The Bottom Line
Pros
- Extremely user friendly, with well indexed food and drink pairings
- Very thoroughly researched, with input and advice from top chefs, sommeliers and foodies
- Captivating photography
- Fun to read and reference
- Holds hundreds of potential food and drink pairing options to try
Cons
- Wish it had been written earlier!
Description
- Authors: Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg
- Publisher: Bulfinch Press, October 2006
- 356 pages, with 70 enchanting, full color photographs
- Boasts over 1500 pairing categories
- Buy it here for $14-28
Guide Review - A Review of What to Drink with What You Eat
Like a favorite wine, this book is both approachable, versatile, vibrant and has a captivating finish, complete with pairing menus from some of the nation's most renowned restaurants. From popcorn to pumpkin and quesadillas to sushi - What to Drink with What You Eat has got you covered with the best thirst quenching, spice taming and fancy sauce complementing drink pairings around. In an easy to use format, sprinkled with plenty of tricks and pairing tips through-out, this book is a must have for both those curious about food and drink combinations as well as those looking to shake up their usual "tried and true" Cab with steak pairings.We all know that wine goes with cheese, but the question becomes which wine with which cheese? Page and Dornenburg, handle this conventional question by offering tip top suggestions for over 100 types of cheese. If you are planning on hosting a wine tasting, the cheese guide will provide ample direction to help narrow down which wine and cheese selections to feature at a tasting.
What to Drink with What You Eat boasts over 1500 pairing categories, with specific drink suggestions (covering tea, juice, water, beer and wine) offered for practically every food category known to man. This is truly a food lover's encyclopedia sure to fit every taste and palate preference, use it once and you're curiosity will be piqued for mustering new taste combinations at virtually meal.
