...

(e.g. melon) with sugar. Recipe: Dried cherry & shallot confit Technorati Tags: food...

1 clove garlic 1 inch piece fresh ginger 1/2 small bulb fennel, cored and cut into chunks or 1 celery stalk 1 small carrot, peeled and cut into chunks 1 small parsnip, peeled and chunked 1 large shallot, cut in half 3 Tbs. butter or olive oil 2 tsp. curry powder 1 cup brown lentils, picked over ... , parsnip and shallot in a food processor and pulse into minced.  Put about 2 Tbs. of butter or olive oil...

I assembled a dinner that was part Chinese, part Italian, and all delicious. A diced shallot ... Thomas Keller trick and sliced a shallot into thin rings. These were dusted in flour and fried...

Wine & Cigar DinnerFriday, June 13, 2008Your Host – Bob BrowerYour Chef – Terry TeplitzkyYour Wine Guy – Shawn C. BruceFirst CoursePrawn and Calamari Cocktailwith mandarin orange segments, mint and shredded fennelSecond CourseBeefsteak Tomatoes & Butter Lettucewith red onions, capers and parsley with a shallot vinaigretteThird CourseLamb Osso Buco Soffrittovegetables, sun-dried cherries, cracked...

Answering weird cravings is always fun. I was driving home from work, staring at the back of the car in front of me, the sleepy tones of NPR news drifting into the background, and I thought that swordfish and mango salsa would be great for dinner. After a stop at the grocery store for the ingredients I diced a ripe mango and an Anaheim chile, minced a shallot and dosed it all with the juice...

... of crushed garden tomatoes I wanted to get rid of 1 shallot, minced ½ bottle red wine--I used ... down a half bottle of red wine and a minced shallot. After about a 50% reduction, I introduced back...