Layla Schlack
Senior Editor, Clarkson Potter at Penguin Random House
Senior editor at Clarkson Potter. You may remember me from @whetstonemedia, @wineenthusiast, @ctnewsguild, or not at all. She/her
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1 month ago |
wineenthusiast.com | Layla Schlack |Lala Schlack
Widely planted around the world, Chardonnay models just how much vinification methods can affect the character and color of wine. Even without delving into sparkling options, bottlings can run the gamut of pale and racy to deep and rich, with a wide and happy middle ground. The color in your glass may hold clues about how the wine was made and how it will taste. We take you through the spectrum of Chardonnay styles, from lightest to darkest.
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1 month ago |
wineenthusiast.com | Layla Schlack |Lala Schlack
One of the most planted varieties in the world, Chardonnay takes root in vineyards with breathtaking vistas from Australia to Italy. To help transport you while you sip, we rounded up some of the most beautiful Chardonnay-growing regions around the globe. Why not pour yourself a glass and take it all in? Chardonnay vineyards in Champagne, France / AlamyChampagne, FranceIt’s almost a shame that the wines of Champagne are so stunning, we often neglect to talk about the place itself.
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Jan 5, 2025 |
ctinsider.com | Daniel Figueroa IV |Jayden Nguyen |Abby Weiss |Lilli Iannella |Ciara Hooks |Leeanne Griffin | +5 more
Several restaurants will open in Connecticut in 2025, including new Haven Hot Chicken, Shah's Halal and Raising Cane's locations.
Connecticut home bakers make thousands of holiday cookies every year to keep family traditions alive
Dec 11, 2024 |
ctinsider.com | Layla Schlack
"We don't send a Christmas card, we send Christmas cookies," Wallingford resident Katie Nemeth says. Nemeth estimates she and her family bake around 1,000 cookies to distribute to friends, family members and neighbors. She's one of several residents of the state who bakes hundreds or thousands of Christmas cookies, but their stories start in the same place: with mom. "My mom really was the original cookie baker," Nemeth says.
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Nov 17, 2024 |
ctinsider.com | Layla Schlack
Bill Hunniford estimates a thousand pies get picked up from American Pie Company on Thanksgiving Day. In the weeks leading up to the holiday, he says it's easily thousands. "I've never counted," he says. "I have to keep my nose down and get through it."That's in addition to the cookies, cakes and breads the bakery produces. Sometimes, that includes laborious seasonal goodies like strudel, for which a thin pastry dough is stretched across the surface area of a table.
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