No ke aha mākou e noʻonoʻo nei i kaʻaiʻana i ka meaʻai a me ka mea inu? He mea maʻalahi: mākou e'eliʻi i nā mea aʻelua a hana mau i ka manawa hoʻokahi. Hiki i ka meaʻai kūpono ke hoʻonui i kahi mea 'ai e inu ai a hiki i ka mea inu hewa ke hōʻino i kaʻai āpau. Loaʻa i kaʻepekema ma hope o nā paiʻolu e pili ana i nā meaʻepekema a pau mai ka physiology, ka'ikekino, a me ka'ikepila, akā,ʻaʻole mākou e komo i loko o ka nui. ʻO kaʻu makemake e hana,ʻo ia ke kōkua iāʻoe e uhaki i kahi pāʻani maʻamau: ka makaʻu i ka inuʻana i ka paila a me nā meaʻawaʻawa me kaʻai "kiʻekiʻe" - aiʻole kekahi meaʻai no ia mea.
Ua hele pū mau ka waina a me kaʻai a ua lilo i mea maʻalahi loa eʻimi i ka hui pūʻana o ka pia a me nā cocktails me nā kīʻaha'ē aʻe. Aia kahi kīʻaha kūikawā no ka loaʻaʻana o ka meaʻai a me ka inu maikaʻi a hiki ke paʻakikī. Nui aʻe kaʻoihana i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai mākou e hana me ka cocktails no ka mea ua paʻakikī nā meaʻai, akā, hiki i kaʻike ke hoʻokipa nui no ka mea, kokoke i ka pauʻole o nāʻawaʻawa a hiki i ka hopena o nā hopena maikaʻi.
Ua hoʻokolo wau i ka maikaʻi o ka cocktail mai ka wā i hoʻomaka ai wau e hoʻohui i kēlā mua. Pau mākou a pau e hana pēlā, ināʻaʻole mākou eʻike. ʻO A Dry Martini me kahi kai kai kai a French French paha me kahi pahu makalekaleka no ka meaʻai kahiʻelua o kaʻu punahele. Akā naʻe,ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke hālāwai aku me Melkohn Khosrovian a me kāna wahineʻo Litty Mathew, o nā manawa hou a me Organic Spirits, ma New Orleans i ka wā o nā koleka o ka puʻuwai i hoʻomaka wau e nānā i nā pairings i nā mea kiko'ī.
Ua kūkulu nā kāne i kā lākou mau laina laina a puni ka paipa a hoʻomaka maoli i ka waipiro e lawe i nāʻaina ahiahi me nā hoaaloha a me nāʻohana. ʻO nā makahiki o ka hoʻokolohuaʻana me kā lākou vodkas, ua hāʻawiʻia e nā gin a me nā liqueurs i kaʻike nui i ka hanaʻana o nā meaʻai a me nāʻuhane a ke hana mau nei lākou me kekahi mau mākaukau maikaʻi loa no kaʻimiʻana i nā mea hana.
Eia ka ho'āʻoʻana e haʻi aku i kaʻike nui loa mai ko lākouʻike. Hiki iāʻoe ke lawe i kēia mau manaʻo i ka home a hoʻohana iā lākou no kaʻaina ahiahi e hiki mai ana iāʻoe.
KaʻUhaneʻana i kāu Moena Pāʻani
Ināʻoe i hele aku i nā Tales of Cocktail, ua hele pahaʻoe i kahi o ka inoa o ka inoaʻo Spirited Dinners. ʻO kēiaʻike ka hopena hope loa o kaʻai a me ka momona, me kaʻai maikaʻi ma nā haleʻaina o New Orleans. No kēlā me kēia papa, ua hui pū kekahi mixologist a me ka haku i nāʻano hana likeʻole a me nā kāpena no nā makahiki, nā mea like a me ka mea inu like. Heʻuʻuku liʻiliʻi kēia manaʻo aʻaʻole no kaʻahaʻainaʻaina awakea, akā he mea leʻaleʻa a hoʻomaopopoʻia i ka hālāwaiʻaha makahiki.
ʻOiai he minu mele me nā papa heʻelima paha ke kani me he ala nui e hoʻomaka ai i ke ahiahi, he nui ka waiʻona. ʻO ka lawelaweʻana i nāʻano no ka hōʻailona hōʻailona hōʻailona pono he mea liʻiliʻi loa no ia mea aʻo kaʻaono heʻawaʻawa he 2-3 kēna maikaʻi. E nānā maikaʻiʻia kāu hoʻonohonoho papaʻana me nā aniani kilokilo liʻiliʻi, ma mua aʻe o kēlā mauʻona 6-ounce e hoʻohanaʻia nei i kēia mau lā.
Ināʻoi aku kahi maʻalahiʻoi aku ka mea āu eʻimi nei, manaʻoʻo Khosrovian e hui pū i ka beʻa, ka waina, a me nā cocktails ma ka papa inoa.
Malia paha e lawelawe anaʻoe i ka meaʻona maikaʻi me ka mea makemake, ka pia me ka papahele aʻelua paha, a me kahi waina i kohoʻia me kāu pāʻani, e hoʻi ana i kahiʻainaʻaina maikaʻi ma luna o ke ahiahi.
ʻO ke kumu o ka huiʻana,ʻo ia ke mahalo (ʻoiai e hele pinepine ia e like me keʻano hoʻohālike) i ka meaʻai aʻaeʻia e lilo i meaʻano -ʻo ka mea inu he mea hilinaʻi hoʻomalu, hiki iā ia ke hemo-kī a me ka hoʻokahuli i ka hōʻailona nui loa, aiʻole ia hiki ke hoʻi mai i laila me ka "Doo-Whop" maikaʻi loa i hoʻonohonoho i ke kani. He mea maikaʻi nā kōkoʻomaʻa no kēia no ka meaʻaʻole i pau ka kohoʻana,ʻo ke kīʻo ke kohoʻana i kahi'ōlelo kūpono me ka laweʻoleʻia mai o ka meaʻai.
Eia nō hoʻi,ʻaʻole mākou e hele mamao aku i ka hana kuʻuna i ka noʻonoʻoʻana i ka momona i kaʻaina awakea. ʻO nā pūpū , i nā manawa he nui, nā mea i hui pūʻia a me nā waina he nui, ma kahi o ka mea inu wai ikaika, he manawa palekana ia.
Inā makemakeʻoe i ka waina e hoʻohuiʻia, ʻo kēia mau waina ka meaʻoluʻolu maikaʻi,ʻo ia hoʻi he mea maʻalahi e like me ka White Wine Spritzer a hiki paha iā Kir ke hoʻohui i kēlā wahi pāʻani o "mea nui" i kaʻaina.
ʻO ka nani o ka moa mele he mea hiki ke hoʻohālike i nā meaʻoluʻolu me nā mea maʻaʻole a me ka hewa. Hōʻikeʻo Khosrovian inā e hanaʻoe me kahi kīleʻaʻoluʻolu a iʻole iʻa, e huki i kahiʻawaʻawa ikaika, piha. I kekahiʻaoʻao, ināʻoe he ipuʻaia Asia nui e makemakeʻoe e hele me kahi kukui, hau, hoʻomaha hoʻomaha. Hiki ke hoʻohālikelikeʻia ka waiʻawaʻawa e kūpono i ka pono.
E lanakilaʻoe i kekahi ae lilo kekahi i ka wā e pili ana i ka hoʻohuiʻana i nā mea inu āu e koho ai. ʻO ka mea e hoʻomanaʻo aiʻo kaʻoluʻolu, e noʻonoʻo i kāu mau meaʻai, a "ʻaʻole e like, mahalo."
ʻO nā pūpū me ka waina
Ua hoʻohui mākou i ka waina me kaʻai no ka manawa lōʻihi aʻo ka hapanui o mākou he manaʻo maikaʻi no ia. Heʻano likeʻole nā kāpena o ka puʻuwai,ʻoiai no ka mea, aia kekahi manaʻo kuhihewa i hoʻonaniʻia e ka cocktails i ka palale a hoʻoulu i kaʻai i huiʻia me. Eia naʻe,ʻo ia wale nō ke kū'ē. Hōʻikeʻo Khosrovian e kāhiko ke kapa waina i ka palale, kahi e momona ai ka momona a "holoi i ka palale." He mea kaumaha loa kēia me nā waiwai momona e like me foie gras no ka mea,ʻo ka inuʻona nui e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka palale a hoʻomākaukau nō ia ole ka papa.
Me nā waina, ponoʻoe eʻike i nāʻano a me nāʻano o kēlā me kēia o nā mea e kūpono i ka hui. ʻOiaʻiʻo,ʻike mākouʻo Riesling nā waina nui loa a me kaʻulaʻula makemake e hele i nā meaʻaiʻulaʻula akā ma waho o nā kumuhana, pono e hoʻomaopopo kekahi i ka waiwai o ka waina e hana i ka pilinaʻike nui. Ke kamaʻilio mākou e pili ana i ka cocktails, hiki iā mākou ke paʻi i nā meaʻokoʻa (a me nā kumu) me nāʻano o ka meaʻai. ʻAʻole hiki iāʻoe ke loaʻa i ka mango, ka blackberry a me ke kī i loko o ka waina, akā, hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻokumu i ka paila me kekahi o ia mau mea. Makemake wau e noʻonoʻo i ka wai i mea hoʻolālā no kēlā me kēia meʻa aʻo kēia keʻanoʻono o kaʻono aʻu eʻimi nei i kahi maʻalahi o ka loaʻaʻana ma kahi pepaʻoi aʻe ma o nā mea i hoʻomoʻaʻia.
I koʻu wa e ulu ana, ua kau kaʻohana i ka meaʻai maʻamau o ka Midwest "ʻai a me kaʻaila" ("potatoes" e hoʻopuni ana i nā mea kanu, nā meaʻai, a me nā meaʻai'ē aʻe i piha i ka mea kanu). Loaʻa iāʻoe ka waiwai e pono aiʻoe e hoʻoikaika i ke kino a me ka noʻonoʻo no ka hana hou o ka lā a iʻole e hoʻopihapiha ma hope o ka hana o ka lā paʻakikī, a ma hope, e hoʻomahaʻoe no ka lā e hiki mai ana. ʻO kaʻaina ahiahi. ʻO nā kūkākūkā e pili ana i nā lā o kaʻohana a me nā meaʻai i nā lā he mea nui loa, akā, uaʻike mākou i loko o ka papahana o nā meaʻai maʻamau e hoʻokō ai i ka meaʻai e pono ai aʻo ia nō. He meaʻokoʻa loa ia i kēia mau lā (no ka hapa nui aʻaʻole au e komo i loko o ka "'āinaʻai meaʻai wikiwiki," ke kamaʻilio nei mākou i ka "meaʻoiaʻiʻo").
I kēia lā,ʻo kēlā mau momona i piha i ka'ōpū i moe mau i ka hiamoe i loko o ka mea haʻalulu,ʻaʻole i kaulana loa e like me lākou. ʻOiai, uaʻike mākou eʻoi aku ka maluhia o kaʻikeʻana i kaʻaiʻana i nā meaʻai i ka hale, akā, ua hoʻoponoponoʻia kā mākou mau'āpana a ua nui ka'āpana o nā mea liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi, nā meaʻai nui, i ka wā eʻai ai mākou me nā mea'ē aʻe. ʻO ka papahana a me nā mezze -style ua lilo i maʻamau ināʻoe eʻike anaʻaʻole paha, aʻo kēia mauʻano e hāʻawi pono iā lākou iho i nā paipai hou i kēia manawa.
Ke noʻonoʻo nei mākou no nā pono hou o kēia ao, makemake mākou e noʻonoʻo i nā mea liʻiliʻi,ʻoi pololei i ka mea a mākou eʻai ai. ʻOiai i nā lā a pau, hiki iā mākou ke huki i kēia ma keʻoni wale i kaʻike. Makemake wau e lawe i kahi punahele kahiko e like me ka waiʻina waina maʻemaʻe (i ka Cran Dandy Shandy ) a paʻi pū me ka mea Helene punahele e like me ia . Elua mau hoʻololi o ka hua waina ma kēiaʻano pilikino, kahi pouli a me ka mālamalama, akā,ʻo ia keʻano likeʻole e pāʻani ai au me nā koho inuʻona'ē aʻe e like me ka'āpana Apricot Gingerini a iʻole kahi hula Bellyʻoi aku. Kūkole ka malamalama me kaʻike like hoʻokahi. ʻOiai no ka mea e like me kekahi o nā sushi, e makemake wau e hoʻopaʻa i kaʻaʻai hōʻailona o ka inu i loko o ka inu, akā hiki iā ia ke hoʻonāukiuki me ka cocktail e like me ka light-back'd Blushing Geisha , e ola maikaʻi inā alohaʻoe i wasabi me kou sushi.
Me ka cocktails, he mea nui e noʻonoʻo i nā liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi no nā mea liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi. ʻO kēia mau meaʻoi aku ka maikaʻi,ʻoi aku nā meaʻono a me nā meaʻono o kāu minukala i mea hoʻonani a hoʻonaniʻia i kēlā me kēia pā.
He mea nui no ka paʻiʻana i ka meaʻai me ke kumu o kaʻuhane. No ka hoʻohālike hiʻohiʻona, ua hoʻololi au i ka wai Iapana e pili ana i ka meaʻai Iapana. Pēlā nō, ke manaʻo nei au e lawe mua i ka palaoa me ka mīkini me ka mīkini me ka mea Farani. Eia naʻe (he mea'ē aʻe kekahi e hoʻopili ana i nā mea a pau) kekahi mau mea ākea, me ka vodka, whiskey a me ka rum e lilo i kumu kūpono no ka nui o nāʻaina honua e like me ka lōʻihi o nā meaʻoluʻolu.
Eʻimi i kāu mau hulina me kaʻoluʻolu
Hiki ke hopohopo iāʻoe i kaʻaina awakea mua aʻaʻoleʻoe e makemake e hāʻule i lalo i mua o ka luna, ke kanaka kūʻai āu e ho'āʻo nei e lanakila, a iʻole nā mea kaulike me kahi meaʻai i ka hale. ʻO ia ke kumu e hoʻohana ai mākou i ka hoʻokolohua i ka nohona o kēlā me kēia ao.
Ke ho'āʻo nei wau i ka pairings ma kahi pāʻani liʻiliʻi a laila e lawe iā lākou i waho no nā hui nui, no ka meaʻo nā meaʻai a pau kaʻu kāne (ʻo ia ke poʻo o ko mākouʻohana) e ho'āʻo nei au e hoʻohui i kahi kū hoʻokahi. Ināʻaʻole mākou makemake i ka pāʻani ma waena o ka meaʻai a me ka inu,ʻaʻole au i nalowale i kekahi mea a hiki ke hoʻomaʻemaʻe ia, me ka pahuhopu nui loa he hōʻikeʻike i nā hoaaloha, nā pilinaʻohana aʻoihana paha.
Hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻohana i kāu mau meaʻai eʻai ai i ka hoʻokolohua. ʻAʻole hiki iāʻoe (ʻo ka manaʻo paha,ʻaʻole kēia he hihia) e loaʻa i kaʻike o ka cocktail hana āu e makemake ai, akā e hāʻawi iāʻoe i ka manaʻo o nā meaʻono, nā meaʻoluʻolu, a me nā pai. ʻO kēlā me kēia manawa e noho anaʻoe i kahi haleʻaina ponoʻole o kēlāʻano kēiaʻano, e nānā i kā lākou papaʻaina awakea a ināʻaʻole lākou e noi aku i kahi kahu i ka mea e inu ai me kēiaʻai a i ka mea a ka luna e'ōlelo ai no ka pilina pono. E lawe i kēiaʻike i ka home e hana i kou pilina piha.
I ka wā ma loko o kahi haleʻaina Brazilia ma ka US, ke hōʻailona nei au i ka cacaca a iʻole ka pisco cocktails, inā he pilikā Irish paha au eʻike ai i ka mea e hana nei lākou me ka whiskey Irish . Ināʻike maoli ka poʻe ma ka haleʻaina i kā lākouʻano kuʻuna, eʻike pū lākou i nā mea inu e mahalo ai. E nānā aku: Mai hoʻokuʻu i ka Irish (hiki iaʻu ke'ōlelo aku i kēia) pane aku i ka'ōlelo "E makemake wau i ka wīkī o Guinness me kekahi mea" - hōʻoia iā lākou: "Ke makemake nei au i ka whisky a ke makemake wau e hui pū. . " Loaʻa kaʻike a me kaʻike ma kaʻai a me ka inu o nāʻano likeʻole e pono ke mālamaʻia a i ka manawa āu eʻike ai hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻohana i kēlā mea e pāʻani ai.
Ma kaʻaoʻao'āpoʻo, ināʻoe ma ka haleʻainaʻole, kū i ka pahuhopu nui i kāu meaʻikepili cocktail pono'ī. Hiki paha kēia ma kahi eʻike aiʻoe i nā pairings i kūponoʻole iʻole eʻole kahi kumu i hānau maoliʻia. No ka mea he laʻana, makemake au i ka hui pūʻana me ka'ōhiʻa a lawelawe pinepine i kahi Apple Sour me nā'āpana poʻohiwi poʻohiwi a iʻole ka puaʻalani-orange o kuʻu Dafne Martini me ka umauma hānai lemon i mea hoʻoluhi.
Ma ka hoʻohanaʻana i kēia mauʻike meaʻai e hoʻonui i kouʻike i nā pono me ka ukuʻoleʻana iāʻoe ma mua o kaʻai āu e uku nei. Hiki i nā luna kuʻuna i ka mahalo i ka pane o ka pilina holomua (aʻaʻoleʻole).
Hāʻawi aku wau i kā lākouʻike me kaʻai a me ka momona, ua noi au iā Khosrovian a me nā manawa o kēia manawa e hāʻawi mai iaʻu i mau hōʻailona o nā mea momona i loaʻa i nā loiloi hou a me nā mea i hanaʻia. E hoʻohana i kēia mau hōʻailona e like me ke koho no kāu mau pilina no ka wā e hiki mai ana.
No nā'ōlelo aʻo likeʻole, e nānā i kekahi mau manaʻo i manaʻoʻia e Modern Spirit (wehe pdf) a me ko lākou mau Kauoha o ka Paihana Mea Pai.
Hana maikaʻi
1.
Pāʻona: Kaʻi Pīpī Pōkī Hoʻokahoʻia Kaleponi Bass, ka niu jasmine kalo, ka meaʻono a me ka mea uluʻo Thai, ka mango hānai
Hoʻopiliʻia me: Nā Lāʻau o kēia manawa Candied Ginger Vodka
(Chef Richard Mead, Sage ma ke kahakaiʻo Restaurant, Newport Beach, Calif.)
No ke aha e hana like ai: ʻO kēia kekahi o kaʻu mau punahele punahele a pau loa no ka mea ua hana maikaʻi loa a no ka mea ua loaʻa i ka puʻukū kekahi mea nui e hiki ai ke hoʻopau i ka pilikia piha. ʻO ke kumu o ka hanaʻana o ke poʻo i ka hui. Hoʻonui ka wiwoʻole, ka waiwai a me ka'ōlaʻi ke kīʻaha i kēlā me kēia pā a kūkuluʻia ka palale e like me ka heluʻai no kahi crescendo,ʻo ka vodka kīʻaha ikaika loa i hoʻopukaʻia e like me ka paʻiʻana o nā hōʻailona! Ua pilikia ka luna i ke kāwiliʻana i kekahi kī nui a waiwai nui i ka vodka nui a nui, a ua ukuʻia no ka mea ua kūlike like ka waiʻona a me nā momona a no ka hoʻohuiʻiaʻana o nā hui kīʻaha.
2.
Māla:ʻAla'ānena La Belle Farms kahi pale i ka umauma,ʻo Lili i kahi laiki, i ka pipi bok choy, kumquat chili sauce
Hoʻolālāʻia me: nā akua manawa houʻekolu vodka
(Ke alakaʻiʻo Neal Frasier, nā meaʻaina maikaʻi, Los Angeles, Calif.)
No ke aha e hana like ai:ʻO ka mua - aʻo kēia ka mea nui -ʻo ka vodka ma ka 35% alcohol i kūlike me ka waiwai o ka duck. ʻO nā kīʻaha o ka vodkaʻekolu, e kau nei ma luna o kaʻeleʻele, ka'ōmaʻomaʻo a me ka'ō oʻo teas me nā pua a me nā hua maloʻo i hoʻopiliʻia me nā meaʻai o ka pāʻina e like me nā'āpana mosaic. ʻAʻohe hana hou. Loaʻa ka palekana a me ka lokahi.
3.
ʻAla:ʻO ka iʻa o nā keiki hipa hānai a me ka waiʻo Gorgonzola
Hoʻopiliʻia me kahi hauʻoli i hanaʻia me nāʻuhane o nā manawa o kēia manawa Vodka,ʻo ka veal demi-glace, a me ka lauʻano'āpala.
(Chef Larry Nicola, Nic's Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills, Calif. - lawelaweʻia ma The James Beard House, NYC, Sept. 24, 2007)
No ke aha e hana like ai: He mea paʻakikī kēia e launa aiʻo ia he waiwai i ka momona momona a me ka wiwoʻole i ka hōʻailona paʻakai. ʻO kaʻaha inuʻaina o ka hōʻoluʻolu i 30% hana maikaʻi me ka hipa hānai a me ka līlū. Akā,ʻo ka'āla o nā mea hōʻoluʻolu o ka mea hauʻoli i pākia i ka huiʻana. ʻO nā vodka,ʻeleʻele momona, a me nā meaʻala maikaʻi i hāʻawiʻia i kaʻono a me ka waiʻona.
ʻAʻole maikaʻi ka hana
1.
Laʻona: Ka'ōmaʻomaʻa momona me ka duck prosciutto a me nā tumato caramelized
Hoʻolālāʻia me: Nā Lāʻau Hou o ka Celery Peppercorn vodka
(Cheffs Govind Armstrong a me Andrew Kirschner, Papa 8 Meaʻai, Los Angeles, Calif.)
- No ke aha eʻoluʻolu ai i ka hala:ʻO nā Sāmoa a me nā meaʻawaʻawa nui loa,ʻaʻohe hui. ʻAʻole lawa ka momona i loko o ke kīʻaha -ʻo ia hoʻi me ka prosqueutto duck - pono aiʻole e hiki ke hoʻohana i kahi wai inu 35%. ʻO ka hopena,ʻo nā mea a pau i hanaʻia me nā mea'ē aʻe, ua uhiʻia e ka hōʻemi o ka waiʻona i ka momona momona.
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ʻAla: Chocolate zabaglione cream trifle
Hoʻopiliʻia me nā akua manawa manawa Vodka martini kīkino kalakino me ka espresso a me ka angla
(Chef Michael Mishkin,'Elevé Restaurant, Phoenix, Ariz.)
- No ke aha i kuhi ai i ka pahu: I ka ikaika o ka inu e hana maikaʻi i ka waiwai o ke kīʻaha, ua nele ka pilina i ka mark no ka meaʻaʻole he mau meaʻono. Ma mua o ka hoʻonuiʻana i kekahi i kekahi, ua uhi wale nā kāleka i kēlā me kēia ma kahi'ē aʻe a ua hoʻohālikeʻia e like me hoʻokahi mauʻike kūʻokoʻa ma mua o ka hāʻawiʻana a me kaʻoihana maikaʻi ma waena o kahi kīʻaha a me ka mea inu.