Tales from abroad: Paris

Taste the flavor of France, from baguettes to lapin to French wine

Wine in Paris is actually quite cheap. For four to six euros, you can buy some splendid wine. Once, I walked out of a fromage store — a French cheese shop — with fragrant bread, non-industrialized cheeses, and a bottle of red wine for less than 5 euros in total. A French lady taught me that you always get red wine with cheese and you should drink it at room temperature. I’ve never drunk wine aside from sipping wine from my parents’ glass, but now, every time I sniff a glass of Côtes du Rhône, the perfume reminds me of my time in Paris.


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Resveratrol--is it the true fountain of youth?

Resveratrol is a polyphenolic compound found in foods, such as grapes, red wine, some berries, purple grape juice and peanuts. The interest in resveratrol ...


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Long haul wines

If you come across young red wine with a “chewy” consistency (from its tannins), it is a good bet that the wine can be aged. However, tannin is not the only ...


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Sauce: light summer red wine

2007 I seem to have recommended a flood of white wine lately, but far fewer reds. Of course, chilled whites come into their own in summer, matching light, ...

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Winemakers Go After Beer Drinkers

Doug Maragas: “Most men are going to like a red wine, or a slightly sweet white wine. That's just what I've seen. I'm not saying I make it thinking 'how can ...

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Wine and cheese pairing. You can taste the difference provenance ...

When pairing red wine with cheese, it should be light and fresh with high acidity. Claus blends two pinot noir relatives, zweigelt and blaufrankisch, to create a young and lively wine with the complexity often found with biodynamic ...

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The 5 surprising things ruining your teeth

By Nancy M. Rosen, DMD We know smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee or red wine will not keep our teeth nice and white. We also know that chewing on hard ...

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