We’re off to the 2009 Food and Wine Classic in Aspen for three days of delicious bliss! Stayed tuned for tasty updates as Savory Tv joins Average Betty and Plum Tv for coverage of the event! In addition to our team, we are also looking forward to meeting Jen from Daily Blender, Chef John from Food Wishes, and Danny from Foodie Aspen. Cheers and safe travels fellow foodies and epicures! À bientôt!
A short time ago we introduced you to our friends from Ceja Vineyards and the Salud Napa blog, and featured a beet salad recipe video from chef Gerry Castro. That was only the beginning of a three course meal! The second part of the meal is this delicious, tangy lemon risotto with peas topped with parmesan cheese.
You will need: 4 cups of chicken broth, 2 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil, chopped garlic (one or two cloves) , one chopped onion, 1 cup of arborio rice, chardonnay white wine, sweet peas (frozen is fine), Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, one lemon (juice it and zest it), butter, salt, and pepper.
First, warm the chicken broth, juice and zest your lemon. Add the olive oil into a hot pan, add the chopped onion, add the chopped garlic, and stir while cooking just until tender. Add the arborio rice and cook while stirring for 2-3 minutes. Next, add the white wine, and stir together for a minute to let it absorb. Add approximately 3 generous ladles or about 3 cups of chicken broth, and turn the heat down to a simmer. Add salt and ground pepper, and cooks while stirring for about 7 minutes, or until the rice is al dente. Add the lemon zest, peas, a generous amount of butter and a few splashes of lemon juice. You may add more chicken broth if needed. At the end, top with grated parmesan cheese.
Next up, part 3, a to die for sirloin steak with red wine sauce. Stay tuned!
Pebble Beach Food and Wine is quite possibly THE epicurean event of the year, and we’re not there! And most likely neither are you if you are reading this. Sigh. So, for those lacking the time, resources, or ability to attend these 4 days of delicious celebrating with over 250 wineries and 60 celebrity chefs, we’re providing an opportunity to live vicariously through video!
Among the chefs participating: Our beloved Eric Ripert, Thomas Keller, Tom Colicchio, Rick Tramonto, Masaharu Morimoto, David Myers, Cat Cora, Daniel Humm, David Kinch, and our culinary hero, Jacques Pépin!
A note on the first featured clip: this video was played in the motorcade en route to the Founders’ Dinner, and displays an assortment of attendees and the wines that they brought to the event.
The second video includes snippets of the festival from Chef John Mitzewich from Food Wishes. It’s great to see how a chef views the festival as an attendee, and he is amusing as always!
Today I am taking a video break to share some Twitter love! Heidi from Savory Tv is SavoryTv on Twitter. Through Twitter, we’ve entertained ourselves endlessly, kept up on Lance Armstrong’s races, met both professional and home food lovers, authors, world travelers, chefs, food producers and more. We’ve tweeted with Bravo’s Top Chef employees during the show. We’ve been snail mailed gourmet orange juice samples from Italy. We’ve been sent toddler food containers and fresh walnuts from the backyard of a deliciously talented cookbook author. We’ve discovered an entire new world of wine and food bloggers and culinary epicures, almost to an overwhelming extent. And recently, we’ve had the pleasure of meeting talented chef guest posters, which has been a wonderful experience. Twitter is truly the only way to keep up on media, news, and trends buy having your finger on the pulse of what’s happening now.
Have a question, ask you Twitter peeps! Curious if a movie is worthwhile, looking for an Iphone app for ebooks, or wondering why your photo of pear compote is looking to dark on the edges? Throw your question into the Twitterverse and you will almost always get helpful responses.
There are several restaurants using Twitter effectively, and while some are not exactly brewing with engagement, they will often post their nightly specials, special events, and occasional Twitter discounts. Food brands and stores such as Whole Foods will often answer your questions regarding products. Airline companies offer amazing flight specials at times and are often worth a follow.
Our simple Twitter rules? Don’t spam, be helpful, share, engage. Don’t go crazy with retweets, but RT messages occasionally that others will find interesting or helpful. Choose a nice well rounded circle of people to interact with.
Is Twitter essential for the growth of a successful business? No. Are you missing out on endless opportunities if you do not partake? Absolutely.
Cheers and happy tweeting!
Hosting a party or event during this busy holiday season? Seasoned chefs and sommeliers have no difficulty with food and wine pairing, but for many of us, the issue can be a perplexing challenge. We have discovered this sinfully easy cheat sheet to assist you, a simple interactive wine pairing wheel. Simply click the image, choose a wine, and receive suggestions for the appropriate meat or poultry, fish, sauces, and desserts. Thanksgiving party planners take note: this guide recommends Sauvignon Blanc as a suitable white wine for turkey, and Pinot Noir as a complimentary red wine. For smoked turkey, the guide suggests a white Riesling.
We brought up the subject of turkey to our friend Joe from Another Wine Blog, and he recommended a 2007 Cono Sur Pinot Noir, with an attractive price point of under $10. Wine.com provides a list of suggested wines for thanksgiving here, and you may also find helpful this Thanksgiving wine pairing article written by Joanie from Lafond Vineyards in Santa Barbara.
Master Chef David McMillan from Dallas teaches you how to cook like a pro, in this recipe for clams and halibut with a garlic, chorizo, and black bean sauce. Towards the end of the video he recommends his favorite white wine to pair with the dish, Bonny Doon Alabarino varietal wine by Robert Graham.