Wine & Dine At Home

Following in the foodsteps of her successful debut, Wine Taste Pair Pour, Charlotte Kristensen is back to show how you to match wines with food for maximum pleasure. Wine & Dine at Home invites the reader to experience wine in the most joyous way possible - sharing delicious plates with friends. Wine columnist and author Charlotte Kristensen encourages you to approach wine as a sensory pleasure and helps grow your knowledge through exploration and experience in three steps: Discover - this section introduces some of the key principles of food and wine pairing, recognizing that it blends art, science and experience. It allows you to experiment and explore the thousands of wine varieties and food offerings from around the world, matching wine to key flavors of salty, sweet, spicy, bitter, acid and umami. Pair - gives the opportunity to experiment and this part of the book shares 50 delectable pairings of wine and food, with simple recipes for apero, boards and nibbles; fish and seafood; poultry and meat; vegetarian and cheese, and sweet treats. Curate - for the final section offers themed menus incorporating the delicious recipes from the second part of the book. Wine & Dine at Home is packed full of unpretentious, practical adviceon getting the best out of every glass of wine you drink, matching it successfully with everyday foods.