Wednesday, December 19, 2001
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• At newsstands: January's issue of Bon Appetit features the best of 2001 — dish, restaurant trend, cuisine, dessert, wine and more. $3.50.
• At Beaulieu Vineyard: One of California's oldest wine producers has entered the food business. BV's “Winemaker's Table at Beaulieu Vineyard” includes olive oil, balsamic vinegar, zinfandel-olive tapenade, syrah-apple chipotle glaze, truffles and decadent chocolate sauces made with cabernet sauvignon and port. Prices range $6 to $22. To order, call (800) 264-6918, Ext. 5232 or log on to www.bvwine.com.
Market Scan
Add depth to your holiday mashed potatoes with a grating of celeriac or celery root. The knobby, brown vegetable is cultivated for its root, which tastes like a cross between celery and parsley. Buy relatively small, firm roots with no soft spots. Peel and cook slowly into purees, soups or stews. A classic French bistro salad is grated raw celeriac tossed with remoulade.
— Food Lovers' Companion (Barron's; $14.95)
Sip It
Reissdorf Kolsch ($3/pint): The authentic German ale I raved about in kegs is available in bottles. Just as good as the draft version — deep golden, sweetly malty up front, with mild hop aroma, low carbonation and low bitterness. Extremely drinkable. German ales are special, and this is one of the best.
Tube Food
Graeter's ice cream, Montgomery Inn ribs, Busken Bakery pastries and the haute dishes of the Maisonette star on Food Finds, 9 p.m. Thursday on the Food Network.
Hot Date
Dine on turkey, Burgundy beef stew or vegetarian entrees surrounded by more than 40 Nativity scenes from around the world at a holiday feast put on by Grailville Education and Conference Center at 5 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday.Cost: $15, $6 children 4-10. Reservations: 683-2340. 932 O'Bannonville Road, Loveland.
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