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Calliope’s Chocolate Hazelnut Ice Cream
Butter gives this ice cream voluptuous, velvety texture.
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Best LCBO Wines Vintages Release June 8
Here are my top wine picks from the June 8 Vintages Release. I’ll be posting the rest of my recommendations by Thursday. You can also see my reviews for the May 25 LCBO Vintages Release.
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The LCBO Vintages Catalogue published the following of my tasting notes, the most quoted Canadian source of wine reviews in this release:
Posted with permission of the LCBO.
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What We’re Reading
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How to Clean a Soft-Shell Crab
Apologize to your crab and praise the universe, then get on with it.
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Front Burner
This week, a parade of treats for summer, outdoor markets, a set of frosty blue glasses and more.
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Best LCBO Wines Vintages Release May 25
Here are my top wine picks from the May 25 Vintages Release. I’ll be posting the rest of my recommendations by Thursday. You can also see my reviews for the May 11 LCBO Vintages Release.
You can add my wine picks to your shopping list by clicking on the little shopping cart icon. You can also create a custom list just for this release that will be saved in your account. Print a text-only version of the reviews.
The LCBO Vintages Catalogue published the following of my tasting notes, the most quoted Canadian source of wine reviews in this release:
Posted with permission of the LCBO.
Get access to all wine reviews:
Categories: Wine
Feeling Supersonic: Give Me Gin and Tonic
On the pervasiveness of gin as an ingredient in pop-music lyrics.
Categories: Food
The Richness of Soft-Shell Crabs Calls for Chardonnay
If the voice in your head wants something different, why not a dry riesling or pinot blanc from Alsace?
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What We’re Reading
A collection of links from the reporters and editors of the Dining section.
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Wine of the Week: Gloria Ferrer Sparkling, California
Shopping tip: you can get shoes for 85 cents at the bowling alley. With the left-over cash, why not splurge on a bottle of bubbly?
Cheers,
Natalie
Sale Ends: May 26, 2013
Sale Price: $25.95 | Save: $1.00 (Usually $26.95)
Natalie’s Score: 90/100
Toasty and robust with lovely green apple and white peach notes. This sparkling wine is a terrific value, even without the buck off. Enjoy it with potato chips, fried chicken or three strikes at the bowling alley.
Drink: 2012-2015
LCBO Code: 200790
Sugar Code: Dry
Find this wine in your closest LCBO stores now. Feel free to share this thrifty wine find on Facebook or on Twitter for Wine Wednesday #WW with thirsty friends.
Know others who prefer not to pay more than they have to for pleasure, at least when it comes to wine? Please forward this to them and they can get my weekly wine bargain bottle.
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Second Food Critic Leaves Village Voice
Tejal Rao resigns after a year of writing restaurant reviews and blog posts.
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Behind the Video Camera, an Avid Cook
You might know him for his cat videos and his comedy, but Ze Frank is also an ambitious home cook.
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What We’re Reading
A collection of links from the reporters and editors of the Dining section.
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Wine Magazine Video: Canadian Food + Wine Contest
In the video below, I chat with Theresa, editor of Great Wine News Magazine, about The Great Canadian Wine Match, now in the last day for nominations for your favourite wines.
The competition has been fierce, but so has the fun as wine lovers from coast to coast rally behind their most-loved wines. Get your final nominations and votes in today before we move to the finalist showdown phase!
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The Village Voice Loses Its Restaurant Critic
Robert Sietsema has been a food critic for several decades.
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Fast and Neat, Female Bartenders Compete
The national finals of Speed Rack, a competition for female bartenders, is in its second year.
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