Technique: Chicken Rillettes- April 19, 2008 I often buy a whole chicken for a week’s worth of dinners. The first two meals are easy: something with the legs and then something with the breasts. But what about the wings There’s not much meat on them; certainly not enough for a main course. In the past, I’ve picked the meager flesh from the bones and added it to omelettes or soufflés, dishes where you don’t want a big hunk of meat with rich eggs. But for a few recent chickens, I’ve made the wings into..http://www.obsessionwithfood.com/2008_04_01_blog-archive.html#731126157611235594 San Francisco Chronicle: Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc At A Crossroads- April 12, 2008 When Melissa and I visited wineries in Marlborough, I was struck by the number of winemakers who said something along the lines of “Well, Sauvignon Blanc is kind of boring.” or “Sauvy keeps the accountants happy, I guess.” I was also surprised by the wide array of other grapes that wineries were bottling. Other than the occasional Pinot Noir, we rarely see anything other than Sauvignon Blanc here. It struck me that Marlborough has been so successful with the grape that...http://www.obsessionwithfood.com/2008_04_01_blog-archive.html#5629109233760703515 FoodWine Pairing Tasting Notes- April 11, 2008 Here is a question I often ponder. If you are going to suggest a wine to go with a particular dish (or vice versa), why would you just write a regular tasting note and not reference the dish That thought crept into my mind again as I noticed this post on Personal Wine Buyer, whose author will be suggesting wine pairings for DesignSponge. (And I only single him out because I just read his tasting note; I can’t think of the number of times I’ve seen this.) Here is his write-up of the.http://www.obsessionwithfood.com/2008_04_01_blog-archive.html#5000378169001097511 Two-Part Hominy- April 11, 2008 As I cleaned out my pantry at the apartment, I rediscovered a small bag of large, dried corn kernels, brown at the tips and expanding into dusky yellow balloons. Melissa quickly spotted their resemblance to Corn Nuts. But the label on the Rancho Gordo bag said hominy. I had bought it one Saturday on a lark; it beckoned to me, challenging me to discover its charms and challenges. I brought it home, put it in our pantry, stacked some pasta boxes in front of it, and forgot about it. Its...http://www.obsessionwithfood.com/2008_04_01_blog-archive.html#5941429921212173123 Not About Food: New Job- April 5, 2008 Since so many of you were so kind with your thoughts and comments about my layoff, I wanted to let you know that after a flurry of interviews and leads, I have accepted an offer for a new job. Technically, I’m jumping the gun a tiny bit, but I’ve got the offer letter in my hands and I plan to sign it. So barring any disasters, I will be doing server-side work for Spore, the upcoming game from Maxis. If you’re a video gamer, you’ve probably heard of the game. If...http://www.obsessionwithfood.com/2008_04_01_blog-archive.html#8103504410516408635 Judging The American Wine Blog Awards- April 1, 2008 After Tom Wark announced the finalists for the American Wine Blog Awards, there was a lot of grumbling about who made the cut and who didn’t. This is inevitable; I judge the relevance of any award by the amount of controversy it causes. Few people care that they didn’t get an award they didn’t know about. But as bloggers and their readers grouse, I thought I’d offer my perspective as a judge. The judging process was straightforward: Anyone could nominate a blog in any..http://www.obsessionwithfood.com/2008_03_01_blog-archive.html#4945775616303973341 |