MAPA DA MINA - BLOG da ANA CISSA - Ana Cissa's Blog

( Imagine eu! Dando receita! Me achaaaando!!! Mas até que esse Strogo é tão gostoso e tão facinho de fazer que vale a pena dividir!) StrogOnofre da Ana Cissa • • 2 peitos de frango • • 3 colheres de sopa de gengibre picado em pedacinhos • • 3 colheres de sopa de pimenta vermelha em flocos • • 3 colheres de sopa açucar demerara • • 3 colheres de sopa alho picado • • 2 tomates maduros sem pele e sem sementes • • 3 colheres de sopa de oleo de gergelim (sesame oil) • • 1/2 xicara de molho de soja ( shoyo ) • • 1 cebola picada • • sal a gosto • • 1 lata de creme de leite • • 100 g de champignon fresco picado • • 1 colher (sopa) de mostarda • • 1 colher (sopa) de manteiga Para começar, uma técnica ótima que eu aprendi para deixar o frango bem macio é o que aqui se chama BRINING: Coloque os peitos de frango num ziplock contendo 2 chícaras de água fria e uma colher de sobremesa de sal. Deixe na geladeira por 3 horas. Prepare o molho para marinar o frango. Adicione o gengibre, o alho, o açú...

I fell in love with this little boutique vineyard in Mendoza - Argentina. I visited about 10 wineries during my stay in Mendoza, and nothing came close to ACHAVAL FERRER. From the minute I stepped in their property I was treated like royalty. Their vineyard is just precious. Very chic yet a very simple set up. Their staff gave me the impression that they truly love what they do and that they are very proud of the absolutely precious wine that they produce. After a short but very interesting and informative tour, I got to sit down outdoors, along with a few other visitors, facing the view of the vines down the valley, and we got to taste their beautiful wines. A very knowledgeable vigneron told us the history of their vineyard and went over each wine we were tasting, talking about the flavors, the notes, the years, & the blends... Achaval Ferrer is the first Argentine winery to score 96 points in Wine Spectator and their wines will continue to blaze a trail and prove to the skeptic...

From the New York Times - Interesting article for us, gourmands! (thanks tio miguel!) Unearthing the Sex Secrets of the Périgord Black Truffle By NICHOLAS WADE The black truffle of Périgord, the cynosure of every foodie’s dreams, is about to yield its most intimate secrets to a team of French and Italian researchers who have decoded its genome. Surely a great day for gastronomy and yet — truffle-lovers be advised — some of the new discoveries may reveal more than you really wanted to know. Truffles are the fruit of fungi that infect the roots of certain trees. They are of keen interest to pigs, particularly sows, because some secrete androstenol, a hormone produced by boars before mating. People who use sows to hunt for truffles often find it hard to prevent a sex-crazed animal from eating the truffle she has found and may lose fingers in the attempt. It turns out the truffles, too, have sex lives, said Dr. Francis Martin, a plant biologist at the University of Nancy in France and lea...

Brumes et pluies Ô fins d'automne, hivers, printemps trempés de boue, Endormeuses saisons! je vous aime et vous loue D'envelopper ainsi mon coeur et mon cerveau D'un linceul vaporeux et d'un vague tombeau. Dans cette grande plaine où l'autan froid se joue, Où par les longues nuits la girouette s'enroue, Mon âme mieux qu'au temps du tiède renouveau Ouvrira largement ses ailes de corbeau. Rien n'est plus doux au coeur plein de choses funèbres, Et sur qui dès longtemps descendent les frimas, Ô blafardes saisons, reines de nos climats, Que l'aspect permanent de vos pâles ténèbres, — Si ce n'est, par un soir sans lune, deux à deux, D'endormir la douleur sur un lit hasardeux. — Charles Baudelaire

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If you live in the East Village or near Union Square, take advantage of the Village Farm Grocery. They are the big deli on the corner of 9th Street and 2nd Ave, across the street from Veselka. They have great, fresh and organic products (and they buy from local farmers too!), f resh squeezed juices, fruit salads, an entire selection dedicated to Gourmet Foods, cheeses, 400+ kinds of Beer ( dozens of varieties beers with a global span of U.N. proportions, from sweet raspberry Lambic Belgian ale to fragrant Harpoon India Pale Ale) & Huge selection of sweets, chocolates, cookies, biscuits, and teas from around the world. Entire aisle stocked with cereal from bottom of the floor to the roof. Etc Etc... And they Deliver! Within the hour! With a smile! You can go on their site: http://www.villagefarmgrocery. com and order! (WHO NEEDS WHOLE FOODS!?)