Companions at Table: Food to Serve with American-grown Italian Varietals (Wine-friendly food series) - Softcover

Smith, Margaret Acton; Braasch, Barbara J.

9780964290143: Companions at Table: Food to Serve with American-grown Italian Varietals (Wine-friendly food series)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0964290146 ISBN 13: 9780964290143

Publisher: Toyon Hill Press, 1998

This wine-friendly food cookbook presents recipes which enhance American-grown sangiovese, barbara, moscato, pinot grigio, arneis and other Italian varietals. An introduction to new world Italian wine grapes gives insight into these delightful, tasty wines. The 100 plus recipes include some old favorite Italian examples. America is a melting pot of cultures and global produce, so many recipes have ingredients, while easy to find, create new and exciting flavors. All recipes have been tested in home kitchens, both for technique and for pleasing matches with Italian American-grown wines.

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From the Publisher:

Companions at Table is part of the Wine-friendly Food Series published by Toyon Hill Press. This cookbook series is dedicated to the concept of wine being a condiment at table. Within this series wine is presented, not as an ingredient, rather as a companion to the food being served.

From the Author:

The purpose of the cookbook is to foster the companionship of those who gather around table to break bread together. An old adage states, talk occurs at a meal; conversation takes place over a meal with food and wine. We have brought together recipes for sharing with family and friends, as well as entertaining guests. Many Americans do not yet associate wine with food, yet wine is one of the oldest foods known to humans. This cookbook is dedicated to the "pleasure principle" of wine with food. We present travel tips about visiting the many regions in America where wine makers are planting and developing Italian varietals. Throughout this cookbook we bring new complexities of taste and texture to complement these wines which are adapting to American vineyards.

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