Sunday, November 8, 2015

Taking the fish guts out of your Guinness and other food and drink news

So many things you wouldn’t expect are made with animal parts - To the delight of vegans everywhere, Irish brewery Guinness revealed this week that it will stop using fish guts to make its famous dark stout. Who knew there were fish guts in beer in the first place? Let's take a step back. First, it’s true that the production of Guinness involves the harming of some critters. This is not unusual; many beers and wines are made using animal products. These ingredients aren’t added to flavor the beverage, but to help purify it. Only trace amounts remain in the final drink. Nonetheless, Guinness has been trying to become more vegan-friendly. By the end of next year, Guinness’s main plant in Dublin plans to have an alternative system for filtering beer, a spokesperson said in an e-mail.

'Food Of Oman' Serves Up Surprising Cuisine At Crossroads Of Cultures - Walking down an Omani street, you can hear Arabic, Swahili, English or Urdu. And all of this comes through in its food.

How Suffragists Used Cookbooks As A Recipe For Subversion 

Mumm’s the word as bubbly flows every day - At Flemington’s exclusive Birdcage enclosure, a strange world where celebrities and ­models mingle with chief executives and merchant bankers, about 10,000 bottles of GH Mumm champagne were cracked open with many more around the country also popped.

Consumption Of Specific Foods And Beverages And Excess Weight Gain Among Children And Adolescents - "When we considered all dietary factors and physical activity levels simultaneously, we found that foods with the largest positive associations with three-year excess weight gain were fat spread (butter or margarine), coated (breaded or battered) poultry, potatoes cooked in oil (French fries, roasted potatoes, and potato chips), coated fish, processed meats, other meats, desserts and sweets, milk, and sugar-sweetened beverages. Foods associated with weight loss were whole grains and high-fiber cereals."

How pot and hippie beer explain the future of the American economy - Oregon's breweries and dispensaries offer lessons for how policymakers might nurture a small-business comeback.

Proteini Cafe


Darlinghurst NSW 2010 Cafe - healthfood

RestaurantProteini
Street address1/256 Crown Street
SuburbDarlinghurst
StateNSW
Postcode2010
Phone0413 495 784
Websiteproteini.com.au
StyleCafe - healthfood
Awards Fairfax Good Food Guides
Awards Gourmet Guide
The Australian Top 50
Restaurant & Catering Awards
Other Awards
Reviews & Notes"... simple food is done with a hands-off approach."
ReviewerDaisy Dumas - Sun Herald 8/11/15
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Owner's noteWe will fuel your body in a way that is healthy and more importantly affordable, taking the hassle out of the preparation with a seasonally and specially designed menu packed full of all the things your body needs.

Ellen Street Maxwell Wines


McLaren Vale SA 5171 Vineyard/Contemporary

RestaurantEllen Street Maxwell Wines
Street addressChalk Hill Road
SuburbMcLaren Vale
StateSA
Postcode5171
Phone08 8323 8200
Websitemaxwellwines.com.au/ellen-street-restaurant
StyleVineyard/Contemporary
Awards Fairfax Good Food Guides
Awards Gourmet Guide
The Australian Top 50
Restaurant & Catering Awards
Other Awards2015 One of Best Regional Advertiser Top 50
Reviews & Notes"Cellar door dining doesn't get much better than this."
ReviewerThe Advertiser - 7 November 2015
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Saturday, November 7, 2015

Chefs of Tandoori


Malvern SA 5061 Indian

RestaurantChefs of Tandoori
Street address259-269 Unley Road
SuburbMalvern
StateSA
Postcode5061
Phone08 8373 5055
Websitechefsoftandoori.com.au
StyleIndian
Awards Fairfax Good Food Guides
Awards Gourmet Guide
The Australian Top 50
Restaurant & Catering Awards
Other Awards2015 One of Best Indian in Advertiser Top 50
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Enzo's Ristorante


Hindmarsh SA 5007 Italian

RestaurantEnzo's Ristorante
Street address46 Port Road
SuburbHindmarsh
StateSA
Postcode5007
Phone08 8346 2786
Websiteenzosristorante.com.au
StyleItalian
Awards Fairfax Good Food Guides
Awards Gourmet Guide
The Australian Top 50
Restaurant & Catering Awards
Other Awards2015 one of Advertiser Best Italian
Reviews & Notes"Enzo's lengthy menu of classic cucina is delivered with a mix of panache and bravado tempered by reassuring experience."
ReviewerThe Advertiser - 7/11/15
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Yak Italian Kitchen


Melbourne VIC 3000 Italian

RestaurantYak Italian Kitchen
Street address150 Flinders Lane
SuburbMelbourne
StateVIC
Postcode3000
Phone03 9654 6699
Websiteyakitaliankitchen.com.au
StyleItalian
Awards Fairfax Good Food Guides
Awards Gourmet Guide
The Australian Top 50
Restaurant & Catering Awards
Other Awards
Reviews & Notes"... real food, done well , without pretence, in welcoming cirvumstances."
ReviewerJohn Lethlean - The Australian 31/10/15 3 1/2 maps
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Friday, November 6, 2015

While wine mixed with Sprite

Blue Collar Wine Guide: An Experiment - Forbes:

"It was on a flight from Amsterdam to Atlanta when the lightbulb went off.

The flight attendants were coming around with the drinks cart, and a young woman in the row next to mine asked for “white wine, mixed with Sprite.” The attendant, who was a little bit older, smiled nostalgically as she prepared the drink and said “Oh… I loved doing this. It was my favorite drink ever.”

Hmm.

I’m a “wine writer” and I try very hard in this column to write about wine in a way that interests my readers. The lightbulb that went off on this flight, however, is that I don’t spend much time writing about how most people actually drink it.

Had I ever heard about mixing white wine with Sprite? Yes.

Is it something I’d admit to my colleagues that I’d actually tried myself and (GASP) enjoyed?? Probably not unless we were playing a game of “Things We Aren’t Supposed to Say.”

Well, I’m saying it."



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