The Wine Enthusiast Magazine Wine & Food Pairings Cookbook: With More than 80 Recipes and Wine Recommendations

Great recipes AND what wine to pair with them! Love this book! I'm not a good cook, but I can handle some of these recipes. I know nothing about wine, but I'm on a wonderful journey of discovery! I'm ordering another to send as a gift.

This book is printed on nice, coated paper so it looks good and will hold up well after many uses. There are over 80 recipes each with a wine pairing. The food recipes are geared more for entertaining type meals, they are not everyday meals. There is Mussels Provencal, Spaghetti with Cockles, Chilled Cucumber Water with Minted Crab Salad, Lobster al'Americaine with Basmati-Risotto Cakes, Tuna with Osetra Caviar, Aglaia's Moussaka, and Duck Breast with Spaetzle, Chanterelles, and Spinach Puree...just to name a few. There are wine pairings given for all the recipes. There are no menus for suggested main entrees, sides, etc together. If you want more everyday type meals and wine pairings then I would suggest using [...] it's something you can keep in the car and use whenever you want to pick up a bottle on the way home. It's a two sided wheel that will help you pick a wine for food you are already having. Another book with everyday type wines and food pairings is [...] . It doesn't have recipes, it's just a list of food items with suggested drink pairings. But it's an excellent resource as well. This book is definitely for those special meals when you want something over the top. It has great pictures as well.