Tour de France Cocktails, Corsica and Stage 1

Good morning sports fans! If you're like me, you're watching the Tour de France right now. Later you might need to pair your cycling spectation with some libation. Bicicyling Magazine is your huckleberry, and I love them for it. Check out their roundup of TDF themed cocktails!

http://www.bicycling.com/tour-de-france/tour-features/toast-tour-de-france

Corsica is looks rustic, lush, and hot to me. Very pretty hills. Neat rows of grape vines, too. Looks to be Cav's day, but you never know. Gorgeous shot along the coast. Reminds me a lot of the terrain around Santa Barbara and Ojai. If you want to ride a lovely century or metric century, and you don't mind some climbing, check out the Ojai Century. You'll ride through foothills and avocado and orange groves, and fly along PCH, too! Loads of fun. Southern California is so beautiful, and a great place for road cyclists.

For a Corsican wine, here something that sounds good. This excerpt is from The Examiner:

"The Domaine Maestracci ‘E Prove’ 2010 white is a fresh, acid-driven delight, brimming with limey citrus notes tingling the lips, apple and pear fruits in tangy abundance expanding in the mouth, and a long, leisurely finish that lasts until the next sip begins. This is Vermentinu, the primary white grape of Corsica, known as Vermentino in nearby Italy and Rolle in the south of France. It’s a grape that deserves much more prominence and share of mouth than it gets, and the Maestracci is a perfect example of why it excels in Corsica."

I just read on Miss Elisabeth's blog about how you can get a calzone in Corsica stuffed with a lightly poached egg, mozzarella and prosciutto. They have lots of local cheeses and cured meats, as do all parts of France and Italy. I bet all that would pair quite well with those crisp Corsican white wines. Yummy!

Below is the link where you can read the entire post about that calzone. It will make you want to visit Corsica! Suddenly I do! But why not? After all, my two favorite places in Europe are Italy and France, and Corsica is a blend of both.

http://blog.misselisabeths.com/home/2010/11/8/the-terroir-of-corsica-and-corsican-specialty-foods.html

Happy Tour de France, Everyone!!! I love July!

 

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Riverhorse Cafe, Park City, Utah

It seems that, just like in Italy, you can't seem get a bad meal in Park City, Utah. Particularly in Old Town. At the Riverhorse, we tried two starters and a main cours. The starters were Elk Carpaccio and a Beet and Arugula Salad. The beets were red and yellow, the darker ones deeper and earthier, the yellow ones, lighter and fruitier. The main course was Glazed Salmon. The carpaccio came with a Meyer lemon vinaigrette, and some sort of mild horseradish sauce. Wow! The salmon was glazed with one sauce, and dark wild rice beneath, with another sauce. Everything was almost indescribably delicious. We finished it off with the peanut butter bread pudding. Due to the rain, what was meant to be an athletic weekend turned into a gastronomically indulgent one. Poor us!

Riverhorse: http://www.riverhorsegroup.com/

Welcome to Bike_Drink_Eat!

The Tour is coming soon, and since I have found Facebook limited in terms of speed and space, here, forthwith, is my first blog! Get ready for Food and Wine pairings for each stage of the Tour de France, as I did with the Giro d'Italia this year. Vive le Tour! Also, expect some musings on cycling, food in Los Angeles, travel, Italy, triathlon training, and other stuff! Here's the link to the Tour de France route video. Makes me weepy!!! http://tinyurl.com/TDF-Route-Video