Sauced In New York Sometimes the food is in the sauce, sometimes we are
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COME ON AND TWIST
More and more of the wines that I serve at my restaurant barVino are arriving in twist cap format. Pascal Jolivet’s Attitude Sauvignon Blanc seems to switch each vintage, arriving one year in the more traditional cork format and the next showing up in my wine cooler with a twist cap. Recently, the Milbrandt Merlot switched it up. As did the Ca’Donini ... Read More » -
THE GIRL IS CRAFTY
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MINDFUL OF MY MINDSET
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MY LAST MEAL ON THIS PLANET
Ending my series of blogs from Ireland, I wrap with the final thoughts from our return flight home. We are a highly distractible family, admittedly. Okay, not my siblings and all, but me and my husband and kids, yes. A favorite line from The Holy Grail that personifies us, at the Bridge of Death while facing the Gorge of Peril: ... Read More » -
THE CRISIS
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DAMN YOU, SHOPRITE… FOR NIRVANA!
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GUILTY PLEASURES
I recently discovered cookie butter from Trader Joe’s. That’s right. Cookie butter. They suggest it being delicious on a number of things (hello waffles!) but I find that it’s fabulous off a spoon while standing in-front of the fridge at 2 a.m. Fortunately, my roommate doesn’t like it, thus leaving more for me. On closer examination of that previous sentence (and ... Read More » -
HOW DO YOU CHEERS?
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SPRING CLEANING
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62
… the number of cases of wine you usually get from a ton of grapes. My Wine Business class has ended, but I will remember 62, as well as numerous other interesting facts related to the business of putting that lovely liquid on the table to be shared with one or many. So many interesting things are percolating in the ... Read More » -
IF YOU PLANT IT, IT WILL GROW
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IT’S ALL GREEK TO ME
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PAST AND PRESENT…
We had a fantastic Sunday night. Dennis wanted to make dinner. When he wants to cook, I have to force myself out of head chef mode, and accept instead the title of sous chef. Or just cheerleader sometimes. (Cue glass of wine.) Dennis was working on some appetizer recipes for Thanksgiving on Sunday. We tasted a Buffalo Chicken Dip, sinfully, ... Read More » -
CHANNELING GRANDMA
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WASTE NOT, WANT NOT
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‘TIS THE SEASON
Prior to moving to the Adirondacks, my family always bought their Christmas trees from a local Christmas tree farm (particularily, in the latter years of our Delaware residency, from Loblolly Acres). But for the last two years, my roommate and I have gone trekking through the woods for our Christmas trees and evergreen boughs. It is something I look forward ... Read More » -
ADVENTUROUS PALATES
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INNOVATIVE BRILLIANCE OR SHORT-SIGHTED PRESENTATION?
