Big Macs & Burgundy

Essential wine pairings for everything from popcorn to veggie burgers to General Tsos Chicken, based on the wildly popular Grub Street columnSancerre and Cheetos go together like milk and cookies. The science behind this unholy alliance is as elemental as acid, fat, salt, and minerals. Wine pro Vanessa Price explains how to create your own pairings while proving you dont necessarily need fancy foods to unlock the joys of wine. Building upon the outsize success of her weekly column in Grub Street, Price offers delightfully bold wine and food pairings alongside hilarious tales from her own unlikely journey as a Kentucky girl making it in the Big Apple and in the wine business. Using language everyone can understand, she reveals why each dynamic duo is a match made in heaven, serving up memorable takeaways that will help you navigate any wine list or local bottle shop. Charmingly illustrated and bubbling with personality, Big Macs & Burgundy will open your mind to the entirely fun and entirely accessible wine pairings out there waiting to be discoveredand make you do a few spit-takes along the way.Creator BioVanessa Price is a sommelier and columnist with New York magazine as well as the founder and creative director of The Vinum Collective.