World of Wine and Food (eBook)

A Guide to Varieties, Tastes, History, and Pairings

Don Philpott (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
484 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-6804-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Pairing the right wine with the foods we love can be tricky. Most people go by what they think they know or what they read in magazines or online. Here, Don Philpott takes an international approach to understanding wine, wine varieties, and the foods they pair with best. Accessible and clear, it will appeal to novices as well as true oenophiles.

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Many wine drinkers would like to be more adventurous but are reluctant to experiment by choosing an unknown wine that may disappoint. There are literally tens of thousands of wines and scores of countries around the globe producing them and shelf after shelf of different Merlots or Pinot Grigio can be a little intimidating. How to choose the right wine is one problem, deciding on what to serve it with is another. Why do some wines taste better with some foods and why do other wines taste dreadful when paired with certain dishes?This comprehensive review of wine and food offers the information needed so that people will feel empowered and ready to experiment with their wine selections and then be able to pair them with the right foods for a memorable taste experience.Every major wine producing country in the world is covered, the wine producing regions within those countries, grapes used, and the styles of wines made. Every major cuisine of the world is covered including many of the most popular dishes. The reader is then shown how to marry the right wine with the right food. Easy and accessible, this reference belongs on the shelves of any true oenophile as well as the novice wine lover.

Autor

Don Philpott has written about – and thoroughly enjoyed - wine and food for 50 years. He is author of over 200 books including The Vineyards of France, The Wine Drinkers Almanac,Burgundy and Beaujolais, and many other titles on wine, food and travel. For many years he was food and drinks correspondent of the Press Association, the UK national news agency, travelling the world writing about wine and food. For six years he wrote a nationally syndicated wine column and for three years wrote the 'My Favorite Restaurant' column in Caterer and Hotelkeeper magazine in which he invited scores of celebrities out to lunch or dinner at their favorite restaurants to talk about wine and food. He has written about wine and food for leading publications in the UK and U.S. and was a founding member of the British Academy of Gastronomes. His travels have taken him to all the world’s major wine producing regions.

Inhalt

IntroductionPart One – Wines of the WorldPart Two. Food and PairingsAfricaSavoie and JuraJapanNorth AmericaCanadaUnited StatesMexicoRussiaScandinaviaDenmarkFinlandNorwaySwedenSouth AmericaArgentina.BrazilChileColombiaPeruVenezuala.SpainAndalusiaAragonAsturiaBalearic IslandsBasque CountryCanary IslandsCantabriaCastile-La ManchaCastilla-LeonCataloniaEstremaduraGaliciaLa RiojaMadridMurciaNavarreValenciaSoutheast AsiaCambodiaKoreaIndonesiaLaosMalaysia and SingaporePhilippinesThailandVietnamSwitzerlandTurkeyPairings

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.10.2016
• Zusatzinfo: 41 Illustrations including: - 40 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs; - 1 Tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken ► Getränke
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken ► Länderküchen
• Schlagworte: Food • Food and Travel • Food Pairings • History of Food • History of Wine • international food • International Wine • wine • Wine and Travel • wine pairings
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-6804-2 / 1442268042
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-6804-3 / 9781442268043