A Meat Lover’s Dream recipe…Mushroom Bourguignon from Melissa Clark As New Year’s resolutions go, the one about eating less meat in 2020 has a lot of traction. And for good reason. Not only is it good for you, but it’s also good for the planet. …
Dinner Party on a weeknight? Why not when you can pull this dinner together before the doorbell rings. Our friend Laura was here from Colorado this week. And the only night we were mutually free was a Tuesday. So much for cooking an elaborate meal…
A return to California with a recipe and reminiscence of one of the true greats of California Cuisine. I came out to California this week as a guest of Viking Cruises. They’re naming the newest of their Ocean Cruise Ships, Jupiter and they are introducing…
# 1 Candidate for Dinner any night this week This recipe is amazingly easy to put together and quick to cook. That makes it a candidate for any weeknight dinner you have this week. And I even found a hack that made it even easier.…
One of the Greatest Trips of My Life yields a Recipe for a Soup I’ll never forget For someone who loves to travel and does so every chance I get, there are some trips that live on in memory long after I’ve come home. Onto…
Comfort Food that brings back memories of home. When I was growing up, this dish passed for Shepherd’s pie at our house. It usually involved the leftover Sunday Roast and any mashed potatoes that managed to survive our wonderful Sunday family dinners. But if you…
One of the World’s Favorite Desserts is this Crowd Pleaser from Boston. Cook’s Illustrated is located right in Boston so you’d think they’d know about how to bake the best Boston Cream Pie. And they do. This recipe is phenomenally good. The cake is light…
Fresh Cranberries–or virtually any fruit you choose–make this Crumb Cake perfect for Holiday Baking. We have a lot of affection for Saveur Magazine. It was, after all, the first publication my food writing appeared in. It’s also our kind of food magazine where there’s a…
Is there any easier way to cook than on a Sheet Pan? Whoever invented Sheet Pan Recipes deserves a medal. There is likely no more simple way of cooking than this. All the ingredients cook at the same time in the same pan. And once…
Bring a dish of Summer Sunshine to your Winter table in under 30 minutes flat. I nominate this dish for being a great big bowl of happy colors, great flavors, and almost instant gratification. It comes together in under 30 minutes. That alone qualifies it…
When Julia Child spoke…America listened and laughed. Julia Child famously said “With enough butter, anything is good”. And she lived by her word. Butter was an essential part of practically everything she cooked. This took quite a lot of bravery on Julia’s part. At the…
A Visit to Portugal leads to a craving for Lisbon Chocolate Cake This cake is all about chocolate. The cake is brownie-like. There’s a layer of chocolate cream. And finally, a shower of cocoa adds even more chocolate flavor. But first, a tale of how…
A Passion for Asian Flavors takes us to…Australia! Ever since I went to Vietnam two years ago, through Singapore and Hong Kong, I’ve been on the lookout for Asian recipes. I love the combination of flavors, the ease of a stir-fry and the speed with…
A great stew is served up with a wonderful story about its origins. This is one of my favorite kinds of recipes. There’s a story attached to it that’s as interesting as the stew itself. Cuba’s national dish translates to “Old Clothes”– about as unappetizing…
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In the Hamptons, rosé is not so much a drink as a seasonal operating system.
It appears at lunch, at the pool, on the porch, at dinner, and at those happy late-afternoon moments when everyone insists they are “just having one glass,” which is one of summer’s prettier fictions.
So when a bottle arrives that looks this good and drinks with this much ease, it deserves attention. Ô de Rosé from Maison Lorgeril is an AOP Languedoc rosé made from Grenache, Syrah, and Viognier. It has the pale, polished look we’ve come to associate with summer’s most desirable pink wines, but there is more going on here than a pretty bottle on a pretty table.
The wine is bright, fresh, and beautifully suited to warm-weather drinking, with notes of red currant, citrus, and grapefruit, finishing crisp and clean rather than sweet or showy. That makes it exactly the sort of bottle you want with grilled shrimp, lobster salad, roast chicken, Niçoise-ish lunches, or nothing more complicated than potato chips and very good company.
Rosé has moved far beyond its old role as a seasonal fling. The better bottles now feel like part of a way of living: lighter, fresher, more relaxed, and still refined. Ô de Rosé fits that mood perfectly.
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