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lsandersonPuerto Rico, Flavored With Contradictions
By R. W. APPLE Jr.
SAN JUAN, P.R.
"THE native Taíno Indians, the Spanish who conquered the island in the 16th century, the Africans brought here as slaves to work in the cane fields, the Americans who seized the reins of power from the Spanish in 1898, and recent immigrants from elsewhere in the Caribbean, notably Cuba, have all contributed mightily to the rich alloy of Puerto Rican life."
THE MINIMALIST
Frosty the Vegetable
By MARK BITTMAN
"THIS winter, when I had my annual freakout about the quality and price of the red peppers and the green beans sitting in my supermarket's vegetable bins, I tried a radical approach."
Recipe: Flat Omelet With Rutabaga
Inviting a Pipette and a Flask to the Table
By FLORENCE FABRICANT
"Here's a beautiful way to anoint your food with your finest olive oil. The hollow glass wand in the hand-blown flask from Dalla Piazza has tiny holes top and bottom. Place your finger over the top, and lift the wand out of the flask. Then release your finger to drizzle the oil captured in the wand onto a plate of grilled vegetables or a fillet of poached sea bass. Or drop a few chartreuse pearls on a bowl of soup. The flask, made in China, can be cleaned in the top rack of the dishwasher. Broadway Panhandler sells it for $24.95. "
WINES OF THE TIMES
Poetry and Attitude, Pinot Noir's Paradox
By ERIC ASIMOV
"NO other wine conjures up poetic descriptions like pinot noir; no other wine forges as direct a path to the soul. If a wine could make a person cry, it would have to be a pinot noir. A wine like this is bound to have a pretty big mystique, and pinot noir wears its like a rap star wears gold. It's a femme fatale. It's a temperamental artist. It's very sensitive."
PAIRINGS
Earthy Flavors on the Plate as Well as in the Bottle
By FLORENCE FABRICANT
"NO wine suggests mushrooms like a well-made, complex pinot noir. When the grape isn't strutting too much ripe fruit, its persistent, spicy earthiness is almost mysterious. Like mushrooms."
By R. W. APPLE Jr.
SAN JUAN, P.R.
"THE native Taíno Indians, the Spanish who conquered the island in the 16th century, the Africans brought here as slaves to work in the cane fields, the Americans who seized the reins of power from the Spanish in 1898, and recent immigrants from elsewhere in the Caribbean, notably Cuba, have all contributed mightily to the rich alloy of Puerto Rican life."
THE MINIMALIST
Frosty the Vegetable
By MARK BITTMAN
"THIS winter, when I had my annual freakout about the quality and price of the red peppers and the green beans sitting in my supermarket's vegetable bins, I tried a radical approach."
Recipe: Flat Omelet With Rutabaga
Inviting a Pipette and a Flask to the Table
By FLORENCE FABRICANT
"Here's a beautiful way to anoint your food with your finest olive oil. The hollow glass wand in the hand-blown flask from Dalla Piazza has tiny holes top and bottom. Place your finger over the top, and lift the wand out of the flask. Then release your finger to drizzle the oil captured in the wand onto a plate of grilled vegetables or a fillet of poached sea bass. Or drop a few chartreuse pearls on a bowl of soup. The flask, made in China, can be cleaned in the top rack of the dishwasher. Broadway Panhandler sells it for $24.95. "
WINES OF THE TIMES
Poetry and Attitude, Pinot Noir's Paradox
By ERIC ASIMOV
"NO other wine conjures up poetic descriptions like pinot noir; no other wine forges as direct a path to the soul. If a wine could make a person cry, it would have to be a pinot noir. A wine like this is bound to have a pretty big mystique, and pinot noir wears its like a rap star wears gold. It's a femme fatale. It's a temperamental artist. It's very sensitive."
PAIRINGS
Earthy Flavors on the Plate as Well as in the Bottle
By FLORENCE FABRICANT
"NO wine suggests mushrooms like a well-made, complex pinot noir. When the grape isn't strutting too much ripe fruit, its persistent, spicy earthiness is almost mysterious. Like mushrooms."
