Cheese lovers everywhere should run to their nearest newsstand to pick up a copy of this month's Wine Spectator magazine, whose oversized cover boldly declares what's to be found inside: 100 Great Cheeses. A wine magazine covering cheese is a dicey proposition, but I have to say they've done it right. The coverage is spread across several articles, which include a background piece about the recent ascendancy of fine cheese in America, an article that presents four suggested cheese plates along with their respective wine pairings, a bunch of tasty-looking recipes, and, as the cover promises, a detailed description of 100 of the greatest cheeses in the world. All of this great content is interspersed with very thorough introductions to...
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She tipped off readers of the New York Times magazine five years ago that Wine Spectator "granted [its Award of Excellence], the lowest of three levels of recognition by the magazine, without actually inspecting the restaurants involved."...
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Osteria L’Intrepido doesn't exist, but still won Wine Spectator's Award of Excellence in the August 2008 issue. As part of his research for an academic paper, Robin Goldstein duped the magazine by submitting the required fee ($250), cover letter, wine list, and menu ("a fun amalgamation of somewhat bumbling nouvelle-Italian recipes"). [via Eater]...
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