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Taste of Montana
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Best of the West: Wine Spectator awards
In 2004's annual international Wine Spectator award contest, Montana restaurants boast 18 winning entries. This is quite an honor, especially when you consider the number of Montana winners in proportion to the state's small population.Applying for the award, in and of itself, requires an in-depth knowledge about wine an... |
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Saving Grapes: creating the Montana wine cellar
Julia Child once said, "Wine is a living liquid containing no preservatives. Its life cycle comprises youth, maturity, old age, and death. When not treated with reasonable respect it will sicken and die." The world's oldest bottle of wine dates back to approximately 325 BC. The Romans used to float oil on top of wine to keep it from oxidizing. Later on, wine was fortified with s... |
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Really Cooking: Educations in Epicure
Cooking is an ancient, mysterious practice - confounding to some, natural for others. Billings, Missoula, Whitefish and Bozeman and all towns in between have burgeoning food scenes with eclectic, upscale bistros, and wine bars that rival their big-city counterparts. There are talented chefs coming to Montana from other states, and coming up from its own kitchens, and raisi... |
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Montana's Best Pies
/for Montana Living When Pascale Le Draoulec set out on a road trip from San Francisco to New York, her quest was to explore her American roots.She did it by exploring pie. Le Draoulec was raised in California by French parents in a home steeped in French cuisine and culture. But she was in college before she tasted her first piece of pie. For her crosscountry trip, she decided t... |
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Montana's Mysterious Huckleberry
Sometimes they produce, some years they don't - huckleberry shrubs are like question marks dotting forest landscapes. In a partly shaded opening, a cluster of shrubs can be drooping from the weight of berries. But not far away, plants exposed to constant sun and little rain can be berryless. At lower elevations huckleberry production can be sparse, while at higher elevations, it can be... |
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Taste of Montana: entree soups at Cafe Max
The history of soup goes back as far as the history of cooking itself. From the first pots of soup came bones, seeds and grains, leaving little food wasted for our primitive brethren. Through the years, of course, soup evolved according to available ingredients and flavors. Different cultures perfected their own variations on the theme of food in water, and eventually, reg... |
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Ciao Mambo: a real Montana (Italian) experience in Whitefish
It must be the wine, I tell myself. It must be the wine. But after settling in to my table at Ciao Mambo restaurant in Whitefish, I quickly realize it isn't the wine; it's the atmosphere that has made me lightheaded. The clank of pans echoes throughout the restaurant from the open kitchen, where chef Brad Townsend runs his line crew, and the seductive smell of pastas, seafood and ha... |
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Sister Act: the Chopus sisters' Emerson Grill
Everyone is welcome at Bozeman new Italian hotspot, The Emerson Grill, says owner Robin Chopus. Serving lunch and dinner and located in The Emerson Cultural Center, the restaurant opened on April 11 and features everything from the Classic Caesar Salad to Tutti Mare over Fresh Fettuccine. "We try to be the place that is upscale and affordable. The place wher... |
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Jim Liska puts the love in Italian cuisine
One of those torrid nights last July, Jim Liska did the Italian thing. After he closed the kitchen, he pulled a chair from the table and sat with his last guests. Exactly. Guests.That's how most trattorie (plural for trattoria) owners in Italy, treat their clients. Like friends to chat with, over a glass of good, just "christened" wine, a few slices of a farmer's salami picked out of ... |
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The Taste of Perfection: Corner House Grille
There are so many reasons to love Whitefish. The town itself is a good, strong, tight-knit community with the flavor of the old west. Big Mountain Ski Resort rises up from the head of the Flathead Valley, creating a grand focal point from downtown. Glacier National Park is a stone's throw away. And gradually, world-class cuisine has found its way to this low-key ski town. ... |
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