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Gunter Wilhelm Shakes Up the Cookware World

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"By any standard, this is top-rate cookware, but for the price, this product is quite simply peerless."
By Mark Hopkins

Gunter Wilhelm has done it again. Best known as the maker of high-end German steel chef’s knives (one of my favorites), this company seems to make only the finest of each and every product with which they are involved. 

After fifty years of using non-stick coatings, people have started to become extremely aware of some of the safety issues regarding the degradation of these products, and the risks of using them, greatly outweighs the benefits. 

Gunter Wilhelm has introduced the only stick-resistant, stainless steel convectionware cookware set on the market that doesn’t include any kind of coating. They use a 5-ply stainless steel with a mirror finish (done by special electro-polishing), which enables the cookware to be stick-resistant, yet proven safe for cooking. Convectionware is a special cookware that sears on the bottom and steams on the top during normal cooking.   It is the specially designed lid that creates the convection effect. 

This cutting-edge cookware system features new and innovative design functions including covers that stand on end! They even have a temperature port that you can stick a digital thermometer through to identify when your food is at the optimal level of doneness. 

All Gunter Wilhelm cookware is flame and electric stove compatible, but also induction compatible. We sampled their extremely versatile 11-piece cookware system over a variety of formats, using different proteins, cooking styles and techniques and found one thing that is consistent—amazing results! By any standard, this is top-rate cookware, but for the price, this product is quite simply peerless.

www.gunterwilhelm.com 
By Michael Hepworth

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What exactly is GRAND BRULOT I thought to myself as I opened the bottle for the first time just around the time this lockdown took effect. Well, Grand Brulot is listed as a VSOP Cognac Café and it can be used in Bloody Mary’s, Manhattans, Negronis, Martinis, spritzes and sidecars , just for starters. It is a blend of Ugni Blanc & Colombard that is crafted into 80 proof VSOP. Then 100% Robusta Ecuadorian coffee bean essence is extracted and blended with brandy to meld for a few months and finally, it is blended with the VSOP Cognac. There is also a whiff of peppermint, nutmeg and hot cocoa in the drink. The retail price is $42.99.

The idea for the drink was instigated in 2015 by John Bernbach who asked for the help of industry veteran Francisco Tonarely to investigate the potential of a cognac/brandy drink blended with coffee. Three year later in August 2018 Grand Brulot was launched. This cognac comes from the Tardy Cognac Group and the grapes come from its single estate. Grand Brulot also plays homage to a New Orleans specialty of the same name that is still served around town.  The name Grand Brulot was inspired by the famous French pirate Jean Lafite who helped New Orleans repel the British invaders in 1812. He would order coffee, pour cognac in the saucer, set it alight and mix it with the coffee.
Recipes:

THE RISE AND SHINE
2 oz Grand Brulot
Orange Twist

Just pour Grand Brulot over ice and the orange will highlight the flavors
of the spirit.

BRULOT BLACK MANHATTAN
1 oz Grand Brulot
1 oz Bourbon
1 oz Sweet Vermouth
3 dashes Orange Bitters

Bartender Todd Smith created this one. Stir all the ingredients together in
a mixing glass. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass with ice and garnish

with orange wheel.

FRENCH NEGRONI
1 oz Grand Brulot
1 oz  Sweet Vermouth
1 oz Campari

Build in a rocks glass over ice and garnish w/orange wheel.

GRAND BRULOT CAFÉ HOLIDAY
1 oz Grand Brulot
0.5 oz Crème de Cacao
3 oz Porter Beer or Stout
3 dashes of bitters

Throw cocktail ingredients between two cups a couple of times to mix
And ignite the foam from the beer. Pour into a highball glass over ice
And garnish with nutmeg.



www.grandbrulot.com
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