Definition of tasting
:an occasion for sampling a selection of foods or drinks in order to compare qualities
- a wine tasting
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Among the special events will be a beer and wine tasting at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1; the Kids Matter Skaters' Picnic at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 2; a rib cook-off at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 3; and various eating contests Sunday, Sept. 3.
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All of the proceeds from this food and beverage tasting event will be donated to local nonprofits and programs focused on ending childhood hunger.
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Recommended Below are notes from a recent tasting of Australian riesling.
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There also will be local brewery, winery and cocktail tastings for the adults.
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Mr. Millau, tasting and holding their book at a Paris restaurant in 1977, was credited with coining the movement’s name.
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The Wine Bar, also in Fisher Pavilion, has local wine by the glass and three-pour tasting flights.
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Well, for one, the hotel’s premier restaurant SAAM at The Bazaar, known for it’s avant-garde takes on Spanish cuisine, is planning to flip into a new tasting menu concept this fall called Somni, helmed by José Andrés acolyte Aitor Zabala.
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But the Willie's guys don't use grain—too heavy-tasting.
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First Known Use of tasting
1854
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