Butcher shops that get "by-catch" whales caught in herring nets usually sell out, but the fishy-tasting red meat does not fetch the prices it would in Japan, and exports to Japan would be illegal under endangered-species treaties.
The wine is finished; she sucks a lollipop that only tastes red.
If you want to keep it thematic, though, you can taste white wines during the summer and taste red wines during the winter.
Over three days we had visited 10 cellars and tasted reds from five more wineries during dinner.
Another successful sampler was a trio of seaweed salads: the usual brilliant green variety; a similar-tasting red one; and a chunky, slightly sweet brown one.
Mr. Lomonaco, who can go from zero to 60 on the subject of game in no seconds flat, hankers after elk, a fine-grained, mild-tasting red meat, but has a hard time finding it.
It arrived on a bone that was long enough to pick up, cave man style, garnished with carrot chunks and beautiful, wide ribbons of chewy pappardelle soaked in a rich-tasting red wine sauce.
A number did arrive naked, steakhouse-style, or with potato or rice, so consider budgeting for a side of nicely prepared spinach or broccoli ($6 too accompany, say, chicken scarpariello — breast meat on the bone — with bits of sausage and lots of garlic, or clean-tasting red snapper festooned with clams and mussels.
Horse The best-tasting red meat on Earth, and also one of the healthiest kinds.
