SMALL BITES AU REVOIR, CHARDONNAY?Byline: Larry Lipson Chardonnay is gradually dropping in Dropping in is a skateboarding trick with which a skateboarder can start skating a half-pipe by dropping into it from the coping instead of starting from the bottom and pumping gradually for more speed. popularity as America's most asked- for wine in restaurants, according to Wine & Spirits magazine's annual poll. It's still a huge seller even though it's lost 17.6 percentage points in the last 10 years. As for the 10 most popular brands sold in restaurants, Kendall-Jackson heads the list, followed by Cakebread, Sonoma-Cutrer, Jordan, Robert Mondavi, Sterling, Ferrari-Carano, Beringer, Clos du Bois and Santa Margherita. Noticeably, the poll shows that red wines have moved well past whites in popularity, now up to 60.8 percent. White wines were more popular 10 years ago when the reds garnered only 44 percent. SCHEDULE THIS: Mailed your tax return yet? For a less-than-taxing meal experience, Wine Bistro, 11915 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, holds its annual W-2 celebration special dinner, two courses with many options for a flat $24, tax free. Reservations and information: (818) 766-6233. ROYAL TASTING: Los Angeles Mission College Los Angeles Mission College is a two-year community college located in Sylmar, California neighborhood of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley, United States. It is part of the Los Angeles Community College District. culinary arts students will prepare an Elizabethan-style luncheon meal (11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.) on Wednesday (the 400th anniversary of the birth of Queen Elizabeth I) in the college's auditorium at 13356 Eldridge Ave., Sylmar. On hand will be current British royal courtiers Sir William Cecil Lord Burghley and Lady Elizabeth Clinton, Countess of Lincoln. Cost of the meal is $12. Information: (818) 364-7600. GIDDY-UP: The latest tasting menu at the Saddle Peak Lodge, 419 Cold Canyon Road, Calabasas, by chef Warren Schwartz consists of four courses that include a Maine lobster gateau, pheasant with sauteed porcini mushrooms, roasted buffalo loin loin (loin) the part of the back between the thorax and pelvis. loin n. The part of the body on either side of the spinal column between the ribs and the pelvis. in a red wine reduction with a wild mushroom risotto ri·sot·to n. pl. ri·sot·tos A dish of rice cooked in broth, usually with saffron, and served with grated cheese. [Italian, from riso, rice, from Old Italian; see rice. cake and strawberries with a Belgian chocolate fondue. Price is $65 ($85 with flight of three appropriate wines, 3 ounces per pour). Information and reservations: (818) 222-3888. NAPKIN NOTES: Congrats con·grats Informal interj. Congratulations. pl.n. Congratulations: sent him my congrats. to David Myers of Sona (only Daily News four-star restaurant to date this year) who has been named one of Food & Wine magazine's Best New Chefs in America 2003. Myers will appear on the magazine's July cover with nine other recipients from across the nation. Sona is located at 401 N. La Cienega Blvd. Reservations: (310) 659-7708. ... There's a new Buca di Beppo Buca di Beppo is an American restaurant chain specializing in immigrant Southern Italian food. The name roughly translates as "Joe's Basement" (Beppo is slang for Joe in Southern Italy and Buca means basement (literally it means "hole") in Italian). in Valencia's Town Center at 26940 Theater Drive. ... Former Le Chardonnay chef-owner Maurice Constantin is the new food and beverage F&B is a common abbreviation in the United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong. F&B is typically the widely accepted abbreviation for "Food and Beverage," which is the sector/industry that specializes in the conceptualization, the making of, and delivery of foods. director at the Century Plaza Hotel The Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles is a landmark 19-story luxury hotel forming a sweeping crescent design fronting the spectacular fountains on Avenue of the Stars adjacent to the twin Century Plaza Towers. in Century City. ... Traveling around the country or to Canada or Mexico? The Distinguished Restaurants of North America now lists 700 of its awardees on its new Web site, www.dirona.com. ... Elite black tie fund-raiser for the Neil Bogart Memorial Fund is a four-course dinner at Alex, 6703 Melrose Ave., on May 19, tabbed at $750 per person and limited to 125 people. Interested? Call (323) 933-5233. |
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