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Comment on Winesday: Kunde Estate 2005 Zinfandel by elliemay

elliemay — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:19:07 +0000

Thanks for the interesting history, Miquel! I may need to seek out some of your Croatian wine recommendations. I love trying wines from smaller regions. Being one-fourth Croatian myself, wines from that country are particularly interesting to me.

Comment on Winesday: Kunde Estate 2005 Zinfandel by Miquel

Miquel — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:29:40 +0000

I think that the name of ‘zinfandel’ is often attributed to being of Austrian origin as when the grape was brought over to California, Croatia was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. As for the Croatian name origin, that’s quite easy as it means something like, “Castle Black” which is understandable given that it’s from a series of seven towns near Split, Croatia that once were a series of of Kašteli (castle, frontier towns) along the coast. The Crljenak comes from the fact that they call red wine ‘black’ wine there as is the case is a lot of Europe. If you venture to other parts of Croatia the name shifts such as on Vis island where it is called, Carnjenak. Historically, it was grown a great deal more in Croatia, but tapered off given that it wasn’t really hardy enough for the environment. This is why its child, Plavac Mali took off in popularity a great deal more.

Anyways, just a dump of info, since I’ve spent a good deal of time researching Croatian wines.

-miquel
Vinologue

Comment on about me by a.s.p.

a.s.p. — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:18:34 +0000

I make your pho recipe at least once a week and sometimes twice. I also love browsing and trying your other recipes.

This was my first look at your profile and I just wanted to say that I love Middlesex too. Word.

-a

Comment on about me by ellie

ellie — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:43:39 +0000

this weekend it was my birthday and i made your vegetarian pho the other night, it was sooo delicious! my friends loved it!

Comment on Bear Claw! by Emiko

Emiko — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:53:05 +0000

Thanks for sharing the recipe - I’ve been wanting to make bear claws from scratch and this doesn’t seem too difficult!

Comment on Dining Out: München Haus by David

David — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:11:34 +0000

You are spot on. Best place to have fun and good food. I now go to Leavenworth just to go there. Hope to meet you there.

David

Comment on Orange Eggplants! by Snackreligious

Snackreligious — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:03:15 +0000

They look and sound great. I have an eggplant curry recipe I’d love to try with these!

Comment on Santa Fe by Henry

Henry — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:55:04 +0000

You are welcome.

Comment on about me by office space in Miami

office space in Miami — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:09:12 +0000

I love the movie it always sunny in philly. Is your favorite. It’s probably in my top 3

Comment on about me by Mike Costello

Mike Costello — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:37:47 +0000

As always, its always nice to browse your wonderful recipes, and winesday! Keep up to good cookin Ellen, we still need to meet up for sushi for old times sake.