Posts Tagged ‘Penniless Epicure’

Cocktails 2.0

Written by admin on December 18, 2009. Posted in Eat & Drink, The Penniless Epicure

I stared at my friend, Aaron, long and hard. I stared at him hoping that if I did so long enough, the 12-pack he held in his arms would disappear. “Dude,” I croaked. “Natty Light?” “It’s got bubbles!” he proclaimed
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Beaujolais Quoi?

Written by admin on November 25, 2009. Posted in Eat & Drink, The Penniless Epicure

Every year on the third Thursday of November it happens: the release of Beaujolais Nouveau. Much hoopla and fanfare is given to this event, especially here in New York City, where the wine receives its unofficial U.S. welcome party. What is all the fuss about, you ask? Good question. Even those in the wine industry
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At Your Service

Written by admin on November 11, 2009. Posted in Eat & Drink, The Penniless Epicure

This week I will be taking a short break from discussing wine to address a recent piece that was published in the New York Times concerning the service industry. On Sept. 17, Phoebe Damrosch published an op-ed lamenting the poor quality of service in the American (specifically New York City) table waiting industry. As a
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Chez Bodega

Written by admin on November 5, 2009. Posted in Eat & Drink, The Penniless Epicure

I couldn’t have been more wrong. A few Sundays ago, my wife and I were finishing up dinner at around 9:30 p.m. An admittedly late hour for a last meal on a school night, but we had been running around all day. “You want wine tonight?” Natali asked. “Sure,” I said, “Let me run out
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Grapes Go Incognito

Written by admin on October 23, 2009. Posted in Eat & Drink, The Penniless Epicure

My friend Chris looked up from his glass of Yellowtail Chardonnay (which I did not buy). He squinted at me, pointed and creaked out, “I think you wine people are totally full of BS.” To his surprise, I nodded and replied, “Yeah, your pretty right on…mostly.” “I mean,” he said, holding up his plastic piece
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It’s All on the Label

Written by admin on October 9, 2009. Posted in Eat & Drink, The Penniless Epicure

When is a Montepulciano not a montepulciano? When it’s a montepulciano, and not from Montepulciano. Confused? So are most people when trying to buy Italian wine. The amount of grape varietals grown in the big European boot is staggering—estimated at more than 2,000—and the regions are just as prolific. Unlike Germany and France, every area
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Prial, Part II

Written by admin on September 23, 2009. Posted in Eat & Drink, The Penniless Epicure

Last week’s column featured part one of my interview with Frank Prial, former wine columnist for the New York Times and author of the books Wine Talk and Decantations. His column, “Wine Talk,” which ended in 2005, was the go-to resource to learn about trends in wine making and to read travelogue accounts of his
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The Man Behind the Column

Written by admin on September 17, 2009. Posted in Eat & Drink, The Penniless Epicure

For more than 30 years, one man has had the privilege of experiencing the greatest marvels the wine world had to offer, and he wrote about them for the New York Times. That man is Frank Prial, and his column, “Wine Talk,” which ended in 2005, was the go-to resource to learn about trends in
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Brave New World

Written by admin on September 10, 2009. Posted in Eat & Drink, The Penniless Epicure

There are many questions that I get on a regular basis concerning wine, but the one I get the most before I do a private tasting is usually, “So, what’s this whole ‘Old World/New World’ thing I always hear wine people talking about?” I’m sure that’s why the “Old World/New World”-themed tastings I do are
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Cold as Eis

Written by admin on September 2, 2009. Posted in Eat & Drink, The Penniless Epicure

I have had a sweet tooth since I was a little kid. Despite working briefly as a waiter at the cloying Upper East Side dessert destination Serendipity (so many bar mitvahs, so little patience), my cravings for the sweet stuff have not been deterred. If anything, they’ve evolved. In general, dessert wine gets a bad
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