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Did You Know That Pisco Is A Place, Too?

Discovering Peru's national spirit, at the source

Apr 24, 2013 2:01 pm

Pisco is a clear grape brandy that most people recognize as the main ingredient in a pisco sour, a cocktail created nearly a century ago when an American bartender working in Peru allegedly ran out of whiskey for a whiskey sour and decided to use the local moonshine instead. But did you know that Pisco is also a small, sleepy port town about 150 miles south of Lima? Or the origins of the spirit? That, and more, after the jump.

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Hack Of The Day: Frozen Grapes Keep Wine Perfectly Chilled

Fermented and frozen grapes get along famously

Apr 8, 2013 4:01 pm

Hey spring wine drinkers! Dispose of those dumb water-filled plastic balls that do not make you look classy and keep your wine chilled with that from whence it came. Don't you think that's what the wine would want?

Now That's Italian

Trecolore Salad Recipe

A colorful Italian salad with a secret weapon

Jan 11, 2013 3:01 pm

Trecolore salad is typically made with three kinds of lettuce — this one uses bibb and radicchio and subs fennel in for a third. The result is a blend of mild and bitter that makes a great backdrop for sweet, juicy red grapes. The secret here is freezing the blue cheese. Find out why after the jump.

Party Fare

12 Grapes At Midnight: Spain’s Great New Year’s Eve Tradition, And Superstition

Discovering who is más macho at midnight

Dec 28, 2012 6:01 pm

Eating 12 grapes at midnight on New Year’s Eve is both a tradition and a superstition in Spain. Rare is the Spaniard who will risk poisoning their fate for the coming year by skipping the grapes, one for each stroke of midnight. Here's an explanation of the process.

Cocktail of the Week

Concord Gin Fizz Cocktail

Utilizing seasonal ingredients in cocktails

Oct 19, 2012 4:31 pm

Taking advantage of fresh ingredients available throughout the year and incorporating them into cocktails is a given for many bars, but it also seems to be a focus for many fine-dining establishments as they expand their bar programs beyond wine and spirits.

Good Advice

How To Eat 12 Grapes In 12 Seconds

The Spanish New Year's Midnight Tradition Explained

Dec 29, 2011 10:01 am

Chef's Tales

The Importance of the Intermezzo

The Worst Idea Ever, Part 10 (with frozen grapes!)

Oct 3, 2011 3:01 pm

photo: kendiala on Flickr

Welcome to the tenth installment of the Food Republic serial, The Worst Idea Ever?, in which chefs Seth Siegel-Gardner and Terrence Gallivan set out to open a restaurant in Houston, Texas as Pilot Light Restaurant Group. This installment features fun with frozen grapes — and a video!

While planning the structure of the menus...

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Cognac Came Early This Year

What the early harvest means for your snifter

Sep 29, 2011 4:01 pm

A funny thing happened in Cognac this year. The grapes came early. At least that’s how Guillaume Lamy, Vice President at Cognac Pierre Ferrand, puts it. An unusually warm spring and rainy summer resulted in an early harvest in the French brandy-producing region – the earliest in some 40 years, in fact. Lamy explains just how this will affect the spirit.

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