Women in Wine, Brain Storming, Moonshine and Chocolate

Liquid notes with oenophiles raving in Sicily and Tuscany, (the most difficult wine region?), lingering wine myths, Moscato from relative obscurity to toast of the town, growing crooked creek corn and moonshine. The brainstorming myth, absurdist/surreal work, tea infographic and chocolate times...

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Women in wine ~
Natural Woman

"It was a sort of calling,’’ says Arianna Occhipinti, 29, describing how she became a winemaker"

With 30 acres in Sicily, an organic vintner sets the wine world abuzz...
Read more: Natural Woman; nytimes.com

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"A habit is something you can do without thinking - which is why most of us have so many of them."
~Frank A. Clark (quotegarden.com)

Delightfully yours,

Food Meditations

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Brain... storming
The New Yorker ~ Brainstorming Doesn’t Really Work... GROUPTHINK

Kelli Anderson ~ This type of work can defy conventional expectations... My TEDx Talk

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Appellation
The Globe and Mail ~ Tuscany is the most difficult wine region to “really understand”... The changing taste of Tuscany's wines

* Huffington Post ~ Honest Cooking: Top 10 Wine Myths That Won't Die
* NPR Moscato Madness: The Dessert Wine's Sweet Surge
* Grist ~ Making moonshine and molasses [VIDEO]

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Infographic

Visual.ly ~ Tea & Biscuit Guide

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Chocolate Times
* NPR ~ DIY Willy Wonka Turns Home Into Chocolate Factory
* Cook Vegetarian Magazine ~ Double Chocolate Fudge with Vanilla and White Chocolate Buttercream Recipe
* Huffington Post ~ Love At Mast: Murray's Debuts Chocolate-Infused Cheese For Valentine's Day
* LifeStyle FOOD ~ How to Make Chocolate Soufflés

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Hello handsome
LA Times Magazine ~ Clooney's lighter side... Merry Prankster

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Healthy corner & Gluten-Free notes
* Asia Food Journal ~ Analyst: Cocoa at “tipping point” as a naturally healthy ingredient
* Huffington Post ~ Food Allergies Much Less Prevalent Than Claims Of Food Allergies, According To Expert

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Appetibilis
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Food Meditations [by ockstyle]

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#IdentitaMilano, Chocolate n Wine, Produce You've Never Eaten...

De Gustibus: Special Milan Chef Congress "Identita' Golose" ~ Three days, three halls, the chefs (with many young toques), a lot to talk about and to taste of course. Travel bites, soups, unusual produce and kids cooking. It's a tasty world!

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* Identità Golose Live ~ gorgelous.com
* Riflettori puntati su... Identità golose 2012! ~ italiasquisita.net
* Le immagini di Identità Golose 2012 ~ dissapore.com
* Identità Affamate. Cercate lo chef che cucina il disagio ~ scattidigusto.it
* La chef che vietò il formaggio al presidente ~ corriere.it
* 'Identità Golose' 2012 a Milano: I temi ~ milano.mentelocale.it
* Identità Golose 2012: dal 5 al 7 febbraio ~ milano.blogosfere.it

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"Many are the starrs I see, but in my eye no starr like thee." ~English saying used on poesy rings (quotegarden.com)

Delightfully yours,

Food Meditations

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Travel bite
Chinese Produce You've Never Eaten ~ Josey Miller uncovers seven Asian fruits and vegetables to try... ~ gourmet.com

What Heals The World? Soup, Made By Moms ~ npr.org

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Chocolate and wine
About that wine and chocolate thing… ~ Valentine’s Day it’s around the corner? Something to do with chocolate?... ~ winecase.ca

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Young toques
My Sons, the Sous-Chefs ~ A Mother Lets Her Sons Do the Cooking... - nytimes.com

* Kids Cooking: Recipes to Get You Started ~ nytimes.com
* Funny Food Teaches Parents to Get Creative With Breakfast ~ villagevoice.com

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The :( factor
‘Fear Factor’ Donkey Semen, More Gross Things Eaten on TV (VIDEO) ~ From Fear Factor’s donkey semen to Bear Grylls’s raw goat testicles, the nastiest things consumed on TV... ~ thedailybeast.com

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Healthy corner & Gluten-Free notes
* Gluten-free: going beyond the label ~ dailytexanonline.com
* Is the Dukan diet a dud? ~ theage.com.au

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Mushroom Hunt, Olives in Chocolate and ... Kitchen Inspiration

Chef Inspiration:
Muse in the Kitchen

"...Inspiration comes from everywhere, everyone, everything. It’s very random..."

Writers, painters, and musicians often speak about the inspiration behind their masterpieces...
Read more: Chef Inspiration: Muse in the Kitchen; starchefs.com

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"Being a reporter is as much a diagnosis as a job description." ~Anna Quindlen (quotegarden.com)

Delightfully yours, Food Meditations

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Food stories
~ When foraging for fungi is a mix of science, religion, and teenage rebellion...
Read more: The Thrill of the Mushroom Hunt; gilttaste.com

~ Went on a mystical hike to hunt down wild ginger -- and discovered how amazing it really is ...
Read more: The best foraged meal I've ever made; salon.com

~ How cooking gave me purpose; salon.com

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Food for thought
In the spirit of celebrating contemporary food culture, this subway-style map is intended to serve as a snapshot of the main actors, techniques, values and...
Read more: Food Culture Analyzed: Greater Food Culture; hartmansalt.com

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Imagine eating ...
Testing a Carnegie-Mellon study that found that when you repeatedly imagine eating a certain food, your craving for that food is reduced...
Read more: Treats Without Calories? Imagine That; nytimes.com

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Flavor experts
A kitchen turned into a mad scientist’s laboratory, bananas on turkey, duck in a marshmallow shell and ...
Read more: Are You Brave Enough to Eat This? blogs.menshealth.com

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Austral kitchen comforts
Foodies offer everything you need to keep your kitchen humming all autumn long...
Read more: Home cooking; taste.com.au

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Travel bites
~ The Best Ingredients in Europe? They're Probably Irish; theatlantic.com
~Artisanal Food Fight: London's Farmers' Market Showdown; theatlantic.com

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Consumer info
~ New Seafood Watch Ranking for California and Oregon Wild Salmon; fishwise.org

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Gluten-Free notes
~ What We’re (Not) Eating: A Potential Danger Of Gluten-Free; blogs.forbes.com

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Healthy corner
~ If your doctor recommended a drug whose manufacturer’s consulting fees financed his summer home, would that give you pause?...
Read more: Deeply conflicted; boston.com

~ Food Safety: There's a New Law, But How to Implement It? theatlantic.com

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Appetibilis
~ Couscous salad; gourmantineblog.com
~ Deviled Eggs; passthesushi.com
~ Crisp Sauteed Haricot Verts; fourpointsfoodie.com

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Food on Films, Slow Cooking and the King of Desserts

Planning and dreaming ~
Jason Atherton: king of desserts

"Gordon Ramsay's protege's dessert bar could start 2011's most intriguing trend"

If you had to design the anti-Gordon Ramsay, Jason Atherton might well be it. He's so scrupulously polite and softly spoken and...
Read more: Jason Atherton: king of desserts; guardian.co.uk

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"Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well." ~Marcus Valerius Martial (quotegarden.com)

delightfully yours, Food Meditations

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Take your time
~Take your time to prepare a hearty stew using a two-step method of cooking...
Read more: Slow food: Take time to prepare; independent.ie

~ Local chefs are creating their own spins on Vietnam's signature soup that go way beyond bean sprouts and Sriracha sauce...
Read more: Pho or faux? Area chefs put their own spin on the Vietnamese noodle soup. washingtonpost.com

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Food memory
Gizzi Erskine on her earliest food memory, store-cupboard essentials, kitchen appliance she can't live without, culinary tip...
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Seafood notes
For most people anchovies are a love or hate ingredient. Where do you stand?...
Read more: Consider the anchovy; guardian.co.uk

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Food on blockbusters or "B" films or adult films or...
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Travel bites
~ A sneak a peek at the menu for "ChefDance" - five straight evenings of amazing eats prepared by some of the world's most amazing chefs...
Read more: A-List Dinner Ideas From the Sundance Film Festival; shine.yahoo.com

~ Rome has a small but precious collection of restaurants and eateries that are either too obscure to make waves or privy only to a select few...
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~ Smoked salmon &poached abalone; bangkokpost.com
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Appetibilis
~ Marinated Skirt Steak; kitchenkonfidence.com
~ Kale Salad with Apples and Hazelnuts; food52.com
~ gammon and eggs (with nanny betty); jamieoliver.com
~ Piri Piri chicken with dressed potatoes, pocket salad and quick Portuguese tarts; independent.ie
~ Sunday Brunch: Croque-Monsieur & Madame; seriouseats.com

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