This Weekend in 'New York Times' Food News

Posted by Hannah Howard, December 28, 2008 at 12:00 PM

Prosecco Protection: Today, about 60 percent of all prosecco comes from producers outside the traditional prosecco-growing region of Conegliano-Valdobbiadene. Italian wineries want to defend their newly popular product’s name.

Serious Elixirs: In the San Francisco Bay Area, a growing scene of local distillers and bartenders mix perfection with showmanship and an eagerness to experiment with Northern California’s agricultural bounty.

Backwoods Vermont Has Great Restaurants: Who knew? In ski country, the birth—or renaissance—of a genuine regional cuisine.

Custom Chocolate: Behind the scenes of the making of a Green & Black organic chocolate bar, perfectly creamy and exactly to taste.

The Lady from Champagne: The story of the merry, savvy "Widow Clicquot” and the history of the bubbly drink that immortalized her.

The Le Cirque Story: Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven, Andrew Rossi’s fly-on-the-wall documentary, which will be shown on HBO on Monday, exposes the life of the family behind the high-society restaurant

Not by the Book: Eula Mae Doré, the esteemed Cajun cook, never trained professionally and never used a recipe.

Money for Tainted-Milk Victims: A group of Chinese dairy companies accused of selling tainted milk has agreed to compensate the victims.

The Scourge of Zabar’s: If she can return two-month-old salmon, she can return anything.

When a Bar Moves, Will Its Patrons Follow? The P&G bar on Manhattan's Upper West Side is losing its lease and moving six blocks. They hope loyalists will join them for the journey.

Travel: Coffee plantation and volcanoes in Java; 36 hours in Siem Reap, Cambodia; Salisbury, England has a great market; Chicken riggies in Rome, New York.

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