ReMARKable Palate
A Food and culture blog by Chef Mark Tafoya of ReMARKable Palate Personal Chef Service of New York City. Featuring recipes, unique ingredients, and links to my podcast. See my regular Personal Chef Homepage at
www.remarkablepalate.com
All photos and recipes © Mark Tafoya, unless otherwise noted.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
RPV28: Swiss Wines


We speak with representatives from 3 different regions in Switzerland, learning about the unique wines of this small, mountainous country. We learn about the wines of Lake Geneva from Beat Dreier of Geneva Tourism, The Matterhorn Region from Bruno Huggler, and the Vaudois from Francois Michel.

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Wednesday, December 12, 2007
RPV26: Friuli Venezia Giulia Video


We speak with our friend Lou Di Palo from Di Palo’s Fine Foods in Little Italy about Montasio Cheese and Prosciutto San Daniele from Friuli Venezia Giulia. Then we speak with winemaker Christian Beltrame about the expression of wine in the region.

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RP121: A Taste of Friuli Venezia Giulia


This week, we learn about the food and wine products of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region of Northeastern Italy, which borders with Slovenia. From Montasio Cheese and the amazing frico made from it, to Prosciutto San Daniele, and the Friulano grape, we speak with winemakers and with our friend Lou Di Palo from Di Palo’s Fine Foods in Little Italy, and learn about this unique little region.

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Labels: cheese, italy, podcast, ReMARKable Palate, wine
Saturday, November 24, 2007
RPV23: Ariane Daguin of D'Artagnan Foods


I catch up with Ariane Daguin from D'Artagnan Foods, on the occasion of a luncheon she co-hosted at Restaurant Orsay in NYC to celebrate the arrival of the wines of Domaine du Tariquet from her native Gascony to America. We chat about the wine and food pairings, and the seasonal wild fowl D'Artagnan is bringing to America from Scotland.

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Sunday, November 11, 2007
Rioja named Wine Region of the Year

Although Rioja's winemaking history goes back centuries, and benefits from hundreds of years of experience and innovation, it is currently undergoing a stylistic revolution—or, as winemakers prefer—an “evolution. This historic region was Spain’s first denominated, governed wine region, a designation only given to regions that consistently demonstrated the highest quality levels over many years. Encompassing just over 150,000 planted acres, Rioja was promoted to DOC in 1991, and recently has scaled new heights in the production of world-class wines. Through its evolution beyond a one-product, one-style region, the region has not only put itself on the international wine map, but has done the same for Spain.
Regular readers know how much I love the wines of Spain, and those of Rioja in particular, so I'm excited that more and more Americans are finding out for themselves just how wide a range of wines they can find from Rioja, from thr most traditional, like Lopez de Heredia, to the innovative and avant-garde, like Cune Haro.
Felicitaciones!
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Wednesday, October 31, 2007
RP115: The Wines of Alto Adige


We learn about the wines of the Alto Adige region of Northern Italy from wine expert Thomas Augschöll, who leads us through a wine luncheon prepared by Chef Hannes Pignater of the Ansitz zum Steinbock Restaurant in Villanders. We're joined by Franz Mitterrutzner, President of the Speck Alto Adige Consortium, and Lou Di Palo, owner of Di Palo’s in New York.
Co-Sponsors: Hamilton Beach
Partida Tequila
On The Tequila Trail Video Series
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Labels: alto adige, podcast, ReMARKable Palate, sudtirol, wine
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
RP111: The Great Match, Wine and Tapas


I return to the Great Match 2007, again hosted this year by Wines From Spain. This party celebrates the wines of Spain, and benefits City Harvest. We taste and speak about Verdejo from Rueda, Albarino from Rias Baixas, and the Sherries of Jerez, as well as cheese from Spain.
Wines From Spain
Cheese from Spain
Rias Baixas Wines
Enjoy Sherry
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007
ReMARKable Palate #108


I speak with veteran musician Paul Cullen, formerly bassist for the rock bad Bad Company, about his love of wine, and how he's integrating it into his music with an innovative new concert series, Unplugged and Uncorked. We hear some of his original songs, and talk about some of his favorite wines.
Links:
www.paulcullen.net
Paul on MySpace

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Wednesday, August 29, 2007
ReMARKable Palate #106


We recently enjoyed a fabulous dinner at The Palme d'Or Restaurant at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables Florida, with dishes by Chef Phillipe Ruiz and wine pairings by Sommelier Sebastien Verrier. The Palme d'Or is participating in the Miami Spice Month promotion, continuing through the end of September. You can get a $22 lunch, or a $35 dinner at any of more than 70 restaurants. Look for the ReMARKable Palate Video #16, where I get to interview both Sebastien and Chef Ruiz.
Links:
Rosemary Lobster Fricasse recipe on the Gilded Fork
Palme d'Or at the Biltmore
Miami Spice Month

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