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Wednesday, May 2, 2001
------------------------------------------------------------ A Culinary Trip Through New York's Chinese Neighborhoods 1. Main Course: Touring New York's Three Chinatowns 2. Recipe of the Week: Asparagus Mimosa 3. Wine List: A Farewell to the Baron of Bully Hill 4. Multimedia: Mother's Day Wines 5. NYC Restaurants: Midtown Elegance, One Floor Down 6. Readers' Discussion: That's a Spicy French Fry! /----------------------Advertisement-----------------------\ 50% Off New York Times Home Delivery You'll find this appetizing: 50% off home delivery of The New York Times! Get the latest on restaurant reviews, exciting recipes and new food and wine developments. Savor it all! Enjoy The Times beside your meal, or afterwards as a form of literary dessert. Subscribe now. SAVE 50% ON HOME DELIVERY http://www.nytimes.com/ads/email/wine/winepos3.html \----------------------------------------------------------/ 1. Main Course: Touring New York's Three Chinatowns =================================================== Amanda Hesser and Chinese cooking expert Norman Weinstein take a tour of New York's three Chinatown neighborhoods, from Brooklyn to Manhattan to Queens. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/02/living/02CHIN.html?0502wd Two Breeds of Survivor: Gulf Shrimp and Texas Shrimpers For the better part of the last century, they billed this little port near Corpus Christi as "the shrimp capital of Texas." But not anymore. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/02/living/02SHRI.html?0502wd 2. Recipe of the Week: Asparagus Mimosa ======================================= This recipe uses fresh chives, along with asparagus, parsley, dill and hard-cooked eggs to celebrate the joys of spring. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/02/living/021HREX.html?0502wd ----- The Minimalist: Three for the Blender Mark Bittman suggests three recipes that use a blender to incorporate ingredients into three delightful soups. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/02/living/02MINI.html?0502wd 3. Wine List: A Farewell to the Baron of Bully Hill =================================================== Frank J. Prial profiles the late winemaker Walter Taylor, who was outrageous, flamboyant, single-minded, immature, irritating and charming. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/02/living/02WINE.html?0502wd ----- Wine picks: Leslie Sbrocco's Cellar Suggestions Argentina's signature red grape is Malbec (though Syrah is rising fast) and New Zealand is popular for a racy, vibrant style of Sauvignon Blanc. Uncork one of our picks below and find out what's so special about these wines. 1999 Luca Syrah $30 - Sweet fruit, expensive oak and fine structure makes this a wine to age. 4 stars http://www.winetoday.com/search97cgi/s97_cgi?Action=FilterSearch&SearchPage=re sult_end.html&collection=WineTodayReviewsEnd&Filter=result_end_filter.hts&Resu ltTemplate=result_end.hts&querytext=&wineid=20331&SUBMIT.x=28&SUBMIT.y=9 Wairau River Sauvignon Blanc $20 - A winning style of New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc that's sure to get you in the mood for May's warm weather. 4 stars http://www.winetoday.com/search97cgi/s97_cgi?Action=FilterSearch&SearchPage=re sult_end.html&collection=WineTodayReviewsEnd&Filter=result_end_filter.hts&Resu ltTemplate=result_end.hts&querytext=&wineid=20449&SUBMIT.x=28&SUBMIT.y=9 1999 Nieto Senetiner Cadus Malbec $27 - This massive, sweet-oaked monster has good length and excellent cellaring potential. 4 stars http://www.winetoday.com/search97cgi/s97_cgi?Action=FilterSearch&SearchPage=re sult_end.html&collection=WineTodayReviewsEnd&Filter=result_end_filter.hts&Resu ltTemplate=result_end.hts&querytext=&wineid=20406&SUBMIT.x=28&SUBMIT.y=9 4. Multimedia: Mother's Day Wines ================================= Treat Mom to dessert wines on her special day. http://208.48.26.64/eveningmagazine/05_09_00_emag.html 5. NYC Restaurants: Midtown Elegance, One Floor Down ==================================================== New York has noisy chefs and quiet chefs. Geoffrey Zakarian is one of the quiet ones. But at his restaurant Town, he's coming perilously close to making some noise, in a quiet sort of way. (Three stars.) http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/02/living/02REST.html?0502wd Take a Video Tour of Town http://www.nytimes.com/library/dining/050201town-video.ram?0502wd ----- $25 and Under: Where the Food, Not a TV, Puts on the Show Cooke's Corner is a charmingly subdued little restaurant with a small, well-designed European-American menu, an intelligent wine list and a name with a history. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/02/living/02UNDE.html?0502wd Find a Restaurant http://nytoday.com/RestaurantAdvanced.html ----- Bar of the Week: Ship's Mast Pinched between the Williamsburg Bridge and the Domino's Sugar Factory, this out-of-the-way haunt takes industrial sensibility to new heights -- even the mermaid sculptures perched above the booze are wearing hardhats. http://nytoday.com/search/bin/bar?st=bar&;bid=987428629656 Find a Bar http://nytoday.com/search/bin/bar?st=cat_nei&cat=NYToday%20Pick&nei=Manhattan 6. Readers' Opinions: That's a Spicy French Fry! ================================================ From a recipe for spicy French fries to where to shop on the Web for wine refrigerators, readers share their insights and answer fellow readers' questions. Q. How exactly can you make spicy French fries? -- Janet_Florida A. I used to get these great spicy fries at a seafood restaurant in Boston. They were essentially "breaded" in a spicy coating. Here's a variation on what they did . . . Read the responses to this question and many others: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/01/living/01KNOW.html?0502wd I hope you've enjoyed this email. Bon appetit! Dan Saltzstein Producer, Dining New York Times Digital daniel@nytimes.com ------------------------------------------------------------ HOW TO CHANGE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION ------------------------------------------------------------ You received this message because you signed up for the New York Times Wine & Dine Newsletter. 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