The Complete Idiot's Guide to Wine and Food Pairing : Enhance Your Meal with the Perfect Wine

You have favorite wines, and you know what foods excite your taste buds, but when you try to put them together, something always falls flat. Learn to make magical pairings, as you discover how a wine's flavor and a food's ingredients can affect which pairings work.;How to taste -- Breaking it down: pairing basics -- Putting it back together: pairing principles -- Pairing experiences. A delectable guide that's in good taste The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Wine & Food Pairing will help readers find the perfect pairings beyond the truism of red going with red and white going with white, noting the similarities and differences in intensity, acidity, and sweetness of the wines in relation to the tastes of the cuisine. • Includes a glossary, a master pairings list for more than 100 foods and wines, wine menus for special dinners, and wine and food resources • Breaks down white, red, sparkling, and dessert wines into flavor profiles for pairing • Matches wines with international cuisine