Potato panacakes and smoked salmon are an excellent pairing with champagne. Fry latkes in advance, freeze, reheat in a medium oven. Serve with smoked salmon and crème fraiche mixed with lemon, dill, and shallot.

. Sir Gawain agrees by lightheartedly saying ''High time these ambitious US cheesemakers showed some enthusiasm for the American language and quit borrowing from the French and Italian already.'' In Europe you cannot call a product...

I was forwarded your ‘review’ of REGION...love your style of writing and what you had to say about the food AND champagne. I’m friends (at work and out) with Pat Macias AND Gayla Pierce. We love trying new...

If you drive by the Korbel facility, in the Russian River area of Sonoma, the huge sign on the outer wall reads "Korbel Champagne". I’ve never really understood the specific s of the legal basis for the French Champagne...

Bring some Spanish cava, a sparkling wine made using the champenois method (it cannot be called champagne because it is not made in the champagne region) — it is a very good cheaper alternative to champagne. A good brand...

of champagne (and rises and falls of the region, Champagne) from the days of Dom Perignon up to WWII. There are a lot of interesting anecdotes about all the most famous champagne makers, the perils of making champagne, which...

in the Champagne region, is hard to find elsewhere. My suggestion is to discover your own and find traiteurs and restaurants and fermes-auberges and tables d’hotes (like a bed and breakfast that offers dinner) that serve...

? Excluding recipes how do you use it? Does it pair well with specific fruits or meats or breads? What wine would it pair with? I’ve read champagne or Borolo are good. If you have any recipes please post using this link...

I don’t know the regional breakdown but per the article noted below: "With soaring world demand for the wine, permission to make champagne is almost a licence to print money. World consumption rose more than 5 per cent to...

, this was quite tasty and a nice surprise given the richness I find in their Carte d’Or. n.v. Champagne Duval-Leroy Brut (Champagne, France): Produced from various vineyards throughout the region, this wine is approximately...

With the publication of Gordon Ramsay’s new autobiography, Humble Pie, a spate of revelations about the celebrity chef have recently emerged. Maybe too many.

A new cookbook from the owners of A16 in San Francisco.

After a day of swirling, spitting, and grasping for just the right flavor adjectives, today Jack and Thelma announced we’d be doing champagne brunch on a boat.

Three remarkable wines for a remarkable dinner.

French terms “Mousseux” or “Crémant” are used to refer to sparkling wine not made in the Champagne region" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparkling_wine 5) The Grand Robert pretty much agrees with Littré:...