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\"Curry<\/p>\n

Hard ciders are all the rage right now and it’s not just because Fall is in the air. The artisanal food revolution has led to a boom in all manner of handcrafted libations: \u00a0boutique wines, craft beer, handcrafted cocktails and, now, hard cider is reclaiming their rightful place in the hearts and on the palates of food and drink lovers in apple growing countries around the world.<\/p>\n

BA Foodist Andrew Knowlton observed hard cider’s uptick two years ago. “Hard cider has a long history in America, where it\u2019s made in various styles, from sweet to dry and still to sparkling. From colonial days onward, hard cider was sipped by almost everyone, including children: Easily made and inexpensive, it was considered cleaner than drinking water. Then Prohibition came along and all but wiped out production and consumption.\u00a0Faintly sweet, bracingly tart, and with a seductive apple scent that\u2019s often the only clue to its origin, cider is not just a surprisingly complex-tasting drink, it\u2019s also relatively inexpensive (usually under $15 a bottle) and low in alcohol content (between 5 and 9 percent).”<\/p>\n

For our little family unit, the week before Labor Day and the two weeks after brings one celebration after another. Mind you, I’m not complaining, but my body is. First it’s our anniversary (24 years of mostly wedded bliss this year!), then my birthday a week later, followed by College Girl’s birthday. Boom, boom, boom. Is it like this for you? Families seem to have a “season” of births and marriages – what’s your family’s season?<\/p>\n

Any whoo, our season coincides with the beginning of football season and I’m looking for a lighter libation to pair with football fare. You guessed it, hard cider fits the bill! It’s less filling than beer and its sweet, tart flavor profile is perfect for pairing with robust foods like sausages, barbecue and rich creamy dips as well as lighter fare that you might normally pair with white wine.\u00a0Stella Artois <\/a>has introduced a hard cidre (yes, cidre not cider) and reached out to selected bloggers in the Glam Media Foodie.com network to suggest food pairings that complement their dry, sparkling, almost beer-like beverage kissed with apple sweetness. No problem.<\/p>\n