By Stefanie Gans
New York-import Pizza Vinoteca opens today in Ballston with grilled pizzas and wines for less than $10 a glass.
More trend predictions for 2015, including: Japanese seven-spice blend (shichimi togarashi); cookie flavors in desserts that are not cookies; and puréed things things. [Vox]
Modern Hanukkah recipes from local chefs and cookbook authors. [Jewish Food Experience]
Copperwood Tavern scores a fire pit and offers warm cocktails (like the Apple Brandy with port-vanilla syrup, cinnamon, nutmeg and orange) and a s’mores pack (four marshmallows, four graham crackers, one Hershey’s chocolate bar, and two skewers).
Named the “year’s most surprising diet book”: “The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet,” by Nina Teicholz. [The Economist]
“Toby Maloney used to jokingly say to people who wanted vodka or flavored vodka that he had a great juniper-infused vodka for them to try…” [NYT]
