Carmen Anthony (RICK HARTFORD / HARTFORD COURANT)
Carmen Anthony Fishhouse, 1770 Berlin Turnpike, Wethersfield, presents a B.R. Cohn wine dinner on Wednesday at 6 p.m.
Four courses featuring local, seasonal ingredients will be paired with “limited production” wines from the Sonoma Valley vineyard. Cost is $65, plus tax and gratuity. Reservations required: 860-529-7557. carmenanthony.com.
Discipline isn’t usually the first thing that comes to mind when evaluating a restaurant. But at Pairings, it’s a big part of the kitchen’s success.
Trendy spots often tend to go overboard with their juxtaposition of unusual ingredients, just to be different or chic. The reaction after a few bites can materialize more as “why” than “wow.”
Pairings’ expertise, however, entices rather than overwhelms. Creative equals delightful here.
In the pork Milanese ($26), for instance, there are several strong elements at play, but their artful use elevates this Pecorino/Romano/panko-crusted cutlet from the ordinary “other white meat” to an experience. An artichoke-caper-
WASHINGTON — Sommelier is usually a title reserved for wine experts, but one local beer director has recently won the honor.
Food & Wine magazine names Greg Engert, director at Birch & Barley and Churchkey in D.C., as one of the sommeliers of the year. The magazine says he brings the same seriousness to beer that wine aficionados bring to their craft.
For instance, Engert likes to focus on pairings. It’s “not just saying we have great food and great beer, but bridging the gap between the two,” he says.
Another local man also made the national list.
John Wabeck from Inox in McLean, Va. has “compiled an incredibly thoughtful, food-friendly” wine list that is “heavy on Burgandy,” says the magazine.
(CNN) — Prince William and his wife, Catherine, will land in Los Angeles for the last leg of their whirlwind North American tour that started in Canada last week.
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2012 – The Musical!: By Michael Gene Sullivan. Directed by Wilma Bonet. San Francisco Mime Troupe in Bay Area parks through Sept. 25. One hour, 25 minutes. Free. (415) 285-1717, www.sfmt.org.
“You try summing up corporate crimes in one paragraph,” the head of a small radical theater troupe exclaims in frustration after having made just such a brief, passionate attempt. In truth, she does a pretty good job at hitting many of the main points but it’s still incomplete. How about in one play?
Jennifer Aniston has spoken of her love of her raunchy role in the comedy “Horrible Bosses,” as controversy surrounds a gay slur made by the star’s sexually charged character, FOXNews.com reported Thursday.
Aniston may have shot to fame as the loveable Rachel Green on the hit 90s sitcom “Friends,” but she said that does not mean she is without a mean streak.
“There’s a little nasty in everybody, whether they say it or not,” she said. “Everybody gets frustrated.”
Aniston plays twisted dentist Dr. Julia Harris in the flick, which opens in the United States this weekend.