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Wine Packaging Lightens Up: More Appealing Wines Are Available in Eco-Friendly Containers, Offering Good Value and Lower Carbon Footprints
They’re lightweight, easing the burden on the people who transport the wines (as well as those who carry them home), and convenient. Several are shatterproof and impermeable to UV rays. Some eliminate the tainted-cork nuisance, the corkscrew hassle and the spoiled-leftover-wine quandary. more »
Counter Space, Design and the Modern Kitchen at MoMA: From genuine pleasure to anxiety
Throughout the exhibition prominence is given to the contribution of women, not only as the primary consumers and users of the domestic kitchen, but also as reformers, architects, designers, and as artists who have critically addressed kitchen culture and myths. more »
Producer to Rely On: California's Landmark Vineyards Consistently Produces Top-Rated Chardonnays
Food pairings: In general, Chardonnay complements crab, lobster, scallops, salmon, shrimp, and other seafood, chicken, veal, dishes made with butter and butter sauces and cream and cream sauces. more »
No Wimpy Wines: Zinfandel, Joel Peterson and Ravenswood Winery
Yet Peterson’s Zinfandels, though full flavored, are quite versatile and can be turned to year-round, for they complement burgers (including cheeseburgers), ribs and other barbecued and grilled food, pizza, turkey (think Thanksgiving), duck, steak, lamb and other roasted red meats, venison and other game, sausages, spicy meat dishes — including Southwestern, Mexican, Indian and Pakistani — and some rich, sharp, strong or creamy cheeses, including cheddar and blues (Stilton, Gorgonzola, etc.) more »
