"WHAT TO DRINK WITH WHAT YOU EAT by Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page.
Stats: 1,500 ingredients and dishes, 17 cuisines, 100 cheeses, 356 pages.
Readers can browse alphabetical lists of specific ingredients, dishes and drinks."
—James Oliver Cury, Time Out: New York
"WHAT TO DRINK WITH WHAT YOU EAT is a fantastic new book...
by culinary 'power couple' Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page."
—Lucinda Scala Quinn, host, "Eat Drink" on Martha Stewart Living Radio
"Buy this book. And be happy to pay full price...[T]he most comprehensive, illuminating and useful book of its type I've yet to come across."
—Tom Wark, Fermentation: The Daily Wine Blog
Dear Friends,
This month marks the official launch of our latest book WHAT TO DRINK WITH WHAT YOU EAT: The Definitive Guide to Pairing Food with Wine, Beer, Spirits, Coffee, Tea — Even Water — Based on Expert Advice from America's Best Sommeliers.
We're being featured TONIGHT — Saturday, October 21st — at 9:00 pm Eastern / 6:00 pm Pacific on Tom Douglas' Seattle Kitchen radio show, which you can listen to live on KIRO 710 AM via the Internet at www.kiro710.com. You can even call in live to ask us a question at (206) 421-KIRO. We'll hope to speak with you then!
The best part of being an author is being able to create a product that holds the potential to enhance the quality of human life on this planet — and, in the case of our latest book, arguably three times a day. The worst part of being an author is that with more than 175,000 new books being published every year (according to Publishers Weekly), the chances that anyone will discover your book (particularly if you don't have your own TV show, magazine and/or omnimedia empire) without an equally creative promotional effort range from slim to none.
Having just written what we believe to be our best book in a decade, we're not willing to sit back and take our chances. We want everyone to know about the extraordinary, affordable pleasures available to them at breakfast, lunch and dinner through taking a few extra seconds to create a conscious pairing of food and drink!
One of the bestselling books of all time, The Road Less Traveled opens with the truth that "Life is difficult." Our book WHAT TO DRINK WITH WHAT YOU EAT shares the complementary truth that (despite being difficult), life can also be pleasurable. And indeed the enjoyment of food and drink, which has been known to contribute to the peace and harmony of a society since Confucius' time, can bring more pleasure into our lives every single day.
ORDER BEFORE OCTOBER 31st FOR A SPECIAL "THANK YOU"
Now, we've long known that our 20,000+ readers include some very special people. But we were blown away that with your incredible support through both ordering the book and spreading the word about it, WHAT TO DRINK WITH WHAT YOU EAT celebrated its first day of publication by being cited as one of the "Top 500" bestselling books overall on Amazon.com and BN.com on Monday, October 2nd. We can't thank you enough...but we'll try!
In fact, if you order a copy of WHAT TO DRINK WITH WHAT YOU EAT online by October 31st, 2006, and forward your name along with a copy of your email receipt to CookbookRave@aol.com, we'll thank you in two delicious ways:
1) We'll thank you on our Web site at www.becomingachef.com/rave.php — and even provide a link to your Web site, if you like; and
2) We'll thank you in the Acknowledgments section of our next book FLAVOR MATCHMAKING, which is due out in Fall 2007.
Have you ordered your copy of WHAT TO DRINK WITH WHAT YOU EAT yet? Let us make it as easy for you as possible: just click HERE!
Enjoy the pleasures of pairing during sports season —
serve
those pretzels with bock, lager or Oktoberfest
JOIN US IN PERSON ON OUR BOOK TOUR
We'd love to see you as we criss-cross America on our upcoming book tour in the weeks to come! Please join us for one of our delicious events planned in a city near you:
Wednesday, Oct. 25th: BOTTLEROCKET WINE & SPIRIT - New York City
Join us at 6 pm at Bottlerocket (5 West 19th Street) for a mini-seminar on food and beverage pairing as we share highlights from WHAT TO DRINK WITH WHAT YOU EAT, taste wines with cheese; and, of course, sign books. Complimentary; no need to RSVP.
Monday, Oct. 30th: DRAEGER'S - San Mateo
Don't miss this 6:30 - 9 pm opportunity to taste some food and drink pairings that every self-respecting foodie should sample at least once in a lifetime! You'll also enjoy the chance to meet some of the Bay Area's top bloggers. $60/demonstration and tasting.
Thursday, Nov. 2nd: 92ND STREET Y - New York City
Want to learn some of the secrets behind the trend of pairing food with non-alcoholic beverages? Join us for this noontime seminar we're presenting with entrepreneur Liz Marlin, founder of Fizzy Lizzy sparkling fruit juices. $16/seminar and tasting.
Saturday, Nov. 4th: WORDS & MUSIC FESTIVAL - New Orleans
At this renowned literary festival hosted by the Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society, we'll be introduced by renowned editor and poet Dan Halpern, and joined by National Book Award winner Julia Glass, novelist Himilce Novas, and the legendary Jessica Harris.
Monday, Nov. 6th: DAHLIA LOUNGE - Seattle
Join us for a fun-filled night of food and beverage pairing wisdom and perfect matches created by chef Mark Fuller of Tom Douglas' Dahlia Lounge. $95/person includes the dinner plus a copy of WHAT TO DRINK WITH WHAT YOU EAT.
Tuesday, Nov. 7th: HOTEL VINTAGE PARK - Seattle
Wednesday, Nov. 8th: BARBARA-JO'S BOOKS TO COOKS - Vancouver (Sold out)
Thursday, Nov. 9th: BARBARA-JO'S BOOKS TO COOKS at CRU - Vancouver
Barbara-jo McIntosh writes, "The husband-and-wife team behind Culinary Artistry take the concept of pairing to a whole new level in this exciting book, exploring not only what wine to match with your dinner, but how to pair beer, spirits, coffee, and tea with every meal. Cru restaurant, with its own inventive approach to pairing, will be the perfect setting for this evening’s event." $125/person, includes 6:30 pm dinner and a copy of WHAT TO DRINK.
Wednesday, Nov. 15th: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB BOOK FAIR - Washington, DC
Tuesday, Dec. 5th: OCEANAIRE RESTAURANT - Philadelphia
If your city isn't on our schedule yet, please know that we're open to juicy invitations! Otherwise, there's always...
THE WORLD'S FIRST GASTRONOMIC VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR
"Great idea on the [Virtual Book] e-Tour, and congrats on the launch
of your terrific new book! Go get 'em!"
—Danny Meyer, restaurateur extraordinaire and
author of his own terrific new book, Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business
We've been having a blast interacting with some of the Internet's finest Web site hosts and bloggers while visiting a different site or two every weekday during October 2006.
Those of you who have been following along don't need to be told of the hilarious interview that kicked off our tour on Monday, October 2nd, on DavidLebovitz.com, which Food & Wine magazine cited as one of the week's "Top 5" postings in the food and wine blogosphere. (Congratulations, David!) And that day's posting on Charlie Suisman's wildly popular free e-zine ManhattanUsersGuide.com netted us dozens of congratulatory emails and untold book sales. (Thanks, Charlie!)
But each VBT stop has had its own pleasures, resulting in a sense of wonder about this extraordinary global, virtual gastronomic community. We hope you'll check it out for yourself. You can follow along via our own daily Blog (which will provide updates on yet-unscheduled sites such as LennDevours.com) or via the list below.
October 2: DavidLebovitz.com (Paris host: David Lebovitz) and ManhattanUsersGuide.com (NYC host: Charlie Suisman)
October 3: gourmetfood.about.com (Host: Brett Moore)
October 4: megnut.com (Host: Meg Hourihan)
October 5: dirtysugarcookies.blogspot.com (Host: Ayun Halliday)
October 2-5: chef2chef.net (Host: David Nelson)
October 6: mexicanfood.bellaonline.com (Host: Amy McDaniel)
October 9: dmwineline.com (Host: Dave McIntyre)
October 10: amateurgourmet.com - Part I and Part II (Host: Adam Roberts)
October 11: savorytidbits.com (Host: Chris McBride)
October 12: cookingwithamy.com (Host: Amy Sherman)
October 13: enochchoi.com (Host: Enoch Choi, MD)
October 16: drinkboy.com and The Spirit World and drinkboy.spaces.live.com (Host: Robert Hess) and IACP Global News Blog (Hosts: IACP Blog Team of Ruth Alegria, Scott Givot, Elena Hernandez, Kate McGhie and Yukari Pratt)
October 17: sallys-place.com (Host: Sally Bernstein)
October 18:
joedressner.com (Host: Joe Dressner)
October 19: obsessionwithfood.com (Host: Derrick Schneider) and tastingmenu.com (Host: Hillel Cooperman)
October 20: fabulousfoods.com (Host: Cheri Sicard)
October 23: cocktailchronicles.com (Host: Paul Clarke) and leitesculinaria.com (Host: David Leite)
October 24: allbusiness.com (Host: John Foley)
October 25: mamacooks.com (Host: Betsy Block)
October 26: KIPlog.com (Host: Paul McCann)
October 27: Orangette (Host: Molly Wizenberg) and Lenn Devours (Host: Lenn Thompson)
October 30: forkandbottle.com (Host: Joanne White and Jack Everitt)
October 31: foodreference.com (Host: Chef James T. Ehler)
 
Calvados pairs with apple desserts and Camembert; photographer Michael Sofronski
A SALUTE TO WHAT TO DRINK's PHOTOGRAPHER MICHAEL SOFRONSKI
Many of those who have seen WHAT TO DRINK WITH WHAT YOU EAT have commented on the book's gorgeous four-color photography. We couldn't agree more! We were truly lucky to get to work with Michael Sofronski, a New York-based photographer whose work has been chronicled in The New York Times and The New Yorker.
A regular contributor to the New York Post, he has volunteered his time as a photographer on behalf of charitable organizations such as Doctors Without Borders (in South America), UNICEF (in India), and AmeriCares (in Mississippi, covering the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina).
Michael's portfolio — which ranges from the mouthwatering food and beverage shots above to portraits of everyone from Angelina Jolie to James Earl Jones to Donald Trump — can be found online at MichaelSofronski.com. We loved working with Michael as much as we love his work.
We thank you again for helping us get the word out about our exciting new book, and for all your enthusiastic support!
Delicious wishes,
Karen & Andrew
P.S. As always, we love hearing from you at Dornenburg@aol.com.
Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page
527 Third Ave. Suite 130
New York, NY 10016
Phone: (212) 642-5870
Email: Dornenburg@aol.com
Web: www.whattodrinkwithwhatyoueat.com |
