The San Juan Daily Star
When wine becomes crucial to cultural identity
By Eric Asimov For most people, wine is a commodity on a shelf, a treat for when the mood strikes. For the mass-market companies, wine...
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The San Juan Daily Star
- 3 days ago
- 3 min
An easy spring dinner that shows off bulgogi’s versatility
By Melissa Clark Just as there is no one right way to simmer up a marinara sauce, nor a single “correct” apple pie, there are myriad...
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The San Juan Daily Star
- Jun 2
- 5 min
Weed wine is an underground favorite. Can it survive the gummy era?
By Genevieve Ko The pale ruby wine emerged from the bottle with a tinge of orange. It smelled lightly smoky, not as fruity as a grenache...
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The San Juan Daily Star
- May 31
- 3 min
A better shrimp cocktail is closer than you think
By Melissa Clark The best advice for making shrimp cocktail I ever learned came from the great chef and cookbook author James Beard. He...
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The San Juan Daily Star
- May 30
- 3 min
White lasagna
By Melissa Clark Made without any Bolognese or tomato sauce, a white lasagna is a celebration of pasta and vegetables bound together by a...
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The San Juan Daily Star
- May 26
- 7 min
10 boxed wines that are really good, seriously
By Eric Asimov For many reasons, boxed wines make an enormous amount of sense. The bag-in-box method is a great way to package easygoing...
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The San Juan Daily Star
- May 16
- 4 min
The essential (and at times, elusive) power of mustard oil
By Priya Krishna When chef Asma Khan was growing up in Kolkata, India, she learned that there was very little mustard oil couldn’t do....
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The San Juan Daily Star
- May 12
- 3 min
White Lasagna
By Melissa Clark Made without any Bolognese or tomato sauce, a white lasagna is a celebration of pasta and vegetables bound together by a...
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