In honor of the release of Ed Behr’s The Art of Eating Cookbook, this Thursday, December 1 Marlow & Sons will offer a prix fixe, seasonal menu inspired by the book, which catalogues essential recipes from the first 25 years of Behr’s groundbreaking journal. Copies of The Art of Eating, (University of California Press, 2011; $39.95) will be available for sale in the shop at Marlow, and Mr. Behr will be joining us from Vermont for the evening to sign books and celebrate.
We serve dinner from 5pm to midnight and do not take reservations.
On Thursday we will only serve the prix fixe menu, which will be $40, wine and drinks not included:
Rabbit Sausage and Oysters
Beet and Anchovy Salad
Tagliatelle with Salsa di Noci
Slow Braised Pork with Turnip Gratin and Carrots All’agrodolce
Vermont Cheeses
Pears Poached in Red Wine
Posted on November 30, 2011 – 1:23 pm
by Bobbi
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image + text by Elizabeth Griswold
After focusing on ‘Domaine le Briseau’ and Loire valley winemakers Christian and Natalie Chaussard, I wanted to explore what I love so much about Chenin blanc as a grape, inspired of course by Kermit Lynch, and dreams.
Chenin blanc, called ‘Pineau de la Loire’ in France, is a lustrous, golden-hued grape, robed in honey and melon tones that can be magnificent. I have been overwhelmed lately by the chameleon nature of this beautiful grape and the way that it expresses such a wide range of seriously dissimilar Loire terrains. Chenin can pick up slate and stony qualities, taste like apricots run over wet river stones, can be dry, semi-dry, sweet, petillant. It balances fantastic acidity (for aging) with a heavier, rich waxiness that speaks of honeydew or lush stone fruits. It is perfumy, translucent, golden honey in a glass.
Kermit Lynch says that Vouvray’s chalk soil “allows for a backbone to its roundness”, while Savennieres, on the other side of the Loire Valley, has the “blackboard….a stony soil that contains schist, account(ing) for its nerve and firmness, finesse and the attractive tinge of bitterness in its aftertaste.” The same easily flaked black slate in the soil that wraps around Savennieres vine roots is used for building houses in Angers, giving the village a delicious, smoky charcoal hue.
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Posted on November 30, 2011 – 11:28 am
by Bobbi
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November brought new works to the walls of Diner Journal’s creative space, This Must Be the Place, with abstract paintings from Brooklyn artist Marley Freeman.
On view through December 1, 2011, Freeman’s paintings express her organic process, revealing layers of poetic thought through the brush.
Visit This Must Be the Place at 81 Broadway, 3rd Floor Brooklyn, NY 11211
Posted on November 17, 2011 – 5:00 pm
by Bobbi
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