The Food Maven Diary Archives :
January 2002
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Wednesday, January 30, 2002
2002-01-31 More Super Bowl Suggestions
The big game is Sunday. Even if football isn't your thing, Super Bowl has become an American tradition of eating and drinking with friends. If you so... [more]
Tuesday, January 29, 2002
2002-01-30 Wine Buy: Domaine Lamargue Merlot 2000
From the moment this handsomely packaged wine was opened in the studio, Arthur and I were quite aware that this merlot was one of substance. Its conc... [more]
Sunday, January 27, 2002
2002-01-28 Springerle
A week or so ago, a listener called to ask about anise oil – what it was, where to buy it. She wanted to make Italian anise drop cookies, and her rec... [more]
Thursday, January 24, 2002
2002-01-25 Super Bowl Sugestions
If you heard the "Weekend" show I host with Joan Hamburg two weekends ago, you no doubt heard us rave about the many mail order ribs we tasted. In ho... [more]
Tuesday, January 22, 2002
2002-01-23 Wine Buy: Ca' del Vispo Vernaccia de San Gimignano
Most every wine drinker associates the Tuscany region of Italy with its most famous red wine, Chianti. This region also produces a very exciting whit... [more]
Monday, January 21, 2002
2002-01-22 Middle-Eastern Pastries
I just received the most amazing gift from Bill Gold, my dear friend Rozanne Gold's father, and I thought I had to share it with you.
On Friday mor... [more]
Sunday, January 20, 2002
2002-01-21 JoMart Chocolates
I remember JoMart Chocolates from when I was a kid. One of the places I was always waiting for a bus was the intersection of Avenue R and Nostrand Av... [more]
Tuesday, January 15, 2002
2002-01-16 Wine Buy: Domaine Chaume Arnaud
Straight from the desk of Carol Berman, our trusty Food Talk sommelier, this week's wine buy:
Like any art form, wine should be most pleasing to a... [more]
Monday, January 14, 2002
2002-01-15 Braised Pork in Sauerkraut, Coffee Crunch Cake
Zarela Martinez and I have been friends since she first came to New York nearly 20 years ago. I have known her sons, Rodrigo and Aaron Sanchez, sinc... [more]
Saturday, January 12, 2002
2002-01-13 Key Lime Cheese Pie
If you're not lucky enough to be travelling to or staying in Florida this winter, you can at least get a taste of the sunshine state with this easy K... [more]
Thursday, January 10, 2002
2002-01-11 Wine Buy: Zenato Lugana
This week's wine buy is an Italian white that goes against the stereotype of Italian whites. Instead of the typical, cleanly made, crisp, relatively ... [more]
Wednesday, January 9, 2002
2002-01-10 Naples Festival
Dear Friends, This is a last-minute notice, but the plans are last-minute, too.
Next week, San Domenico restaurant, at 240 Central Park South in M... [more]
Monday, January 7, 2002
2002-01-08 More Peanut Butter Cookies
It seems that when something catches your attention, you can't escape it. I've become obsessed with peanut butter cookies this past week. (See yester... [more]
Sunday, January 6, 2002
2002-01-07 Jamie's Peanut Butter Cookies
"Every ingredient counts" That is the mantra of my dear friend Rozanne Gold, author of several books on cooking with only three ingredients. I did... [more]
Thursday, January 3, 2002
2002-01-04 Peasant
I ate so many good things during my Christmas vacation.
I ate too many good things during my Christmas vacation. My weight is up. I am wearing my ... [more]
Tuesday, January 1, 2002
2002-01-02 Wine Buy: Laurel Glen Terra Rosa 1999
As you may have noticed, I took a holiday break. But I'm back (here and on the radio), Sean is back (here and from visiting his parents in New Hampsh... [more]
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