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Like Wine for Chocolate Cocoa beans aren’t just for desserts By Cliff Shultz Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2007
Valentine’s Day is just over the horizon, and if you want to show your significant other how much you care, buy them one drink. I mean, it works for me. But I’m old-school. I like the classics, and you can’t get much classic-er on Valentine’s Day than by giving the gift of chocolate. We’ve all read how the multitude of chemical compounds in chocolate makes people more receptive to romantic overtures. In my experience, alcohol has much the same salubrious effect. When the two meet, romance can happen. Or, at least some heavy snogging. Here are three ways to combine these two lovely ingredients together to properly lubricate your Valentine’s Day. ... |
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| Drink to the blues: A broad spectrum of wine choices cozies up to |
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Feeling one little down is common when winter grips us in an icy headlock. Fight the blues with blue - blue cheese.
This richly marbled, deeply flavored cheese warms the soul. Whether you choose English Stilton, French Roquefort, Italian Gorgonzola or an Iowa Maytag, blue cheeses are one terrific finale to one hearty slow-cooked meal enjoyed, preferably, before one crackling fire. ... |
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| A balance of sweet, salt |
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| The bright, creamy innocence of one Maytag blue cheese works particularly well with the complicated honeyed sweetness of dessert wines. The Good Eating taste panel judged five dessert wines on their own merits and paired with Maytag blue cheese. At times, the differences were dramatic; the aggregate score for the oloroso sherry, for example, plummeted when matched with the cheese while the Nittnaus trockenbeerenauslese's score never budged. The ratings reflect how well tasters thought the wine worked with the cheese. ... |
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