Each chapter of the book features recipes from one of the food pyramid’s food groups. Grains, meats and beans, vegetables, fruits and milk are incorporated with wine into delicious (and often surprising) dishes. If you have a sweet tooth, we have a wonderful “Desserts” section just for you.

2. Can I use The Great Wine Pyramid as a resource book about wine?

Absolutely! This book contains not only delicious recipes, but also information on the history of wine, various types of wine, how to flambé, how to host a wine party, an abundance of wine trivia and noteworthy facts.

3. May I have a sample recipe?

You can locate a sample recipe from this book at the Recipe link found on the Home page. We also feature a growing number of recipes under the Bonus Recipe tab. Finally, we have links to wineries and other terrific wine sites under the Contributing Wineries tab. Many of these contributors have scrumptious dishes to share with you.

4. Are there any health benefits to drinking wine?

There are a number of health benefits that one can realize from drinking a limited amount of wine on a daily basis; particularly red wine.

Many detailed health facts and scientific research findings about wine are included in The Great Wine Pyramid!

5. Is this a fun book or a recipe book?

Both! The authors incorporated humor, high-interest features along with fun trivia and quizzes into this cooking with wine recipe book. There are cartoons from celebrated artist Bob Johnson in every section along with clever quips and quotations about wine from noted celebrities.

6. Are the recipes difficult to make?

No. The recipes chosen for this book are relatively simple to prepare. Each recipe throughout the book has a difficulty rating assigned to it. This rating will give you some guidance concerning the difficulty and time required to prepare the recipe. On a scale of one to five wine glasses, one glass means the recipe is extremely easy to make and five glasses means it requires more culinary expertise. The authors have selected their favorite recipe in each section. You will find a star next to those recipes in the table of contents.

9. How can I purchase copies of The Great Wine Pyramid?

Simply order online through the Purchase Book link on this website. The book is also available online and at a growing number of bookstores. Don’t wait to order! Soon you or you gift recipient will be on your way to enjoying the recipes and extensive information about wine found in The Great Wine Pyramid! Special discounts apply when ordering large quantities of the book. Contact us for pricing information at thewinepyramid@aol.com.

8. Do you have any other novelty cookbooks available?

Our first book, The Great Chocolate Pyramid, is available through a link on the Home page. Special pricing is also available on this web site when you purchase The Great Wine Pyramid and The Great Chocolate Pyramid together.

We also have two more books in the works!

9. Can you recommend any websites to us?

There are numerous websites dedicated to wine. You will find links to a few of our favorite wineries and wine websites when you select the Contributing Wineries link on the Home page.

10. I have a great recipe that includes wine as an ingredient. Would you like to have it?

You bet we would! Please click on “Add a Recipe” on the Home page. Please remember to include difficulty level, preparation time and yield. Thanks!

11. I know a wine I like when I taste it, but how do I know how to select one?

The “Wall of Wine Trauma” is a common dilemma when shopping for wine – not to mention making a good selection in a restaurant. The Great Wine Pyramid contains numerous helpful hints including: how to read a wine bottle’s label, varietals which pair well with foods, ideas for joining a wine club, and definitions of wine tasting and winemaking terms.

12. Do these wine recipes call for unusual ingredients?

Rarely. Most every ingredient is readily available at your local market and/or wine shop.

13. How were you able to incorporate wine as an ingredient into each food category? Some don’t seem to be a likely combination.

In The Great Wine Pyramid, as in The Great Chocolate Pyramid, some food groups lend themselves to those ingredients more easily than others. Through our research and experimentation, however, you will be surprised at the interesting and utterly delicious possibilities in each section.

14. The Great Wine Pyramid has cartoons and humor that will make you laugh. Here’s one version of a hilarious story about wine that didn’t make it into the book:

Once upon a time
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in a land far away,
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a beautiful, independent,
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self-assured princess
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happened upon a frog as she sat
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contemplating ecological issues
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on the shores of an unpolluted pond
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in a verdant meadow near her castle.
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The frog hopped into the princess' lap
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and said: "Elegant Lady,
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I was once a handsome prince,
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until an evil witch cast a spell upon me.
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One kiss from you, however,
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and I will turn back
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into the dapper, young prince that I am
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and then, my sweet, we can marry
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and set up housekeeping in your castle
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with my mother,
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where you can prepare my meals,
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clean my clothes, bear my children,
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and forever feel
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grateful and happy doing so."
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That night,
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as the princess dined sumptuously
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on lightly sautéed frog legs
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seasoned in a white wine
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and onion cream sauce,
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she chuckled and thought to herself:
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Yeah right, I don't think so!