There's a lot more to wine and food pairing than memorizing a few simple rules. The true connoisseur knows the subtleties...and in this book, a wine expert shares his secrets.
€ What wines accompany which foods-and how to choose € Essays, advice, and comments from award-winning chefs € Covers each course-from entree to dessert, from simple meals to exotic favorites € Interviews with famous wine connoisseurs on understanding and appreciating wines € Information on wine-making and maps of the world's major wine regions € Resource guide to finding the best wine-specialty shops € Glossary of wine/food terms and advice on how to "read" wine lists € A primer on the complete history of wine € Making sense of labels, vintage years, and the best regions
This was a fun book to read with some very great and useful chapters on wine and wine and food pairing and some other chapters containing interviews with people on wine and food pairings using foods that I definitely never eat (lets pair wine with foods real people actually eat!) so I found myself skipping over some of these interviews. Still an enjoyable read over all. Included a few recipes from chefs interviewed in the book, one of which was a lamb and beef shepherds pie that I made. Yum.