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| Perfect Pairings: A Master Sommelier's Practical Advice for Partnering Wine with Food | 
 enlarge | Author: Evan Goldstein
Publisher: University of California Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 24411
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 328
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 7.8 x 1.3
ISBN: 0520243773
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.22
EAN: 9780520243774
ASIN: 0520243773
Publication Date: May 15, 2006
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 Good Advice on What Goes With What August 27, 2006
7 out of 13 found this review helpful
It seems that years ago there was a lot of discussion about what foods went with what wines. They that seemed to go away with the advice to drink what you like whenever and with whatever you want. But that just didn't seem to work. Sometimes the food or the wine would so overpower the other that they just did not want to go together.
With this book, perhaps the times are changing again as this book does explain what pairs up better with what. Furthermore the book is well laid out so that as you plan a meal it is easy to choose a wine to go with that particular dish you've selected. Or you can do it backwards, you just got a case of Oregon Pinot Gris, you can go find several recipies that go will with the wine.
Each wine also includes a lexicon of taste descriptors associated with that varietal. But I've go to admit that when I taste Pinot Gris I don't find lemon, lime, green melon, green apple, pear, pineapple, peach, yellow plum, kumquat, loquat (I don't even know what this is), star fruit or tangerine flavors. In fact I sometimes think that they select these flavors in their descriptions by throwing a dart at a basket of fruit.
The item of choice for home cooks who are well beyond the basics August 19, 2006
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
PERFECT PAIRINGS: A MASTER SOMMELIER'S PRACTICAL ADVICE FOR PARTNERING WINE WITH FOOD isn't for the casual cook: it's the item of choice for home cooks who are well beyond the basics and seek to understand the underlying logic of pairing foods with the wines available from around the world. Evan Goldstein is a restaurant industry veteran, as is his wife, so PERFECT PAIRINGS comes from a professional's point of view and offers the depth of perception on some twelve grape varietals paired with over fifty recipes by chef Joyce that other books couldn't touch in a wine analysis alone. Explanations of food and wine pairings focus on the elements which bring both to life with excellent pointers on other desirable pairings.
Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch
Daughter Enjoying It Immensely. August 15, 2006
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
I bought this book for my daughter who is a great cook. Upon returning home from a trip to Italy recently, she remarked to me that she wished she knew what kind of wine to order with her dinner. Now she knows. I have lost count at how many times she has thanked me for the book and told me how much she is enjoying it.
A Marvelous Book July 15, 2006
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
I'm writing this minutes after a sublime experience, drinking Evan Goldstein's recommended fruit-forward Pinot Noir with Joyce Goldstein's incredibly good recipe for Pork Loin Glazed with Pomegranate and Orange. I actually Googled Evan's name because I wanted to send him some fan e-mail -- alas, couldn't find an address. So the least I can do is give the book an excellent review. I learned more about pairing wine and food in the book's first chapter than I have after years of subscribing to wine publications. Two thumbs up!
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