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A national bestseller, Vanessa Price and Adam Laukhufs Big Macs & Burgundyoffer essential wine pairings for everything from popcorn to veggie burgers to General Tsos Chicken, based on the wildly popular Grub Street column.

As seen on the TODAY Show and CBS This Morning

Named One of the Best Books of the Year by Food & Wine, Saveur, and Town & Country

If youve ever wondered what wine to pair with some of your favorite foods, like, say, Cheez-Its (I certainly have), check out Big Macs & Burgundy. Food & Wine

Sancerre and Cheetos go together like milk and cookies. The science behind this unholy alliance is as elemental as acid, fat, salt, and minerals. Wine pro Vanessa Price explains how to create your own pairings while proving you dont necessarily need fancy foods to unlock the joys of wine. Chapters include:

Subsistence Pairings: For the Shoestring Somm, Scrappy Doesnt Have to Mean Crappy

Southern Comforts: Bluegrass Basics for Coastal Elites

Extra Value Meals: McDonalds: On Properly Lovin It

Fast-Food Fixes: Hair of the Hot Dog

Wine with Breakfast: The Best Part of Waking Up Is Fermentation in Your Cup

And more!

Building upon the outsized success of her weekly column in Grub Street, Price offers delightfully bold wine and food pairings alongside hilarious tales from her own unlikely journey as a Kentucky girl making it in the Big Apple and in the wine business.

Using language everyone can understand, she reveals why each dynamic duo is a match made in heaven, serving up memorable takeaways that will help you navigate any wine list or local bottle shop. Charmingly illustrated and bubbling with personality, Big Macs & Burgundy will open your mind to the entirely fun and entirely accessible wine pairings out there waiting to be discoveredand make you do a few spit takes along the way.

Includes Color Illustrations and Photographs

Author: Vanessa Price
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Published: 10/13/2020
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.90w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781419744914
Language: English