Monday, May 12, 2025

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Tim Eustis

Recovering sommelier, wine buyer, and consultant, Timothy Eustis moved here from Paris in 2012. His passions run from wine to coffee to fresh eggs: all things food and wine. He has written for Wine & Spirits magazine, and was Dr. Vino’s Man in Paris. Tim works at The Chef's Shop in Great Barrington. He lives in Great Barrington with his two boys, Henry and Fred, and his wife Sarah.

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EUSTIS ON FOOD: Homemade pasta

Pasta feeds children well. It is cheap, and serves as a vehicle to deliver any number of lovely sauces. But there is so much more there, so much more flavor, in fresh pasta, and it is much better for you.

EUSTIS ON FOOD: The simple meringue

These are about as simple a dessert as there is, and with the counterpoint of the crackly-on-the-outside against the chewy-on-the-inside, it’s just perfection.

EUSTIS ON FOOD: The perfect pizza, and how to make it

What’s au courant is thin-crust pizza, a return to the Neapolitan idea, with fresh ingredients, with greens, either cooked in oven or added at the end.

TIM EUSTIS: Advice to the coffee fanatic: Think Chemex for the perfect cup

Like the growing interest in food and wine, coffee has benefited from our desire to have every element of our culinary experience enhanced to its logical — or illogical — conclusion.

Food & Wine: Bánh Mì sandwich, fusion of east and west   

The juxtaposition of the umami rich Maggi Sauce with the unique taste of cilantro and the sweet and sour bite of the pickles in a cocoon of French bread slathered with mayonnaise makes for a wonderful fusion of east and west. This is the yin and the yang of sandwiches. Namaste.
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