Saturday, April 30, 2011

What changes will be made by 2020

See this awesome post on highexistence.com about anticipated innovations to different sectors of life.

Wine and Food Pairing Guide

This charts to provide a quick reference and ongoing resource for your home bar's wine rack or cellar. The commonly recommended complementary matches from a number of different sommelier guides, wine tasting experts, winery
suggestions and industry publications were tabulated yielding a kind of consensus grouping of lists.

Informal observations suggested much more commonality and agreement on the wine pairings advocated at the ends of the taste spectrum. For this narrow list of choices, it was Chardonnay and Zinfandel, which illustrates how wine is very much an individual experience. Use this as a guide for ideas and experiment to find favourites matching your palate. Red wines
are selected in the shaded columns and white wines listed in the others.
source: http://www.barinacraft.com/food-drinks/wine-food-pairing-chart.html

Friday, April 29, 2011

Sancocho De Pollo - Colombian Chicken Soup



Delicious, heart worming, wonderful aromatic chicken soup from Columbia. Sancocho is a hearty soup, almost like a stew and is a traditional dish in the region of Antioquia, Colombia that combines potatoes, yucca, corn, plantains and meat.This is eaten for lunch "el almuerzo" in Colombia, which is the main meal there. It is typically served with rice and avocado on the side.



6 skinless chicken parts, (I like thighs)
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 5 scallions, chopped
  • 1 tomato, chopped
  • 4 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 1/2 onion, chopped
  • 1 cup chopped cilantro
  • 3 medium potatoes, peeled and chopped into 2 inch pieces
  • 3 pieces of yucca (about 2 cups)
  • 3 ears corn, cut in half
  • 1 small green plantain, peeled and chopped into 1" pieces
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 2 chicken bullion cubes
  • salt to taste
In a large pot, saute scallions, onions and garlic in oil. Add tomatoes and sauteanother minute. Add chicken pieces and season with a little salt. Saute a few minutes, then add yucca and plantain and fill pot with water. Add chicken bullion, cumin and half of the cilantro and cover pot. Simmer on low for about 40 minutes. After 4o minutes, adjust salt and add potatoes, cook and additional 15 minutes. Add corn and cook an additional 7 minutes or until corn is cooked. Serve in large bowls, and top with cilantro.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Monday, April 25, 2011