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Yummy Links: From Vampire Cookies to Beer-Turkey Pairings
- Celebrate the premiere of New Moon by making vampire cookies. — Baking Bites
- Fabio Viviani talks turkey. — Endless Simmer
- Find out why ground beef is dangerous.
Yummy Links: From German Beer to Healthful Holiday Eating
- Five German beers worth trying. — The Atlantic
- Do you live in Miami or Portland? Get excited because Eater has expanded to those cities.
Yummy Links: From Top Chef's Finale to Spanish Chorizo
- The finale of Top Chef Vegas was recently filmed in Napa Valley. — Eater
- The New Yorker get to know Los Angeles restaurant critic Jonathan Gold. — Grub Street NY
- Ubuntu, Napa's vegetarian darling of a restaurant, may start serving meat.
Happy Hour: Buffalo Bill's Pumpkin Ale
These days, my street isn't the only thing covered with pumpkins; so is my kitchen. I've been using the gourds in everything from moist pumpkin bread to chicken pumpkin stew, and so I decided it was high time I enjoyed it in ale form, too. Although it's believed early American icons like George Washington and Ben Franklin enjoyed pumpkin ales, one Bay Area craft brewhouse, Buffalo Bill's, brought the beer back into vogue when it became known for its special blend in the 1980s.The whisky-colored amber ale ($7.99 for six), which is brewed with fresh roasted pumpkins and malted barley, possesses only a delicate squash flavor, but has lingering pumpkin pie spices like cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg that become more prominent as the beer warms.
Corona Introducing 24-Ounce Cans
This news might come as a surprise to Anheuser-Busch, but Bud Light lovers aren't the only ones who like to get it in the can. So do Corona drinkers. Crown Imports, the importer and distributor for the popular Mexican beer, plans to roll out 24-ounce, single-serving cans of Corona and Corona Light.
What Is This?
Want to try out Guinness's new mid-strength beer in a classic UK brewpub cocktail? Then you might find this bar tool handy. Are you able to name it?
Food Section Sampler — Oct. 7, 2009
- How Top Chef's Padma Lakshmi spends a lazy Sunday. — New York Times
- Live shows have become a serious revenue generator for celeb chefs. — Wall Street Journal
- Ming Tsai explores the best street food Tokyo has to offer.
Happy Hour: Red Tail Ale
On my routine shopping trip last weekend, I found myself talking to the beer and wine guys at the local Trader Joe's. Not only did they tip me off to the fact that the store retails individual beer bottles — something I can't believe I'd never known! — but they also raved about one brew in particular: Red Tail Ale.
Food Section Sampler — Sept. 30, 2009
- Beer tries to earn a spot next to cheese plates. — Wall Street Journal
- Reforming school lunches isn't easy — or cheap. — Washington Post
- New green cookware lets you sauté without worry.
Guinness Tests Out Mid-Strength Beer
After more than 200 years, it appears Guinness is trying to make a splash with its new products. First, it unveiled its 250th Anniversary Stout, a limited-edition carbonated beer, and now it's begun testing out a version of the world's best-selling stout that contains less alcohol. In comparison to at least 4.1 percent in standard Guinness, Guinness Mid-Strength, as it's called, contains only 2.8 percent alcohol.
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