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Fall Cheese Plate and Cider

by Shelby Larsson
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A few years ago, I met up with a few friends at one of the girls’ home in New Hampshire. It was a beautiful fall weekend, and we took full advantage of the gorgeous setting and great company. After a long hike in the woods, we headed to a nearby orchard to pick apples and

Vermont’s Pane e Salute, La Garagista & Longtrail Brewery

by Maggie Battista
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Good luck to the soul who stands between a California Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel and me. Seriously, get out of my way. I like wine and, especially, red wine. When I’m in northern California, I can drink a fancy red bottle or take my jug to the local vineyard to fill up on solid house

Dandelion Wine

by Jill Chen
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One of my favorite photographers and an Eat Boutique contributor, Jill Chen, comes out from behind the camera to share the steps in making this beautiful recipe, courtesy of blogger/author/friend, Georgia Pellegrini. Thanks, Jill and Georgia! -Maggie I woke up a few days ago to a front lawn full of yellow dandelions. It wasn’t planned

How to Build Your Wine Collection

by Chloé Mathieu Phillips & Dennis Phillips
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What wines should I be buying? Where should I shop? How much should I spend on wine? Where and how am I supposed to store the wine? Ugh, sound familiar? Well, those are just a handful of questions swirling around in my mind (Dennis here!) before starting my own wine collection. Taking the first steps

Honey & Saffron Liquor

by Maggie Battista
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I’m no stranger to a good homemade cordial. J’adore the mix of instant and delayed gratification from the infusing process. Liquors generally need to stew for weeks or even months to fully form and then morph into all sorts of directions over time, but most recipes take mere minutes to come together. And I am

Crisp White Greek Wine

by Chloé Mathieu Phillips & Dennis Phillips
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Some of you may know it, but we used to live in London.  Although we love living in Brooklyn, the one thing that makes coming back really difficult is the distances. By moving closer to our friends and families, we moved away from the low-cost flights to continental Europe, away form the train that could

A Rosé for the Sunny Days

by Chloé Mathieu Phillips & Dennis Phillips
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Our first rosé in 2010! If you’re like us, there are few things more exciting than the first few outdoor rosés of the year. Nothing screams summer and good times like rosé. Last Saturday was the perfect day for that. It was sunny and warm in NYC and it was the kind of day that

Red Hook Winery – The Electric

by Chloé Mathieu Phillips & Dennis Phillips
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It’s not often that we are absolutely, completely shocked by a wine.  However, this aptly named wine – The Electric – from Red Hook Winery did just that at a recent tasting.  The winery is very new and this 2008 bottle is one of about 6 different wines making up their first line of commercial

Wine: Mas de Gourgonnier

by Chloé Mathieu Phillips & Dennis Phillips
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So last week we asked the question “What is a boutique wine” and we had a number of fantastic comments… one of which was that a boutique wine should have a story.  This week’s wine definitely has a story, a crazy shaped bottle and a family pouring its passion into it. We sometimes scoff at

What is Boutique Wine?

by Chloé Mathieu Phillips & Dennis Phillips
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Most people define boutique wine as “small production”, “artisanal” or even “cult”.  But what does it really mean for a wine to be boutique? Over the past few weeks, we’ve tried to highlight wines from lesser known areas, like New Mexico or Jasnieres.  We’ve also tasted some wine where only a few hundred cases are

Chenin Blanc from Jasnières

by Chloé Mathieu Phillips & Dennis Phillips
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We had such a delicious, fascinating wine last weekend, we thought we absolutely had to share it here. There was only one problem however: we had trouble figuring out how to describe it. We were not the only ones: a quick search showed that Chris of the excellent Full Pour wine blog felt exactly the

Pennsylvania Riesling

by Chloé Mathieu Phillips & Dennis Phillips
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Photo by Nino Modugno, view his photos You probably all know by now that when given the choice, we do like to go with locally produced goods, especially with food. With wine however, the discussion becomes a bit more complicated. We are not sure that we agree with Mark Bittman when he says that drinking

Light Winter Salad and New Mexico Wine

by Chloé Mathieu Phillips & Dennis Phillips
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This week’s bottle definitely is a special one. Not necessarily for its taste but rather for its provenance, New Mexico. Although this is the oldest wine growing region in the United States, few people know about it and New Mexican wines are quite rare on the east coast. Gruet, probably the most famous winery in

Romantic Dinner with Local Beef and Italian Red Wine

by Chloé Mathieu Phillips & Dennis Phillips
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Valentine’s Day can mean different things to different people.  For us, we’ve done the fancy dinners at restaurants, rom-coms at the cinema, massages for two… so what’s left for two foodies with a voracious appetite for wine?  A massive home cooked 30oz rib eye for two, that’s what!

Volcanic wine, pizza and rock-n-roll

by Chloé Mathieu Phillips & Dennis Phillips
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Last night’s pairing surprised us more than anything we’ve experienced so far this year. It involved Italian wine, a homemade pizza and a CD we hadn’t heard in years. It all started back in 2005… We used to be regulars at – what we still consider to be – the best wine bar in New

Chablis with Braised Chicken

by Chloé Mathieu Phillips & Dennis Phillips
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Two dear friends have begun sharing their wine knowledge and tasting experience on their new blog, Tag: Wine. They’ve graciously offered to share the wine love on Eat Boutique each week, lucky us! A boutique wine from Chablis? “C’est impossible!” you might be thinking. But, in the small town of Milly located just over 2

Farnum Hill Cider

by Maggie Battista
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This weekend, we made a grand lunch for dear friends. This lunch involved some scrumptious recipes like slow-roasted pulled pork sandwiches and a spicy vinegar-based barbecue sauce (thanks to my hubby), sweet potato gratin (thanks to a great recipe at food52.com) and a luscious caramel pudding (thanks to Deb at Smitten Kitchen). It was quite

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