Merlot & Brussels Sprouts: Fundamentals of Pairing Wine with Plant-Based Foods

by Nash

Overview

Ever wondered what pairs well with mushroom risotto? Or why certain foods pair best with red or white wine? Perhaps you're a vegetarian struggling to find wine to pair with your meatless meals, or maybe you're just trying to eat a little healthier. Merlot & Brussels Sprouts, shows you how to choose the perfect wine to pair with your favorite foods. You'll discover delicious plant-based recipes that will impel you make dinner at home, and perhaps try something new. Merlot and Brussels Sprouts is the first food and wine book to give you the tools you need to be a bad-ass wino. You'll learn how wine is made, which wines are best served chilled, and how to be a more educated consumer. Merlot and Brussels Sprouts gives you the unbiased facts about wines health. Is wine really healthy? You'll be given the information to see for yourself.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781987009392
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	08/26/2018
Pages:	164
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.35(d)

About the Author

Mandy began writing Merlot and Brussels Sprouts when she discovered a lack of vegetarian recipes as pairing options for wine. She began developing recipes of her own, hosting food & wine parties, doing research, and cooking for friends.

Mandy landed a job at Wise Villa Winery as a Wine Educator and quickly gained a wealth of knowledge about the wine industry. Her experience, paired with a passion for cooking and living a healthy lifestyle, contributes to the credibility of the book.

Mandy greets the reader with witty humor, intelligent research, and honest opinion.

Editorial Reviews

This book combines humor, insight, is informative and inspires incredible wine and food experiences. I've enjoyed every one of the amazing recipes in this book and recommend them all! A few of my all-time favorite recipes in this book are: Smashed red potatoes with parsley 'n walnut pesto, Creamy caesar salad, Greek salad wrap, Roasted vegetables with parsley walnut pesto and mushroom risotto.

Amazon - David Nash

I just made the white bean dip with crostini (paired with white wine) and it was AMAZING!! Mandy has given us all a witty rendition of wine etiquette partnered with a comprehensive vino education that spans the 5 S's of wine tasting to appropriate winery attire. THANK YOU! What I appreciated most were the various wine flavor profiles, each explained in easy to understand terminology, that allowed me to experiment with the wines I already had on hand. The recipes are simple...

Amazon - Tara Franks

Mandy created a fun and easy to read book for those new to wine, as well as those who have more advanced tastes, that includes not only recipes but tips on what to expect for those who want to go wine tasting, as well as so much information that I never even knew I needed.

There are a lot of books on the market that are directed towards meat eaters who like wine, however there are very few recipes includes in those books that are for those on a plant based diet.

Amazon - Tiffany Leanne