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Learn exactly how to make chocolate fondue raw food recipe in this free instructional video on raw food cooking and recipes. Expert: Rachel Karr Contact: www.greathealinggetways.com Bio: Rachel Karr is a raw food chef at Cru Restaurant in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California. Filmmaker: Nili Nathan
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“Toast the Season” with the Wineries of Leelanau Peninsula this Holiday Season: Featuring Fine Wine Tour & Tasting, Gourmet Food Pairing and Holiday Gift Bags

2011 Toast the Season

Leelanau Peninsula, Michigan (PRWEB) October 20, 2011

‘Toast the Season’ with the wineries of the Leelanau Peninsula

The 19 wineries of Leelanau Peninsula Wine Trail in northern Michigan invite you to experience the 2011 Toast the Season wine tour. The self-guided wine tour is offered on either of two weekends, November 5 & 6 or November 12 & 13 and is perfect for groups of friends.

“Toast the Season is lots of fun, giving you a chance to experience the Leelanau wine trail, enjoy a great gift bag, taste some great wine and sample our food pairings,” explains Lucie Matthias of Chateau Fontaine. “It’s also a good time to get a start on your holiday shopping in our tasting rooms and at all the unique shops & stores in Leelanau’s villages. Deer hunting season starts on November 15th this year, and we see a lot of ‘deer widows’ too, who are looking for something fun to do while their husbands are away at deer camp!”

The tour features a special wine & food pairing at each of winery, all designed to showcase the flavor and diversity of the wines. At your starting winery you will be given a commemorative glass, an LPVA holiday ornament, a souvenir wine key and a holiday gift bag featuring local food including fair trade coffee from Higher Grounds Trading Company of Traverse City, cocoa-coated chocolate covered almonds from Grocer’s Daughter Chocolate in Empire, and (of course) Michigan cherries from Cherry Republic in Glen Arbor!

Tickets are available online at http://www.lpwines.com/toast along with Toast the Season packages from a number of local lodging partners. You may visit up to 8 wineries each day in any order you choose between the hours of 11am to 5pm Saturday, or noon to 5pm Sunday.

Below are a few of the exciting wine & food pairings!

Chateau de Leelanau will be dishing up their “World Famous Willies Chili” with Solem Farm Red.

L.Mawby has a nod to fall with Nature’s Treat dried apples slices with Black Diamond aged white cheddar paired with the L. Mawby Consort.

Ciccone Vineyards will be toasting up Italian Bruschetta with fresh ingredients straight from the garden and paired with their 2009 Cabernet Franc.

Willow Vineyards will keep Santa wondering, pairing some naughty French Vanilla Pumpkin Squares with caramel topping and their very nice Semi Sweet Gris.

Cherry Republic will let you dip into a Gorgonzola, Pecan and Cherry Fondue and delicious Cherry Bread, paired with their Great Hall Riesling.

Verterra is offering a different food pairing each weekend! The first weekend is Char-Grilled Pizzetta with Sun dried tomato, fresh spinach, garlic, feta & mozzarella. 2nd weekend – Santa Fe Sweet Corn Chowder. Verterra’s Pinot Gris will be paired for both weekends.

Forty-Five North will be serving up carnitas tacos paired with their new 2010 Dry Riesling.

Good Harbor will be simmering some Sweet Potato Bisque paired with their Pinot Grigio Reserve

Chateau Fontaine will feature Grilled Pork Loin on Homemade Rosemary & Sea Salt Foccacia, with your choice of Basil Butter or Bleu Cheese Sauce, paired with their New Release 2010 Pinot Noir.

Gill’s Pier has a tasty treat – Mini Chocolate Creme Puffs w/Cherry Balsamic Filling paired with their Cheerio Cherry Wine.

Tickets:

Tickets for Toast the Season are $ 50 per person or $ 75 per couple (couple ticket holders receive two glasses, pours and food at each winery, but only one gift bag and ornament and no – you do not need to be a romantic couple!). Tickets are available online at http://www.lpwines.com/toast/.

The LPVA encourages using a designated driver or local transportation services when touring its wineries. Visit http://www.lpwines.com for more information including lodging packages at many great area hotels, B&Bs and resorts!

LPVA was formed in 2000 with a goal to help spread the word about all the wonderful things the Leelanau Peninsula has to offer including a growing number of award-winning wineries, excellent restaurants and a rich agricultural history. Today, it is the largest and strongest of the four organized wine trails in Michigan which promote the state’s nearly $ 790 million grape/wine industry. Learn more at http://www.lpwines.com

Leelanau Peninsula Vintners Association

http://lpwines.com/

231-421-1172

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CiCi Li – Food Paradise TV

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Popbar introduces hand-crafted gelato on a stick made with all natural ingredients.
We offer a traditional gelato treat by preparing it in the most genuine way, using only fresh fruit and a handful of Italian ingredients.  Blending authenticity with innovation, we serve our gelato in a new way – on a stick, which is more fun, easier to eat and kid friendly.
At Popbar, we pride ourselves on ensuring flavor in every bite and in providing you with an eventful, personalized and memorable experience on each visit.

By FLORENCE FABRICANT

Last summer it was artisanal ice cream from carts and trucks. This summer your frozen treats will be on a stick. You cannot do much better than the frozen gelato and sorbetto at Popbar, an Italian import in Greenwich Village. Small batches are made on the premises in more than a dozen flavors, with the suavest of textures. The coffee has the intensity of espresso, and mixed berry suggests mid-July. Embellishments include chocolate dips (below, on strawberry sorbetto). Drizzles and coatings of chopped nuts, coconut or granola are also available, some already applied to the pops, others for custom combinations. Popbar is the American franchise of Stick House, based in Turin.

Elsewhere, People’s Pops, a regular at the Brooklyn Flea, is now in Chelsea Market, making pops from local fruit, some with the addition of Ronnybrook Farm Dairy cream, with results that are icier than Popbar’s. La Newyorkina, at the new Hester Street Fair, specializes in popsicles in exotic Latin flavors like mango, coconut and avocado. And starting in about 10 days, Griff’s, the ice cream window at the Duane Park restaurant, will start offering pops made of frozen pie fillings like Key lime and banana cream, coated with pie-crust crumbs.

Popbar, 5 Carmine Street (Avenue of the Americas), (212) 255-4874; starting May 5: regular pops, $3.99; coated, $4.49; custom coated, $4.99.

People’s Pops, Chelsea Market, 75 Ninth Avenue (15th Street), entrance at 425 West 15th Street; peoplespops.com: pops, $3.50.

La Newyorkina, Hester Street Fair, Hester and Essex Streets; Saturdays and Sundays: pops, $4.

Griff’s Gelato, 157 Duane Street (West Broadway), (212) 732-5555; starting May 15: pops, $5.