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Recipe: Mushroom risotto with duck confit and seared duck breast with fresh herbs!
Duck is one of those items that always catches my eye on menu. If we’re eating out and one of the specials has the word “duck” somewhere in it, there is a good chance I’m going to give it a try. Maybe it’s my attachment to ducks from my days in Michigan when I’d go duck/goose hunting with my friend Jake. Thinking back to those early Saturday and Sunday mornings,... [Read more...]
Food Wine Culture TV
Food, Wine, Culture TV: The Lost “Gabi-sode”- Beer vs. Wine battle apple pie with a suprise from Portugal!
Food, Wine, Culture TV: Watch what happens after Mike and Greg tape four shows and battle beer vs. wine apple pie. Special guest stops by with an interesting Portuguese beverage- you don’t want to miss this one! [Read more...] Read More →
Greg's Corner
Short Trip to Red Brick Station
By Greg B. So on a random Tuesday afternoon, Jer and I accompanied my sister on a shopping trip. Not so much for the shopping as the promised 2 hours at Red Brick Station. This is a local brewpub up in Whitemarsh, and I previously reviewed one of their porters, the Murf’s... [Read more...]
Maryland Events
Maryland December Wine Events!
SOTTO SOPRA! TOUR OF PIEMONTE: Part 1 - Wine Tasting Thursday, December 11th ~ 6 p.m. Price: $25 (not inclusive of tax and gratuity) Food: Miscellaneous finger foods (Stay for dinner to enjoy 1/2 off on the wines tasted that evening.) With Michael Mohammadi of the food and... [Read more...]
Restaurant Reviews
Quick Bite at the Red Star
By Greg B. On a cold Sunday, with an old college friend visiting from Michigan for the weekend, my roommates and I decided to go out to grab a bite to eat. After a little hemming and hawing about food style, location and the usual indecisiveness, we chose Red Star. I have... [Read more...]
Recipes
French Onion Soup Recipe
By Greg B. With the onslaught of winter and colder temperatures, there are few simple meals I like than to come home for a nice warm bowl of French onion soup. Unfortunately, it is also not really the simplest of possible winter warmer meals, but it is among the tastiest. In... [Read more...]
Greg's Corner!
Short Trip to Red Brick Station
By Greg B. So on a random Tuesday afternoon, Jer and I accompanied my sister on a shopping trip. Not so much for the shopping as the promised 2 hours at Red Brick Station. This is a local brewpub up in Whitemarsh, and I previously reviewed one of their porters, the Murf’s Porter. Man that was a great beer! And since I met Ashley, a woman who works there and was getting married around this time (congrats and goodluck!), I decided to stop in and pay this brewpub a short visit. [Read more...]
Brouwerij De Molen’s Porter
By Greg B: A few months ago I had the luxury of sampling a beer that can only be described as rare and delicious: De Molen’s Rasputin. Well, as luck would have it, I found a bottle of De Molen’s Porter up in Hamden at the Wine Source, and promptly bought it to celebrate the arrival of a new year. I was not disappointed. [Read more...]
French Onion Soup Recipe
By Greg B. With the onslaught of winter and colder temperatures, there are few simple meals I like than to come home for a nice warm bowl of French onion soup. Unfortunately, it is also not really the simplest of possible winter warmer meals, but it is among the tastiest. In a few steps, the right equipment, and a lot of time, you too can enjoy some homemade French onion soup! [Read more...]
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A short note on QPR
What is QPR?
A wines Quality to Price Ratio (QPR) is an assessment of a wines value based on the ratio of how good the wine is to how much it costs. Wines with high QPR exhibit good value and are generally recommended (the quality of the wine warrants its price). In contrast, a low QPR wine isn’t unnecessarily a bad wine, just one that isn’t worth the money.
QPR based wine ratings are used either in place of, or along side, traditional numerical ratings. These tend to give consumers a better idea of whether a wine is worth the price. For instance, I would purchase what I feel is an 89 point wine if it was $15. This is a good quality for the price. Take that same wine, and put it at $25, and to me (and many people), it’s no longer worth it. With thousands of other wines avaialable, I’m better off seeking out another bottle of wine before spending this much on what I would consider 89 points. [Read more...]
Drink wine and you get shrinkage - of your hippocampus! (Overview of a recent study and rant on the media and science)
I was holding off on commenting on this study until I reveal a project I’m working on, but so many wine blogs out there have talked about it, I feel like adding my $0.02.
As you may be aware, I am a medical researcher who spends countless hours each week studying the hippocampus. Each day I take little glass electrodes and place them on brain cells in the rodent hippocampus observing changes in cellular calcium and electrical current in response to glutamate (excitatory neurotransmitter) stimulation that I control with a laser. My research has implications in memory and epilepsy. As a neuroscientist studying the hippocampus and a wine enthusiast, the recent topic of the effects of wine on the hippocampal volume hits pretty close to home.
Here is my overview of the study (I’m trying to not be too technical here - please leave a comment with questions): [Read more...]
FWB.TV
Food, Wine, Culture TV: The Lost “Gabi-sode”- Beer vs. Wine battle apple pie with a suprise from Portugal!
Food, Wine, Culture TV: Watch what happens after Mike and Greg tape four shows and battle beer vs. wine apple pie. Special guest stops by with an interesting Portuguese beverage- you don’t want to miss this one!
[Read more...]
Food, Wine, Culture TV: Episode 25- Nebbiolo d’ Alba and decanting advice at Sotto Sopra
Michael Mohammadi and Greg Bissonette taste a Nebbiolo d’ Alba and Michael goes over opening a bottle of wine and decanting to remove sediment- all at Sotto Sopra!
Food, Wine, Culture TV- Episode 24: Beers @ Sotto Sopra!
Episode 24: Michael Mohammadi and Greg Bissonette taste several interesting beers…one of which is a Reese’s porter crafter by Greg himself! We’re back on scene at Sotto Sopra Restaurant, where a new beer list is soon to be released! [Read more...]
Food, Wine & Culture TV: Episode 23- Italian wines at Sotto Sopra!
Foodandwineblog.com: Michael Mohammadi and Greg Bissonette explore 5 wines from Italy at Baltimore’s Sotto Sopra Restaurant!
Baltimore, MD
Short Trip to Red Brick Station
By Greg B. So on a random Tuesday afternoon, Jer and I accompanied my sister on a shopping trip. Not so much for the shopping as the promised 2 hours at Red Brick Station. This is a local brewpub up in Whitemarsh, and I previously reviewed one of their porters, the Murf’s Porter. Man that was a great beer! And since I met Ashley, a woman who works there and was getting married around this time (congrats and goodluck!), I decided to stop in and pay this brewpub a short visit. [Read more...]
Golden West Cafe
By Greg B. So, since I lived in Hampden a few years ago, the restaurant scene really has changed. From the old Cafe Hon and a new Rofo, now there are bars and restaurants all over 36th street. Interestingly, they all try to cater to the hipster crowd, and while that is cool and all, I’ve learned that hipsters apparently don’t understand the concept of speed or efficiency. [Read more...]
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Episode 25: How to decant and a Nebbiolo d'Alba
