All the chatter in the NY dining scene is about cheese made from breast milk. At Klee Brasserie, Chef Daniel Angerer blogged about making cheese from his own lactating wife, blogged about it, and the requests to try it came pouring in. So he started giving it away as a canapé with figs and Hungarian pepper. What do you think? Impossible ?!? MORE >>

Chiara Ferraris. Did you know that wines from Italy are the most imported wines to the USA? In Manhattan, Italian wines are very hot, and they are most diverse and exciting at the restaurant I Trulli, which has hundreds of Italian wines on its list. Now certain Manhattanites (you now who you are!) mushrooms, pasta). Featuring the wines of. 12:30 pm. MORE >>

This weekend I bought all my produce at The Union Square Farmers market in NYC, then made a simple but delicious dinner that was both healthy and locally grown. Salad: 4 greens (Rocket, Mache, Watercress and soybean sprouts) with Gorgonzola Cheese, EVOO, Aged Balsamic Vinegar. two hour decanting allowed for wine to open nicely to blackberry jam. MORE >>

A few years ago I spent a lot of money on two bottles of Chablis , money that I wish I could have back right now. It's not that I don't like Fèvre's wines, I haven't had enough of them to know for sure. But the 2005 Domaine William Fèvre Grand Cru Le Clos, those bottles were an expensive mistake. paid up for the wrong vintage. MORE >>

Friday was a rare moment in the legislative sun for the subject of wine direct shipping in the Maryland, where, as we discussed, is a felony to ship wine. Consumers and wine industry experts gave testimony before a committee. Largest contingent of consumers I’ve ever seen at such a hearing. Yet, there is pessimism. Delegate Dereck E. Period. MORE >>