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by Louisa Kasdon |
September 22, 2008
How about night school for grownups who love to eat and drink? Instead
of AP chemistry, sign up for the Boston Wine School’s “WINE 101: Wine
Tasting for the Complete Novice,” a fourclass series held on Tuesday
nights starting October 7 and taught by Wine Master and educator
Jonathon Alsop. “The goal is to help beginning wine drinkers respond
with verve to the server’s perennial question: ‘What kind of wine do
you like?’ ” Alsop says. The course fee is $200; visit www.bostonwineschool.com for info.
Boston University ramps up its Food & Wine Seminar Series (www.bu.edu/foodandwine)
this fall with hands-on cooking classes and demonstrations. On October
6, puzzle through the evolution of Latin and Spanish cuisine with Jose
Garces, chef/owner of Amada and Tinto in Philadelphia. For $50,
participants will taste dishes paired with wine and take home a copy of
Garces’s new book, Latin Evolution. On October 6, there’s a $125
hands-on “Modern Asian” class with Jason Santos, chef at Somerville’s
Gargoyles, on the techniques, ingredients, and flavors of today’s Asian
food. October 15 brings “Artisan Cheeses” ($80) with Ihsan Gurdal,
owner of Formaggio Kitchen and South End Formaggio. Gurdal will discuss
the traditional methods of cheesemaking and the craft of affinage, or
cheese maturing; there will also be tastings paired with wine. ...
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