Harmony on the Palate: Matching Simple Recipes to Everyday Wine Styles

By Shari Darling

Book Overview

Nothing is as heavenly to the palate as the perfect combination of food and wine, but the art of pairing can be tricky for the inexperienced. Knowing where to begin when selecting an accompanying wine is challenging. In Harmony on the Palate, Shari Darling examines the guidelines for food and wine unions, and outlines the principles of a new, accessible generation of wine pairings. She pushes the boundaries of tradition, celebrating a culinary world of new cuisines, cooking techniques and ingredients. The book breaks down old-fashioned conventions of food and wine pairings and provides an adventure for the palate. The book s first section establishes the building blocks for creating successful wine and food partnerships. The second section is a cookbook of Darling s own delicious, yet simple, recipes, each one matched with a complementing wine, such as: White Bean and Escarole Soup with a Light, Fruity Red Mozzarella and Roasted Red Pepper Bruschetta with a Big Fat White Fiddlehead and Goat Cheese Flan with a Sour White Pure Unadulterated Chocolate Cake with a Sweet Wine The book also contains useful harmony charts that list food affinities and enemies for each variety of grape. Harmony on the Palate is the perfect resource for both wine connoisseurs and wannabe s.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1552857018
• ISBN13: 9781552857014
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Whitecap Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.9" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

Harmony on the Palate

This book was recommended by one of our local wineries. It teaches you what wine to pick with your meal. You learn to bring out the best flavours in the wine and the food you are serving. It is an amazing expereince and it does make a huge difference. I really enjoyed this book and will continue to use it when I plan meals for dinner guests. Harmony on the Palate: Matching Simple Recipes to Everyday Wine Styles

The perfect introduction for aspiring kitchen cooks wanting to offer meals for all occasions

Harmony On The Palate: Matching Simple Recipes To Everyday Wine Styles is the perfect introduction for aspiring kitchen cooks wanting to offer meals for all occasions where the etiquette of wines and menus match, and dining occasions are made memorable with cuisines being enhanced with their attendant beverages. Shari Darling devotes her considerable experience and expertise (she is a contributor to "Food & Beverage International" magazine) to layout "breakthrough principles" of food and wine pairings in a true celebration of multicultural cuisines, abetted by easy cooking techniques and the use of fresh ingredients. Harmony On The Palate ranges from Caviar on Potato Crisps (with Brut or Extra-Sec Sparkling Wine); to Tuscan White Bean Bruschetta (with Chardonnay); to Mayan Hot and Sour Chicken Soup (with Off-Dry Riesling); to Olive-Crusted Red Snapper (with Cabernet Sauvignon). The recipes are thoroughly "kitchen cook friendly" and the wine-goes-with-what charts are accessibly informative. If you want the best "how to" instructive cookbook on matching wines with foods, then add Harmony On The Palate to your own kitchen cookbook collection!

Romancing Your Inner Gourmet

This is a darling collection of sophisticated recipes from Shari Darling, a renowned and respected food and wine writer. The receipes are delicate, delectible, and much easier to prepare than one would think. It's a harmonic introduction to cuisine and celebrates Darling's native Ontario wine country.