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Celebrity chefs pair their favorite food and wine

mario batali, daniel humm
If ever you wondered how chefs pair wines with their favorite foods, you can stop wondering now. Forbes has put together a list of celebrity chefs and their favorite food and wine pairings with everything from fish tacos with a Viognier to osetra caviar and Champagne. If you don't have the patience to flip through the slideshow, here's the summary:
  • Mario Batali - spicy fish tacos with a serrano chili crema with Argentinian Viognier
  • Daniel Humm - nutty, cave-aged gruyere cheese with Krug or Dom Perignon Champagne
  • Laurent Tourondel - spicy lamb merguez "burger" with rose from Navarra, Spain
  • Michael Lomonaco - ancho chili-rubbed prime rib eye with Sonoma Syrah
  • Wylie Dufresne - pigeon with smoked cocoa, black truffles and onions, served with a Barolo Chinatto
  • Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson - San Daniele prosciuttowith Edi Simcic Tocai
  • Anne Gingrass - Bollinger Champagne Brut with osetra caviar
  • Tony Esnault - Inniskillin ice wine with a dark chocolate
  • Gabriel Kreuther - seared foie gras and litchis with a raspberry-flavored beer
  • Will Goldfarb - chocolate parfait with chai, mango ice cream, dairyless coconut ice cream, mini India tuiles and spray-dried coconut with Syrah

Filed Under: Magazines, Lists, Ingredients, Drink Recipes
Tags: america, appetizers, beef, beer, candy, champagne, cheese, chocolate, daniel humm, dessert, dinner, europe, fish, food and wine pairing, forbes, hors doeuvres, lunch, mario batali, meat, shellfish, spices, sugar, vegetables, wine, wylie dufresne

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Chef JoAnna

4-27-2007 @4:42PM Chef JoAnna said... IMHO, Anne Gingrass's entry is a cop-out. Champagne and caviar always go together! Here, let me show you... (hee hee, any excuse works.)
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Maddie

6-01-2007 @2:52PM Maddie said... This just reminds me of Justin Wilson's comment on wine with dinner: "People ask me what kind of wine to have with what kind of dish. I say you should always drink the kind of wine that you like, and the wine that I like is the wine I can reach…"
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