Food and Wine

Guest Chef Slow Down Dinner Features Chef Keith Weitzman

Gregory Norris — Sun, 20 May 2012 16:48:30 -0400

Ridge to Reef Farm / Virgin Islands Sustainable Farm Institute’s long-time friend and extraordinaire Chef Keith Weitzman will be back on land for a special night of farm-to-tableculinary creativity.

Buy a Share of a Certified Organic Farm Through Community Supported Agriculture

Gregory Norris — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:40:01 -0400

Ridge to Reef Farm at VISFI offers its second Community Supported Agriculture season for 2012, starting May 30.Buy a share in the territory’s only certified organic farm and reap the benefits of investing in local food for family and the island community.

Tickets On Sale for St. Croix Food and Wine Experience Events

Gregory Norris — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:39:16 -0400

Ticket Sales for A Taste of St. Croix begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 31.

VISFI Offers Ridge to Reef Sustainable Farming Pathways Course

Gregory Norris — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 04:59:10 -0400

The Virgin Islands Sustainable Farm Institute’s Ridge to Reef Sustainable Farm offers a winter course, Empowering Community, which is meant to present to participants some of the physical and social skills needed for organic community empowerment and to help them realize and shape a nurturing place.

Voracious Vegetarian: Spicy Tofu Chickpea Curry

BillCurry — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:46:02 -0400

Spicy Tofu Chickpea Curry is an easy, filling dish that can change people’s minds about tofu, if it is prepared with love and care.

Voracious Vegetarian: Black Bean Dip

BillCurry — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:14:48 -0400

The black bean dip I have revised over the years from a recipe I originally found in "Moosewood Kitchen Cooks at Home," is a big favorite in our house.

Creque Dam Farm Taking Reservations for Slow Down Dinner Experiences

Gregory Norris — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:34:07 -0400

The Creque Dam Farm staff invites the public to its Slow Down Dinner Experience, featuring six courses of their certified organic produce and locally-sourced meat or fish. The next Slow Downs are Saturday, March 20 and Sunday, March 21.

Potato Stuffing Recipe for Carter Clan

David McCracken — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 09:15:35 -0400

Former President Jimmy Carter tried some Crucian style potato stuffing recently and was impressed, asking for a recipe. Here's one version.

Voracious Vegetarian’s Sweaty Vegetables With Goat Cheese

BillCurry — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:34:49 -0400

Perusing one of my many cookbooks a month or so ago when I was obsessing about opening a vegetarian restaurant, I came across a repeated reference to "sweating" vegetables. I had never heard of "sweating vegetables." So what do we do?

The Voracious Vegetarian’s Hummus

Shaun Pennington — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:13:23 -0400

Made with chick peas, also known as garbanzo beans, hummus is a versatile dish that is traditionally served with pita points, but is equally appetizing as a stand-alone side dish, or sandwich filler.

Changing Times, Changing Wines…

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:38:11 -0400

Well, the holidays are over, and the healing has begun. Here we are at the open door of 2009 looking in and wondering, "will this be a better year than 2008?" The truth is: who knows? These are certainly Interesting times.

Island Seasonings: Holiday Drink Recipes

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:32:07 -0400

Christmas time is upon the Virgin Islands until Three Kings Day and, as everywhere, food and drink traditions are a big part of what makes the holiday spirit. In the territory and on other Caribbean islands, Christmas is guavaberry time.

Island Seasonings: Puerto Rican Christmas Soup

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:55:20 -0400

At the recent Christmas Festival "Soup Du Cure" fundraiser for Juan F. Luis Hospital, Ive and Carlos Lisse showcased sopón navideño, or Puerto Rican Christmas soup, a flavorful, brothy chicken soup with rice, green bananas, chilies, pigeon peas, cilantro, garlic and more.

Chef to Teach Workshop on Raw Food Made Easy

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:58:39 -0400

Per Ankh presents Chef Skai of The Yabba Pot Cafe in Baltimore, Maryland, who will teach a workshop, Nov. 23, on creating raw food.

Red, White or Rosé?

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:38:18 -0400

While having lunch with some friends the other day, I was asked a simple question: What wines are customers buying more of recently? I had to think about this quite a bit because it made me realize that wine sales have changed significantly and rapidly over the past few years.

Bodacious Bordeaux

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:09:58 -0400

Bodacious: outright, unmistakable, remarkable, noteworthy, sexy, voluptuous (Merriam-Webster dictionary) Bordeaux: Wine region of France producing the greatest wines in the world. (My definition).

Everything Is Coming Up Rosé in France

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:56:13 -0400

Being in the wine business, all our guests bring a bottle or two of wines they want me to try, their "secret finds," but when it comes time for cocktails before dinner, or "aperitif," as is said in France, almost everyone settles down with a glass of rosé that has been sitting in an ice bucket on the table.

What Exactly Are Organic Wines?

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:31:09 -0400

Frank L. Machover of V.I. Wine Wholesale writes that organic wines are about natural growing practices.

Simmonds Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement, Faces 20 Years in Prison

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:15:17 -0400

Former government aide Alric V. Simmonds has accepted an open plea agreement that could put him in jail for 20 years on charges of embezzlement, conversion of government funds and grand larceny.

Reporting from Paris on Sweet Wine and Turkey

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:11:23 -0400

While here in Paris, I have been thinking a lot about our great American tradition of Thanksgiving, such an intriguing concept to the French. This holiday is the only American fete based on food. Oh, there are many other celebrations of which food is a central part, but there is only one based on food.