#natural-wine

#natural-wine

Sure, sure, the biggest reason anyone goes to Outside Lands is the music, but a very close second is the stellar food and drink lineup.After all, you gotta stay fueled for the headliner sets from Kendrick Lamar, Foo Fighters, and Odesza, especially after a day of walking around the Polo Fields at Golden Gate Park.

Where to find wood-fired sourdough bagels, egg rolls that fueled an NHL rivalry, braised pork belly at the city's coolest hangout, romantic dinners at an idyllic forest hideaway, and more of Ottawa's best food




At some point Ottawa was slapped with an inaccurate label: "The city that fun forgot."

From natural wine-focused bars and bottle shops to restaurants with great biodynamic wine lists




"Natural wine" is a spectrum that encompasses a range of wine-growing and winemaking practices, from 00 (say: "zero zero"), that is, nothing added or removed during the winemaking process, to minimal techniques that help ensure a certain final product.

Since Le Chateaubriand opened in 2006, we've watched it transform the city's dining scene and seen it rise and fall in the World's 50 Best rankings.We returned recently and were delighted to find that it's still one of our top picks for a casual (not fine dining) tasting menu in Paris.We recommend it for diners who are on the more adventurous side - those who enjoy natural wine and an unfussy, frenetic dining room.

For natural wine and a real good time in Holborn, there's only one place to go and that's Rondo La Cave, the wine bar below The Hoxton, Holborn.Rondo La Cave has had a stellar wine list since it opened but the selection is better than it's ever been and with new General Manager Jared Svedlund looking after the space, you're in great hands when it comes deciding what to drink.

On social media, diet enthusiasts claim that a sludge of papaya seeds can fight off parasites.A TikTok user whose account is devoted to weight loss says that a whirl of lemon juice, pineapple, ginger and cucumber, blended until frothy and consumed twice daily, can help you melt off 10 pounds in a week.

What's the biggest difference between a tourist and a traveler?The willingness to form new friendships on the road.Finding your people in a strange town can happen quickly.You just have to know where to start.After a day full of meetings or museums, bars have typically been the simplest places in which to connect with like-minded locals.

Even more Spanish food is coming to LA soon, though this time from a very familiar local name.Sandra Cordero, who has been running Gasolina Cafe in Woodland Hills for years, is making a move to Santa Monica with a new tapas bar that will include lots of snacks and splashes of natural wine.The incoming restaurant, named Xuntos, is a departure for Cordero, who has previously operated Gasolina as an all-day cafe with wine bar touches and plenty of paella.

Thus far, humans haven't succeeded in finding a healthy spin on imbibing.Sadly, any health benefits of red wine are outweighed by the negative effects of alcohol on the human body.Some lagers may nourish the gut microbiome - except alcohol pummels those same microbes.Yet another libation holds an iffy status as quasi-healthy booze: Natural wine, perhaps for its name alone, may well be the kale of alcoholic beverages.

The promised wine bar offshoot of Oakland's "vulgar fine-dining" outfit Hi Felicia has just opened in the former Terroir wine shop/bar space on Folsom Street and they're serving Lean Cuisines and Chips Ahoy to accompany your natural wine.There was a false-alarm story last summer, when Hi Felicia founder, the one-named Imana, announced and then rescinded her announcement that she was opening a wine bar in San Francisco called Sluts.

The Zero Co. opened over the weekend in Poncey-Highland, becoming Atlanta's first bottle shop dedicated to selling non-alcoholic wines, beers, and spirits.Located next door to Highland Row Antiques on North Highland Avenue, the Zero Co. is a collaboration between natural wine and small batch liquor shop Elemental Spirits Co. and non-alcoholic distributor the Zero Proof.

Collabs are an everyday part of the music world, and with a heightened interest in the natural wine world, it only seems logical that crossovers between musicians and winemakers are becoming more coveted.The latest in this mix of grapes and beats is the upcoming wine release from Berkeley's Broc Cellars, which teamed up with DJ Muggs of Soul Assassins and Egon, nee Eothen Alapatt, the founder of Now Again Records, and the Sun Ra estate.

L'Antica Pizzeria da Michele, the acclaimed, century-old Naples pizzeria that appeared in Elizabeth Gilbert's bestselling novel Eat Pray Love, opens its Manhattan outpost this week.The restaurant known for its thin pies, which take less than a minute to cook, will open at 2 Bank Street, near Greenwich Avenue, in the West Village on Saturday, December 24.

Jacob's Pickles opened on the Upper West Side in late 2011 and will follow up with a second location further south, set to open in Moynihan Hall on Monday, December 12.While an array of chicken and waffles and other familiar dishes will be on the menu, it will also list location-specific dishes, including a doughnut breakfast sandwich and vegan oat milk pickle ice cream.

Compared to its tourist-beloved neighbor to the south, Gearhart, Oregon - population 1,836 - is a quiet stop along the Oregon Coast.It doesn't have the cinematic history of Astoria or the cheese-lover destination in Tillamook; it's a place that values its tranquil nooks and hidden respites, with beach grass creeping over the sandy dunes and driftwood scattered along the aptly named Little Beach.

Well is taking a look at our coverage of food and nutrition over the past year and reflecting on what we have learned about eating (and drinking).Here are some of our favorite nuggets of healthy wisdom.The superpowered seeds found their way into puddings, pretzels, jams and TikTok trends in 2022 as chia  once again  rose to popularity.

Most of us have been taught from a young age that failing to stretch before or after exercising is akin to a mortal sin.Skip your stretching routine, the thinking goes, and you'll be more prone to injury, soreness and a generally worse workout.But is this wisdom backed by science?And do you really need to stretch before and after every exercise?

Mixed news last week for wine drinkers.Research by scientists at Rush Medical Center in Chicago claims that a glass of red with dinner could slash your risk of developing dementia.Just don't start too young, say rival researchers at the Uniformed Services University in Maryland, who claim that children who are given even a sip of l'eau rouge  water reddened by wine  are more likely to end up with addiction problems.