OK ladies and gentlemen… the time has come. 2007 is right around the corner. If you remember, a couple of weeks ago I wrote about the Food and Wine Challenge I am undertaking in the year 2007. In the January issue of Food and Wine magazine, they listed “100 Tastes You Must Try in 2007”. Being the overly ambitious dreamer that I am, I decided to challenge myself to taste the 100 tastes that they suggest in the year 2007. Let’s be realistic though, I have three small children and am a stay at home mom with one consistent income. Traveling to Paris, Australia, etc. to try one of their suggested tastes would be so wonderful, but it’s not going to happen (wouldn’t that be fun though.. to be that spontaneous?). This is where you all come in. I’d love to find fellow bloggers who can report back to me on the things that I won’t be able to do… let me know what exactly I’m missing out on and if Food and Wine is correct with their evaluation that these things are “must try’s”.
Here’s the list of the “100 Tastes You Must Try in 2007“. I’ll write next to the ones that I know I most likely won’t be able to complete. I’ve had several things already, but feel like it’s only fair that I start fresh actually tasting these things in the year 2007. If there are any of the “tastes” out there that I’m unable to complete and you’d like to join forces, please let me know. It could be a fun way for us all to increase our culinary palate and explore things that we otherwise may have missed out on.
Without further ado, from the January issue of Food and Wine magazine, here is the much anticipated list (for complete details visit http://foodandwine.com/articles/100-tastes-to-try-in-07:
- Langoustine
- A Burgundy at La Paulee de New York – any takers?
- Good fast food noodles from wagamama.com – how about this one?
- Greek olive oil
- Greek Wine
- Greek Cuisine – they suggest eating at Parea restuarnt in NYC, however I can probably find a suitable substitute locally
- Greek Spices
- Greek Cooking School Feast – Oh, I wish!! Anyone out there so lucky?
- Corn Bread with Scallions
- Argentine Malbec
- Phoenix Pale Ale
- Dale’s Pale Ale
- Porkslap Pale Ale
- House-Infused Bourbon
- Aspen Kettle Corn
- Great Canadian Wines from the Okanagan Valley
- Scandinavia’s Avant Garde Cuisine – I don’t think I’ll make it to Scandinavia this year
- House Made Mixers
- Japanese Sweets – they suggest visiting Toraya Cafe in Tokyo…any takers?
- Truffle Teas
- Dan Dan Noodles
- Cocktails that don’t pack a punch (low alcohol drinks using Italian aperitifs
- Maple flakes
- Boutique Aussie Wines
- Artisan Swiss Cheese
- A meal at Les Ombres in Paris – another one that I wish I could do!
- Peruvian food
- Tiny Sweets
- Chicago Power Meal – I might be able to swing this one
- Virgin Strawberry Bellinis
- Wine at Vino Volo (airport wine bar)
- The whole tree – leaves, fruit and wood
- Japanese Frites
- Santa Caterina Maret in Barcelona – any takers
- Fallon and Byrne market in Dublin – sounds fabulous, but don’t think I’ll be able to this year
- Mill City Farmers’ Market in Minneapolis – I may be able to do this one, but I’m not positve
- Chef Marc Vetri’s Pizzas in Philly – this is another one that I might be able to do, but can’t guarantee it
- Bacon Baklava
- Sucrine
- Southern Italian Wine
- Icelandic Ingredients
- Healthy snack bars that pass the taste test
- Amaranth
- Kamut
- Buckwheat
- Rosa Mexicano’s salsas
- Custom bred pork – hmmm…maybe?
- Syrah from South Africa
- Hot Hunan Shrimp
- Fire pit foods
- Clandestine dinners
- Veal Muenster burger from Father’s Office (I wonder if I can find something like this arond here?)
- African spices and teas
- American raw milk cheeses
- Wine from Douro Valley, Portugal, Guadalupe Valley, Mexico, Long Island NY, Slovenia, and Tasmania, Australia
- Automat Wine
- Bluebrass Cobbler
- Quick Mediterranean at Leon in London – sounds good… wish I could do this one!
- Poke to go – they suggest doing this at Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo – anyone able to do this one?
- An Adria Innovation (tienda.com)
- Green Bean Salad with Toasted Pecans
- Pea and Mint Risotto
- Deconstructed Negroni at Bourbon and Branch in San Francisco – any San Fran takers?
- The Majestic Restaurant in Singaore – how about this one?
- Freeze Dried Flavors
- Catered Cocktails – is there such a thing in KC? Are we that hip?
- Exotic Ice Cream
- 2006 Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand
- Roasted Cauliflower with Ajvar Dressing
- Battered Cod with Marie Rose Sauce
- Mangosteens – currently not legally imported in the US, but may be soon. This is a “we’ll see” one
- Sichaun peppercorns
- Wild Artichokes
- Iberico Ha,
- Pork Fried Rice
- Fruit Chips
- Kaiseki – can’t visit the restaurant but may be able to get my hands on the cookbook… would that count?
- Sri Lankan hoppers from Gardiner restaurant in Toronto – anyone?
- Marques de Riscal Rioja in Rioja – I so wish!
- Fortnum and Mason’s restaurant in London – anyone from London able to do this? They have an ice cream parlor!
- Melted marshmallows from the Avenues at the Peninsula Chicago Hotel – another one I’ll really try to do!
- Fish chile peppers
- Feta cheesecake and wine poached dates
- Gordon Ramsay restaurant in NYC – anyone?
- St Alban restaurant in London – another one up for grabs
- Sensing in Paris – and yet another one
- Rockpool Bar and Grill in Melbourne – and another?
- Pieree Gagnaire restaurant in Hong Kong – and another?
- Sushi at David Bouley’s cooking classes in Manhattan – and another?
- Malt Ball Cake – I have to figure out a way to get my hands on this Brooklyn creation!
- High Tech Caviar
- Mark Herold Cabernet
- Cielo at the Boca Raton Resort and Club – I don’t see anyone being able to do this one… if you can, let me know!
- Croatian Olive Oil
- Spanish Matiz Piparras
- Peperoni Cruschi
- African Honey
- Aussie Raisins on the Vine
- Le Demon Vert
- Bruleed Key Lime Tarts
The Food and Wine Website has also tempted me with 15 more tastes to try… I may have to give these a shot to make up for the restaurants I can’t go to! I did mention before that I was an overly-ambitious dreamer, didn’t I? I forgot to throw in crazy.
Well my friends, that’s it. Looks like I have a year of new and wonderful tastes, and lots of wine ahead of me! Hope you can join me in this culinary adventure.
well, I am with you when it comes to travelling with small children and even if we were a professional couple with a double income, there’s no way we could cram all this into one year!
as with any list of that kind, i can wholeheartedly disagree with some of the suggestions and am missing many others… but taste is so subjective, isn’t it?
I might be able to get five or six in. I saw that list last week and was amazed to learn of things I did not know existed. (Well, I live in Northern Wisconsin!)
Got sick on Greek wine once — does that count?
I’d LOVE to help but I don’t think I will be able to do any of the ones that are up for grabs. 🙁 Too bad that there aren’t any places in Corinth, Mississippi or roundabout that are MUST-TRIES! Ha! I think Jody may have to take up a good many of these. It is a great idea though… LOVE IT!
Oh yes please, Jody! I’d love for you to do that one and any other NYC ones. I’d love for you to be a guest blogger on my site when you are ready to write about it.
If you know of anyone else in NYC who might like to help me out, pass the word. Thank you!
Me Me Me!!!!
Can I do this:
A Burgundy at La Paulee de New York? I will see what else I can do, LOVE this challenge, I will also blog about anything I am able to do.
ok, I am another crazy about accomplishing this task blogger……it should be fun, and I can do the Minneapolis Farmers Market! I have this also written up on my site with the same request for help. Let’s see what we can do!!
I have already been able to strike some of them off the list, so I am on my way. There’s 365 days in the year, and 100 tastes. I have done 13, and took a ‘bye’ on the caviar, as I won’t eat it, so 14 down and the year has yet to begin. I totally think this is do-able. Plenty of websites for ordering items too.
Ok so La Paulee de New York is on March 3rd this year and I will be away, and is $250, more than I imagined. I think what you could do is look at the list of burgundy that will be at the grand tasting and buy a bottle! Here is the link:
http://www.danieljohnnes.com/grandtasting_wines2007.html
I will take on another NYC task instead.
I also wanted to add that I LOVE wagamama, I think one might have just opened up in Boston. Calling on Vivien…
I can take care of the Italian wine, being from the south~ does that count?
That wine list is extensive, but likely there are a few that aren’t too pricey! I will have to investigate.
Wow, that’s quite a list. Good luck on a worthy challenge. I’ll let you know if I make it out to Tokyo this year (for the poke).
That was indeed a great issue of Food & Wine, and an interesting list. Number 61, the Green Bean Salad with Toasted Pecans, is a recipe by Clotilde, creator of the Chocolate & Zucchini blog. I’ll definitely be trying that one.
I wonder if anyone will be able to taste that deconstrcted Negroni. When we were to Bourbon & Branch, they didn’t have any of the ingredients for their "molecular mixology" drinks, I suspect they’re mostly just a publicity stunt, and that if they happen at all, the’re exntirely at the whim of the lead bartender/owner.
What a fun thing to try.
I just read this list and I am tempted as well. I’ll never make all 100 because of all the travel involved. But there are lots of things that you can order online!
I created a list of all the foods at the List of Bests website. You can use it to check off each item as you consume it. And you can also see how others are doing as well. The link to the list can be found on the blog post I wrote reviewing the list.
http://rachelsbite.blogspot.com/2007/01/food-wines-100-tastes-to-try-in-2007.html
Good luck!
I can do father’s office for ya–been meaning to try it anyway.
I’m a wine lover and it will take no time to finish tasting all these within a month 😀
I don’t know if anyone has taken Wagamama yet, but I LOVE that place and have even got pictures from when I posted about it on my blog! (Even some that didn’t make it up there the first time.)