Garrett Oliver on beer and food in the New York Ti

[beergirl]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/16/dining/16BEER.html

Mr. Oliver's book won the award in Wine, Beer or Spirits category in the 2004 International Association of Culinary Professional's cookbook competition.

IACP website

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When the Right Wine Is a Beer

By MARK BITTMAN

Published: June 16, 2004

IT'S not that Garrett Oliver doesn't like wine. In fact, he knows more about it than most people, enjoys it often with food, even sings its praises. It's just that he thinks there are times when beer does a better job.

"To me," said Mr. Oliver, the brewmaster of Brooklyn Brewery, "beer and wine are both beverages meant to be served with food. And good beer, real beer, often offers things that most wine does not, like carbonation and caramelized and roasted flavors — aspects that sometimes make beer the preferable choice.

"And the most wonderful thing about beer is that it has that ability to `reset' your palate. Take cassoulet, for example: Rustic southern French reds are good, but French beer is a much better choice. Cassoulet can be like cement, but beer busts it up and makes it seem so much lighter."

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Edited June 16, 2004 by beergirl (log)

[JAZ]

Thanks for the link. I attended a seminar at the IACP conference on beer and cheese pairing given by Garret Oliver and a cheese guy (I'd have to look up his name). It was very impressive. I'm now reading his book and learning a lot about beer styles and food pairings.

Edited June 16, 2004 by JAZ (log)

[yellow truffle]

Between the NY Times and US News and World Report doing a story with Garrett Oliver, I find the NYT to be much more interesting. And they also have two multimedia pieces. Nice.

[Toliver]

Garrett Oliver has also written a short article in the latest "Barbecue Issue" of Bon Appetit magazine recommending some craft beers with your "Q".

[mongo_jones]

indians have known for a long time that beer goes better with a lot of food than wine. nice to see that other people are catching up...