Blogcritics Category: Tastes: Food and Drink

How to Make Strawberry Banana Smoothies

Sara Christine — Tue, 7 Oct 2008 23:24:41 EDT

Strawberry banana smoothies are great for an afternoon snack or at parties. Find out how to make them here.
Many students new to college are learning for the first time how to take care of themselves. What seem to be simple tasks, such as doing laundry, cleaning the bathroom, and cooking, may be hard for students who have never been instructed in those areas before. For me cleaning was never an issue. Cooking, on the other hand, did not come easy. I...

TasteTV: Chocolate-Covered Strawberries

TasteTV — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:20:12 EDT

Chocolate. Strawberries. What's not to love?
TasteTV presents Chef Melissa, of "2 for 10", and her recipe for romantic, chocolate-covered strawberries. Inexpensive, yet powerfully effective on any date.

TasteTV is a leading multi-platform culinary, wine, fashion and lifestyle food network. Poplular TasteTV programs include Chocolate...

A Tale of Two Schlosses

Marisa DVari — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:27:32 EDT

Taste Riesling in these exciting ancient castles.
In Germany, the word “schloss” means castle or “manor house.” These are historic structures, many first built during the Roman times near the very best vineyards in the land. The idea was to create a grand estate to showcase the quality of the vineyards and the wine.With wineries in San Ynez, California considered old at...

Inhaling Wine with Johannes Leitz

Marisa DVari — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:49:45 EDT

Can't believe inhaling wine can reveal as much information as sipping? Talking Riesling with winemaker Leitz.
“I almost prefer inhaling to actually tasting,“ Johannes Leitz told importer Thierry Thiese in an interview. “I can’t really love a wine regardless of how it tastes if it doesn’t excite me on the nose.” I find this quote represents a very keen insight into a remarkable winemaker who is passionate about his vines....

Tasting Riesling with Jakob Schneider Jr. in Nahe, Germany

Marisa DVari — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:29:23 EDT

Meet the new generation of German winemakers.
“When your first name is Jakob, you have no choice but to go into the family business,” says Jakob Schneider Jr. with a charming smile, the youngest in a long line of Weingut Jakob Schneiders in the Nahe region of Germany.In his mid-twenties, Jakob is an enthusiastic, engaging, strong-shouldered individual who comes across as an icon...

Jonesing for a Cup of Joe

Josh Lasser — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 19:52:44 EDT

Some call coffee an addiction, I call it a gift from the gods.
I was up late last night. Too late. Way too late. I shouldn't have been, but I was. Sometimes these things happen. Consequently I feel ridiculously tired today. I could go to bed now, sleep for 14 hours, and not feel as though I'd gotten too much sleep (which I believe to be a silly concept, but that's another story).It's days...

One Delicious Thursday Night

Josh Lasser — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:38:00 EDT

Have you ever wondered exactly how TV is like a Cadbury Creme Egg? Well, it's your lucky day!
So, what did television have to offer us last night? Well, if you're like me, you watched two episodes of Kitchen Nightmares, two episodes of My Name is Earl, and then washed it all down with a deliciously long hour of The Office. If you are really me you also ate your last Cadbury Creme Egg until the day after Easter 2009. Really, they go on...

Wine Review: Domaine de la Batardi�re Muscadet de S�vre-et-Maine Sur Lie 2007

Marisa DVari — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 08:11:16 EDT

Curious what wine to pair with oysters and seafood?
Let's imagine that it is New Year's Eve, and you want to find the perfect wine to pair with a first course of fresh briny oysters. Or maybe you are vacationing in a chic French island like St. Barts, and just bought a freshly-caught snapper from a sleek, tanned fisherman in Prada swim trunks who had moments before cast his net into the emerald sea....

Contemplating the Perfect Breakfast

Josh Lasser — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:57:57 EDT

I don't often get to eat it, but I love a good breakfast cereal.
Breakfast is, we are so often told, the most important meal of the day. I accept that, I truly do. My problem is that when I wake up in the morning I'm never hungry. It takes me a good couple of hours usually to actually feel hungry in the morning. By that time I'm always off doing other things (i.e., work) and breakfast has fallen by the...

TasteTV: The Ultimate Wine for Chocolate Lovers - Chocolate Seizure

TasteTV — Fri, 5 Sep 2008 17:29:25 EDT

Chocolate Seizure 2008 is described as the "ultimate wine for chocolates lovers."
By now most of us know that wine and chocolate go well together, and wine and chocolate tastings are growing in popularity.TasteTV decided, however, to take it several steps further, and is now working with custom winemaker, Crushpad Incorporated, to create what could be described as the "ultimate wine for chocolates lovers."What makes it...