Take Your Spanish Food & Wine Knowledge To The Next Level
Want to learn more about Spanish food and wine? Here's a primer that will take you to regions like Rioja, Rueda and Ribera del Duero, along with key terms.
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A Master Sommelier Shares His Favorite Spring Dishes (And What To Drink)
Boston Master Sommelier Brahm Callahan shares his idea for a perfect spring pairing—charred peppers and a white from Spain's Rueda region. Check it out.
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Everything You Need To Know About Spain's Rueda Region
Winemaking in the Spanish region of Rueda has been documented as early as the 10th century. Take a visit and learn all about it.
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Keep Spring Wine Pairings Fresh With Ribera Y Rueda Wines
Let's say it loud and proud: spring has sprung, and it's time to freshen up your Spanish wine repertoire accordingly with wines from Ribera y Rueda.
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Where To Eat And Drink In Ribera Del Duero And Rueda
Just two and a half hours northwest of Madrid, you’ll find a dramatic stretch of countryside home to the wine region of Ribera del Duero and Rueda.
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Beyond Sangria: 14 Ways To Add Wine To A Cocktail
Ribera del Duero and Rueda wines liven up these summer cocktails. Here are 14 recipes from top sommeliers that show how to add wine to a cocktail.
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How Do You Pair Wine With Burgers? Ask These Sommeliers!
When it comes to burgers, there’s the tried-and-true basic backyard version, and then there's capital-B Burgers — you know, the big, gooey, beefy ones that chefs become known for and Instagrammers swoon over. While there’s nothing wrong with the former simple burger-cheese-bun version, the latter requires more thought when it comes to choosing what to drink with…
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A Southern Barbecue Champion In New York: Myron Mixon
Update: Myron Mixon is no longer affiliated with Pride and Joy BBQ, according to various reports. The midday sunlight cascades through the windows of a landmark Lower East Side building in Manhattan, streaming over Myron Mixon's broad shoulders as he speaks in his distinct southern Georgia accent. We're sitting in a room that used to…
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Interview With Hamburger God Josh Capon
Josh Capon, a 1994 culinary school graduate, worked under culinary heavies Charlie Palmer, David Burke and Gray Kuntz. Josh Capon spent over a year traveling through Europe, working at Michelin-starred restaurants in Italy, France, Spain and Germany. Josh Capon, in a genius move that only Josh Capon can fully explain, teamed with his current business…
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Michael Lomonaco Makes Restaurants Thrive In The Most Unusual Places
It's a beautiful morning in Manhattan, and Michael Lomonaco is sitting at one of the best tables in his restaurant Porter House, looking out on a sun-splashed Columbus Circle and Central Park. As ever, the chef and restaurateur is ebullient, easygoing. He's having a chat about what he loves doing most: serving people great food.…
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In A New York State Of Mind With David Kinch
“It’s like I am a newborn baby and have never worked in a kitchen in my entire life,” says David Kinch, Negroni in hand, as we share a booth in the ancient backroom at Keen’s Steakhouse in Midtown Manhattan. We’re talking about how's he's recharged by the food of Japan, a topic that excites the…
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Blackbird Slingin': David Posey Cooks So Fresh And So Clean
It’s a brisk late winter afternoon in Chicago, and David T. Posey is steadily bringing another busy lunch service to a close at Blackbird. The chef de cuisine walks through the crowded main floor unnoticed, then heads upstairs to the quieter environs of the restaurant’s private dining room and pours himself a glass of water.…
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Ilan Hall Takes The Knife To Food TV, His Boys At Top Chef Included
If you didn’t fall asleep in the middle of Sunday’s sluggish Mad Men premiere (Don, NO!), you might have caught a commercial for Knife Fight, a new cooking competition show created by Ilan Hall, who is best known for wining Season 2 of Top Chef. The commercial makes it look nothing like a cable cooking…
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Shook, Won: How A Chef Made It All Work Spectacularly Well In Los Angeles
Jon Shook runs a pair of highly successful restaurants in Los Angeles with partner Vinny Dotolo — the diametric Animal and Son of a Gun. While Animal does kung pao sweetbreads and oxtail poutine with a wink, nudge and serious cooking chops thank you very much, Gun — with a kitchen busting open these guys…
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NYC: A Report From Drink Ribera. Drink Spain. Grand Tasting 2013
Last week in New York City, in a Mandarin Oriental ballroom high above the streets of New York City, 120 winemakers from the Ribera region of Spain gathered to showcase their wines for distributors, sommeliers, journalists and others. It was an eye-opening event for anyone without a serious background in all matters involving the tempranillo…
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