Food and Beverage – David Pereda

Exceptional Pairings with Premium Beer

by David Pereda | Dec 1, 2007 | Article, Food and Beverage

It is hardly surprising that beer is the drink of choice in many countries around the world. The question we asked ourselves is: Can beer, like wine, be paired successfully with dinner dishes and desserts? To help us answer that question, we invited Chris Russell, a...

A Tuscan Afternoon

by David Pereda | Sep 1, 2007 | Article, Food and Beverage

This month we invited Chef Anthony Cerrato, owner of the popular Fiore’s Restarant in Asheville, N.C. and Jayson Landers, his wine steward, to be our guests for this column. Chef Cerrato is a grduate of the Asheville-Buncombe County Culinary School. Mr. Landers...

Country Bistro

by David Pereda | Aug 1, 2007 | Article, Food and Beverage

Photos by Mariate Echeverry This month we invited Chef Ferris Camp to be our guest for this column. Chef Camp studied at the New England Culinary Institute and honed his remarkable sommelier skills as apprentice to two well-known wine masters, Mark David and Roland...

Wine Musings from Margarita

by David Pereda | May 1, 2007 | Article, Food and Beverage

I have selected four outstanding red wines for you, sure to please the most discriminating wine taste buds. Three of the wines come from the increasingly popular region of Ribera del Duero in Spain, which for years now has been producing some of the world’s...

Bogota, Falling for Wine

by David Pereda | Apr 1, 2007 | Article, Food and Beverage

In tune with our current Pasajero issue highlighting Columbia, we decided to explore what wines Columbians like to drink. In order to do that, we invited Dario Parra, owner of the well-known establishment in Bogota, La Casa del Vino, to be our guest for this column....

Catar en Familia

by David Pereda | Nov 1, 2006 | Español, Food and Beverage

Mi pequeña hija, quien tiene apenas tres años, ama el vino; pero me adelanto. Como diría Aristóteles, empecemos por el principio: ¡Bienvenidos a mi columna! Si usted lee estas líneas es porque le interesan los vinos tanto o más que a mi Sophia, a mi amigo Carlos...