“Yella, yella”. That’s a phrase I heard a lot when I was growing up. A Middle Eastern family had moved to our neighborhood in the late 1960s. There were three girls and one boy, and they became a big part of our neighborhood, a tiny cul-du-sac with a gang of kids numbering nearly 15. Whenever…
Pairing wine with food can be a challenging task. I don’t know about you, but most of the time I feel intimidated by the process. Anyone can do the white wine/white meat, red wine/red meat thing, but beyond that it can be tricky. Because wine is a natural product, it can vary from vintage to…
About a month ago, my friend and Lifestyle Consultant, Cara Crowley asked me to serve as a guest blogger on the topic of easy to find wine. The following appeared on her blog last week and I wanted to share the same info with you all. Guest Blogger Susan Brown Uncorked on Choosing a…
(Image by Charlene Marcum, 2013) Good wine takes time, great wines take even more time. That is often the case with certain recipes, as well as with life! Read my latest article for edibleSacramento on exactly this topic. Here is the intro paragraph. You can click on the link to get to the website and read…
Red with red, we’ve heard that phrase many times. It’s written in Chapter 1 of many a wine/food pairing book. But how many of us take matching a step further, considering the manner in which the beef is cooked? I periodically read portions of the book, Taste Buds and Molecules: The Art and Science of…
(Photos by Charlene Marcum) I love writing for Edible Sacramento; it is a relevant and beautiful publication. The theme for the last issue was “hot/cold”, and my interpretation of the theme led me to cover pink wines. It was a spiffy time visiting restaurants and bars around town and tasting their pink wares: lambrusco,…
We’ve already passed Memorial Day and it’s quite awhile until Labor Day, so you know what that means, it’s time for your summer white wines. Here are three examples from the general Sonoma County area that I have recently tried: two made from grapes out of the Knights Valley area and one from vineyards near…
All Things Wine. That is what it says on my business card. I sort of like the phraseology. It doesn’t pigeonhole me into anything in particular in the world of wine, which is beneficial for exploratory purposes, but I don’t totally love it. Even though the following phrases describe the different things I do, I don’t…
Heading out today to the Art and Wine Festival in Winters, CA. The family-run wineries of Yolo and Solano County, east of Napa, north of the Delta, and West of Sacramento, will be pouring their wines. Looking forward to this focused study on terroir. Here is a listing of the participating wineries. I’ve been a…
If you take time to tune in to your inner voice, you may find that many of you are seasonal beings. It’s about this time of year that you start craving strawberries, cherries and begin that yearning for bbqs and watermelon. Whether your cravings are simply a Pavlovian response to the longer, warmer days, or…
There has been an abundance of talk in the Sacramento area lately about the Farm to Fork movement. As a matter of fact, our City is trying to brand itself as the Farm to Fork Capital of America! That is cool; it’s an exciting time in the locavore movement. In support of that,…
If I read one more book, article or blog on Japanese sake my head is going to explode. I didn’t know a thing about sake before agreeing to write this story for Edible Sacramento, but I figured a wine writer can write on rice wine, right (lol–say that phrase 3x fast). See, I’d had sake with sushi…
If you enjoy presidential history, you may enjoy this Wine Spectator article on the wine drinking habits and trends of some of our contemporary leaders. Cheers! XO SB Red Wine, White House | Wine in History | News & Features | Wine Spectator.
Man vs Man, Man vs Nature, even a little Man vs Himself….Port 101: An Everyday Primer. Yep, the story of port is cool! Edible Sacramento – Winter 2013. Edible Sacramento – Winter 2013
When I flew earlier this week I was one of the 15 Business Select Passengers on my flight–ooo la la. Getting to be at the front of the boarding line for "cattle-call" air is always nice; I appreciate the opportunity to pop my bag into the overhead bin before the general pushing and shoving begins and of course…
Susan Brown Uncorked 