TGRWT #22: Raisin
Impatient raisin waiting to be cooked More than 1 1/2 year has passed since the last round of They Go Really Well Together, and in the meantime there’s been quite some publicity with TGRWT being mentioned both in Gastronomica and…
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A flavor pairing color analogy
Flavor pairing is a controversial* topic which I’ve blogged about many times in the past. In my last post I suggested that predicted aroma similarity may be a more precise term, and below is an attempt to illustrate predicted aroma…
The Flemish Primitives 2010 (part 1)
Again I was lucky that all the practical details worked out so I could attend this year’s Flemish Primitives in Brugge. For some one who’s not attended, it’s not so easy to grasp the concept and ideas behind The Flemish…
French book on flavor pairing of food and wine
The Canadian sommerlier Franí§ois Chartier (he has an extensive website featuring several blogs, including a section named Sommellerie moléculaire) is out with a new book on food and wine pairing. It’s not just another (superfluous) book on the subject. As…
The Flemish Primitives: A travel report (part 1)
I had a wonderful trip to Brugge/Bruges to attend the foodpairing seminar The Flemish Primitives. I got to meet many interesting people including Heston Blumenthal, Peter Barham, Andrew Dornenburg, Karen Page, Ben Roche and Tony Conigliaro to mention a few.…
Food pairing seminar update
The food pairing seminar is named “The Flemish Primitives” after the 15th and 16th century artists who were combining talent with new techniques. I’ve blogged about the upcoming food pairing seminar in Belgium on January 5th previously, but there are…
Searching for flavour pairings
Google can be of great help when exploring flavour pairings, especially for those of us who don’t have access to the commercial database VCF. The following tip has been mentioned in a comment to a previous blog post, but I…