The Year in Food 2008

What we ate, what the candidates ate, what the Olympians ate.

A hearty side with unusual spices.

This dish celebrates the pure scallop flavor that is unique to the seafood world.

Rule #1: don’t ever bring anyone a $2 bottle. Ever.

When you buy a bottle of Coca-Cola, you expect it to be bottled at a Coca-Cola distributor and not be a rinsed-out “genuine Coca-Cola bottle” filled with a “cola-like carbonated beverage."

http://www.pleasantvalleywine.com/ Great Western "Champagne" is produced in the Finger Lakes region of New York State. Of course, it isn’t really true Champagne — it isn’t even made, IIRC, according to the...

Don’t know much about champagne, but want to get something good for New Year’s Eve....any suggestions? Thanks.

. I’ve never seen them available in the US, probably for good reason... they are terrible. For the sake of those that don’t know, true Champagne can only be made in the Champagne region of France. Other wines made in...

I recommend you read the book "Champagne" by Don and Petie Kladstrup. You will have a new appreciation for the people and the wines of the region after reading this! I also recommend you go on the Pommery tour. Their Champagne is...

Beer? On XM’s Radio Classics, I heard a vintage ad for Champagne Velvet. The announcer said it is now making a come back in Terre Haute, IN. Has anyone had the new, or old, version? Seem like a very regional brew.

does anyone know about laying down a bottle of champagne? we received 1995 La Grande Dame as a wedding gift and were told to lay it down for 10 years. recently friends were traveling in France and while tasting/touring in the...

There are tons of really nice champagnes for under $50. After spending two weeks wandering the champagne region knocking on any garage door with a sign out front, my husband and I learned “Any Grand Cru will Do.” That...

Oh yeah. My absolutely slam dunk favorite Champagne - Billecart-Salmon Rose. Not readily available in all regions but if you can find it this will impress. Ultra fine bubbles, wonderful nose, and hints of buttered toast, must...

My husband and two friends are travelling to the Champagne region in a couple weeks and we would love to enjoy lunch at a small champagne vineyard. Do you know of any such a thing, or do you think I will need to go through a tour...

Never done any visit in the Champagne region, but, for what it’s worth, I don’t particularly like Mercier. And you’d probably want to visit independent ones, like Selosse.