Book Description
The Wine Lover Cooks is a cookbook that begins with a bottle of fine wine. It's truly a grape lover's book, with information about which wine to serve, wine as an ingredient, and lots of information about the grapes and wine itself. Each chapter introduces a different type of wine and includes a variety of tempting recipes. If you have a good bottle of Pinot Noir from California or Oregon, for example, you can look up the appropriate chapter and find a selection of recipes to suit the character of the wine, such as Chicken Breasts with Truffle and Fontina, or Porcini Risotto. The book contains chapters on white wines, red wines, dessert wines and fortified wines, including classic favourites such as Sauvignon Blanc and Merlot, as well as lesser-known varieties such as Nebbiolo and Sangiovese.
From the Back Cover
"This book is not your conventional cookbook. It's dedicated to those food lovers who scan the wine list before they peruse the menu. In other words, diners who choose their wine first and then match the dish to their selection....Think of this book as a marriage counselling manual: how to effect the most felicitous match between wine and food." - from the introduction
In The Wine Lover Cooks, Tony Aspler matches his wealth of wine knowledge to wonderful dishes created by Kathleen Sloan. The result is the perfect combination of food and drink. Recipes include main courses, starters, vegetables and desserts such as: Prosciutto Pizza, Bucatini with Fennel and Tomato, Osso Buco Alla Milanese, Roast Tomato Gratin, Potato Pancakes with Back Bacon, Chevre and McIntosh Apples, Smoked Salmon with Fettuccine, Lime Ginger Chicken With Salsa, Grilled Pears with Vanilla Ice Cream, and Southbrook Farm's Chocolate Bread Pudding.
About the Author
Kathleen Sloan is an established Toronto food and wine writer and editor whose contributions appear regularly in Winetidings, The National Post and President's Choice Magazine. She is the author of Rustic Italian Cooking and The Global Grill and the co-author of The Sticks & Stones Cookbook: the Art of Grilling on Plank, Vine and Stone.
Tony Aspler is the most widely read wine writer in Canada. He is editor of Winetidings magazine, wine columnist for The Toronto Star and creator of the Air Ontario Wine Awards. Tony is a member of the Advisory Board for Masters of Wine (North America). He is the author of several books on wine, including Guide to New World Wines, Vintage Canada, The Wine Lover's Companion and Travels With My Corkscrew. For more wine information visit his website.
