Splash in the pan Cooking with Champagne makes a New Year's menu sparkle

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: December 26, 1999| Author: KAREN HERZOG | Copyright information

Champagne is the traditional sparkle of New Year's Eve.

While many glasses of the bubbly will be raised at midnight, champagne also may finesse its way into dinner -- cooked in risotto, frozen in sorbet or as part of the bathing liquid for poached pears.

"Champagne, to me, denotes something of quality," said Scott Shully, chef-owner of the esteemed Shully's Catering and Cafe in Thiensville. "Wine can be very broad and general, but when you say `champagne,' that's something s...