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| What to Drink with What You Eat: The Definitive Guide to Pairing Food with Wine, Beer, Spirits, Coffee, Tea - Even Water - Based on Expert Advice from America's Best Sommeliers | 
 enlarge | Authors: Andrew Dornenburg, Karen Page
Creator: Michael Sofronski
Publisher: Bulfinch
Category: Book
List Price: $35.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  35 reviews
Sales Rank: 6979
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 368
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.4
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 7.6 x 1.5
ISBN: 0821257188
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5
EAN: 9780821257180
ASIN: 0821257188
Publication Date: September 2006
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| Customer Reviews:
Perfect Timing March 19, 2007
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
I am soon to open my First restaurant. Being a chef not only did this book help me brush up it even expanded my paring knowledge. I have also used it as a training tool with my employees and recommended it to them. I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys food.
 I Read, I Eat, I Drink - It all works! January 31, 2007
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
Fine background and justification for why certain liquids do - or do not -pair well with certain foods. Good reading. Best part - the easy-to-use guides. What foods (from A to Z) go with what wines. Then, a listing of wines to food. So, you can find the pairing for the grilled salmon (ex. buttery California Chardonnay) or designate a mate for that great bottle of Rioja (ex. grilled lamb). Several recipes/comments from famous chefs, etc. - but the pairing guides are the best part. I bought this book for a birthday gift, but read it on a car trip. Kept it. Bought two more for birthday gifts!
Just simply That Good and That Useful January 28, 2007
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
If I had to pare down all my wine books to the top two or three, this book would be one of them. It is just simply That Good and That Useful. Being a newbie to exploring the world of wine, I'm discovering my likes and dislikes, forming my palate, and constantly asking questions and researching. What to Drink with What You Eat has helped me to think outside the box, to understand why pairings work or don't work, and to make dining out a real pleasure.
For example, I researched the pairings for a 1996 Chateau Lanessan Bordeaux, which I had never tasted before, as well as pairings for a Yalumba Antique Tawny Port for dessert. A friend and I discussed the menu and the pairings, and made our selections accordingly. This resulted in a dinner that will not be forgotten by either of us for a long time to come, and much credit goes to this marvelous book.
Better yet, this is not a book to be read once or twice and then shelved. Oh no. I keep returning to it, to look up a food or a wine, or to answer some questions. It's also a pleasure to leaf through, and the comments from the sommeliers and others lend a very personal tone to the book, because they're speaking from sheer experience, whether they screwed up on a pairing or had to deal with narrow-minded diners or discovered their own favorite pairings.
My delighted thanks to Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page! I may get another copy in case this should ever go out of print (horrors! may that never happen!).
It's not culinary artistry.... but very close! January 22, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have used culinary artistry for quite a few years and it is still an outstanding book. This new book is great as well, but they should have stuck with the original layout of culinary artistry which is less confusing to read. Overall another great addition by Dornenberg and Page! It is a very interesting read and will be a great references for menu writing.
Definitively delicious January 10, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Finally a definitively delicious, all in one place, concentration of pairings! After hours of searching the internet for "wine pairings with __________", I stumble on this book. Here it is, all in one place!
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