Mary Ross
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Virtually no end of breakfast options and the perfect wines to accompany eachJan 04, 2017 5:00 am - Breakfast may or may not be the most important meal of the day, but it is certainly the most versatile. Breakfast can include fruits and vegetables, fats and proteins, s...
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There's a science to matching red wine to red meatNov 16, 2016 5:00 am - How do you take your coffee — black or with cream? Your preference is key to wine and food's most famous guideline: serve red wine with red meat. It's more than just col...
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Your guide to the perfect wine with takeoutOct 19, 2016 6:00 am - Where else in this world can diners have their pick of international cuisines, delivered right to their door, but Sweet Home Chicago? And even if another order-in Mecca ...
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Some guidelines for making wine and cheese pairing easySep 21, 2016 6:00 am - By Mary Ross Daily Herald correspondent Cheese paired with wine has been a staple of our civilization's diet basically since our civilization began. Wine and cheese are ...
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Topping off a summer of tastings with a rundown of the topsSep 07, 2016 11:00 pm - We're still Number One! In 2013, the U.S. became the world's leading wine buyer; in 2016, fine wine sales are still on the rise, with a potential 13 percent increase pre...
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'Seas' the oyster varieties at Oyster Bah in ChicagoSep 07, 2016 11:00 pm -
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'Seas' the oyster varieties at Oyster Bah in ChicagoJul 27, 2016 6:00 am - “American oysters differ as much as American people,” wrote M.F.K. Fisher in Consider the Oyster (1941). There's the plump Pickering Pass from Washington's State, the pe...
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Italian white wine's journey to prominence in the U.S.Jun 29, 2016 6:00 am - Vini bianchi (Italian white wine) has had a journey of several centuries in the U.S. since the mid-1900s. Once, Italy's most important exports to the States were Chianti...
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Racy whites for summer provide a pop of acidityMay 30, 2016 6:00 am - Like Eskimos and snow, wine geeks have plenty of words for acidity. There's tart (a positive descriptor) and sour (negative). There's crisp (like green apples) and lemo...
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Syrah of E. Guigal goes with anything you throw on the grillMay 25, 2016 6:00 am - Of all the red wines in the world, Syrah is one of the reddest. These are gnash-and-tear wines to pair with my kinda town Chicago-style steak, chops, sausage and anythin...