Provençal Pairings: Wine with Food Unconventional
Convention and considerable knowledge tell us that there are certain foods that do not pair well with wine. I’m not talking about the debunked “no white wine with beef, or red wine with fish” myths. I’m talking about “difficult” food items, mostly in the vegetable arena: artichokes, broccoli, fennel, pickles, chiles, cilantro, asparagus. Anyone worth their weight in lees knows how to get around these limitations: first, consider all the ingredients and then be thoughtful in choosing the wine — you will (may?) be fine.
Me? All my weight is in cream, butter, pasta, cheese, and chocolate — not lees. So I just forge ahead, cross my fingers, chill my wine, and go for it, as I did today. I recreated a meal I had in Santa Fe: Grilled Halibut on Asparagus Risotto with Mango Cream (you can get the recipe on ... [...]