TasteTV’s TASTEABLE Television Series releases Season 6 Episode 602 Intro

TASTEABLE Television Series, Episode Intro, Season 6 Episode 602, featuring the Fancy Food Show, Domaine Carneros in Napa, and a recipe from the Peninsula Beverly Hills.

This food, wine and travel television series takes viewers on a lifestyle tour of California and beyond. TASTEABLE can be watched on these PBS-affiliate television stations in Northern California, reaching over 2.5 million households from the San Francisco Bay Area to Wine Country.

Fortnum & Mason’s Sailboat Chocolate is Bringing You 99% Emission-Free Luxury Chocolate

If you think things are moving too fast, then Fortnum & Mason has some news for you. They not only get their own chocolate direct from the source in the Caribbean, but they also do it on their own sailboat! That’s right, a slow-going sailboat. A luxury sailboat.

The general idea is that this helps make the brand the world’s first ’farm to store’ 99% emission-free chocolate. The project is a collaboration between Fortnum & Mason, and the Grenada Chocolate Company in partnership with Chantal Coady OBE.

In addition to the wind-powered boats delivering the chocolate made from Trinitario Cocoa beans, they also come in fully-recyclable boxes.

We’re waiting for the client option to sail on the boat in the Caribbean while eating bars of this sustainable chocolate. (hint, hint)

Fashion Film: LOUIS VUITTON’s Men’s Fall-Winter Fashion Show

Great fashion houses continue to create not just great fashion, but also great fashion films in place of their once-live fashion shows.

A perfect example is this film for Louis Vuitton’s Men’s Fall and Winter collection.

The Film is by Virgil Abloh And ‘moved By The Motion’, and stars yasiin bey, Saul Williams and Kai Isaiah Jamal. It was directed by Wu Tsang

Original Film Score by Asma Maroof.

Italian Fashion Designer FARHAD RE premieres Capsule Collection “Le dernier papillon au monde” in Paris

FARHAD RE

Roman-born designer Farhad Re debuted his newest collection in a series of artistic photographs set in a natural environment and entitled, “Le dernier papillon au monde,” which translates as the Last Butterfly in the World.

Showing now in Paris, Farhad is a darling of the European fashion set, designing elegant compositions for celebrity names such as Ursula Andress, Catherine Deneuve, and Princess Soraya.

His latest collection, featuring model Tiffany Fournier, includes a poetic statement that places it in context.

Le dernier Papillon au Monde, The Last Butterfly in the World

“Faced with the disastrous state of the planet, trying to make fashion virtuous, from its production to its distribution, is no longer enough … We must scream, while nature is dying, silently.

A symbol. This is how Farhad Re wanted this capsule collection, recalling that without nature, culture would not exist. A flutter of butterfly wings capable of triggering a tornado halfway around the world? The metaphor is worn, knowing that he is the only man responsible for the annihilation of the living … What will happen then when the last wing flap of the last butterfly in the world occurs?

Hope is in art. Three months of work were necessary for each creation, entirely cut, painted and embroidered by hand … By transforming the woman in the most majestic of insects, sublime chrysalis with bright and iridescent hues, emerging from pollution like a purified renewal in creations made of silk organza and integrating recycled plastic, seeming to come alive when worn, like an extension of the flesh, – perfect fusion between the woman and what clothes her – Farhad Re wants to believe in the heralding vital forces more radiant auspices, and delivers us an essential message: beauty alone can save the world.”

 

Photography Greg Alexander for MÉPHISTOPHÉLÈS Productions
Art director Sebastien Vienne
Hair & make up Carine Larchet for Eugène Perma & LaRochePosay
Model Tiffany Fournier

6 Great Red Wines Under $50 That Make Tasty Gifts Any Time of Year

Looking for great red wine options but have a budget between $30 and $50? You can’t go wrong with these 6 releases that will leave you and your fellow wine tasters giddy for more, and your wallet not feeling empty.

Herzog Variations Be-Leaf 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Paso Robles

The 2019 Herzog Cab is not only Kosher, it’s also certified organic and made with no added sulfites. It’s a lighter Cab, which suits many tastes for a less robust red.

Drink it any time of day, and definitely not just for the holidays

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Avaline Red Wine

Celebrity wines are getting better and better, probably because the celebrities who make them now are actual Wine lovers who want to drink their own vintages. Avaline comes from a partnership between Cameron Diaz and Katherine Power

The red wine is a blend of Grenache and Syrah. Made with handpicked organic grapes from Europe, and is vegan friendly, with no added artificial ingredients or sugars.

We love the taste!

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San Simeon Vineyards 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Paso Robles

The 2017 San Simeon Cab benefited from a long growing season, with the vineyards situated on California’s Central Coast in the Paso Robles appellation of San Luis Obispo County. Aged in Oak Barrels, and mixed with a bit of Petit Verdot, this Cabernet is robust yet velvety. We consider it like comfort food in the form of wine.

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Alder Springs Vineyard, 2013 Kinesis

Alder Springs Vineyard, 2013 Syrah

Alder Springs has been making wine for about 30 years, since Stu Bewley bought a former 6,000 acre cattle operation in northern Mendocino County and started growing grapes instead.

If you love deep reds, you’ll find both their 2013 Kinesis and 2013 Syrah attractive additions to your tasting palate. The Kinesis is a blend of 49% Grenache 32% Counoise 19% Mourvédre. A choice that goes well with meats and smoked foods, but it is also quite versatile whatever the dish. The Syrah is made from 100% Syrah at an elevation of 2600 feet, and contains tantalizing notes of leather and dark fruits.

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San Simeon 2017 Pinot Noir Monterey

This Monterey Pinot Noir is a blend of grapes sourced from the Riboli Family farms estate vineyards in Monterey and the Loma Vista and Sarmento Vineyards. Well-priced and well structured, any Pinot lover would find this a fun tasting experience.

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TasteTV Gift Guide: 3 Gourmet Spice Sets You Will Love

Happiness is the spice of life is a truism. What is also true is that spice is a source of happiness. Especially when cooking and eating your meals. If you want to give someone an ongoing source of happiness, giving them (or yourself), a few great spice sets will never steer you wrong.

Without a well stocked spice collection, the home chef is like a painter with just one color. Sounds rather bland, doesn’t it?

Fortunately, we’ve taken a look at several, and here are some of our favorites: SpiceWalla, Nielsen-Massey, and Mola Foods.

SpiceWalla 18 Pack Kitchen Essentials Spice & Seasonings Pack

This kit has everything an experienced or novice home chef could want for most meals, hence the name “essential.” Eighteen different tins contain a variety of spices and seasonings, each packaged in a nice container that looks good on its own or in your spice rack.

The kit includes: Cumin Seed – Kashmiri Chilli Powder – Granulated Garlic -Granulated Onion – Dark Chilli Powder – Ground Yellow Mustard – Crushed Red Pepper – Smoked Paprika – Green Cardamom Powder – Cinnamon Powder – Cloves – Ground Turmeric – Coriander Seed – Mediterranean Oregano – Rosemary – Herbs de Provence – Fennel Seed – Ground Ginger.

What also makes it a great gift is that it will take quite a while for someone to get through all of these ingredients, and each time they use them they will think of you.

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Nielsen Massey Extracts: Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Extract, Almond Extract, Peppermint Extract

Nielsen-Massey has long been the industry standard for high quality Pure Vanilla Extract. This is impressive, considering the competition from the artificial vanilla ‘flavoring’ brands, plus the amount of time and effort it takes to grow a real vanilla plant to fruit. Vanilla comes from an orchid vine, and the flowers produce seed pods from which the vanilla beans and essence are extracted. Anyone who has ever tried to grow orchids know that it is a labor and time intensive enterprise that gives us this fantastic taste.

Nielsen-Massey puts the same care into their other extracts, including one for Pure Almond and another for Pure Peppermint. Used together, you can imagine the feast of cookies and cakes that you can bring to the table!

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Mola Foods, Culture in a Bottle

Mola Foods has a range of spice blends, and each is inspired by a particular culture or region of the World. Founded by Jeannette Bryant, her spices are vegan friendly and vibrant.

One thing you will find once you start using any of these spice blends is that it doesn’t really matter what it was originally intended to elicit. It could say Indian, it could say Ethiopian, it could say Spicy or General. You are going to use it on EVERYTHING. Eggs, steak, chicken, vegetables, stews, fish… The list goes on, because it turns out that they are not just fresh, they are also extremely versatile. The basic ingredients of garlic power, onion powder, salt, perhaps some turmeric, etc., can be used as a general seasoning, and they are used in exactly that way.

Prepare for heavy duty usage and happiness.

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