Posted in food, i *heart*, restaurants, travel, wine, tagged catifish sandwich, Cristal, Hot Picks, Luneau-Papin, Matt's In The Market, Peter Liem, Seattle on July 1, 2008 | 3 Comments »
(Above: Champagne grapes are indeed very cute)
I was in Seattle last week for the Wine & Spirits Hot Picks tasting event, which was held at the historic Paramount Theatre in downtown. Like I did for a similar W&S event held in LA, I participated in a radio show in the days before the tasting (although [...]
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Posted in restaurants, travel, tagged El Camino Real, El Lugarcito, Hospice du Rhone, Hwy 101, King City Speed Trap, Octopus Tostada, Road Trips, Salinas Valley Billboard People on May 13, 2008 | No Comments »
(image courtesy of Wikipedia Commons)
El Camino Real, or the Royal Road, was a meandering roadway established by the Spanish that ran the length of much of present day California from San Diego to Sonoma, connecting the various missions and pueblos along the way, with each outpost about a day’s horseback ride from the next. You [...]
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Posted in food, i *heart*, restaurants, san francisco, tagged Conservatory of Flowers, Dios Baco, Golden Gate Park picnic, Gutierrez Colosia, Jardinere, Sherry, Spanish Table on March 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Simon and I were joined by the Third Degree last Saturday in Golden Park for some serious picnic action. Food spread: a garlicy saucisson, St. Marcellin, crusty bread. Washed it all down with a couple bottles of ‘06 Willamette Valley pinot gris (which to me is looking like a lovely vintage for Oregon gris) while [...]
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Posted in natural wine, restaurants, wine, tagged 1977, Altesse, birthday, Domaine de la Pepiere, Domaine de Sablonettes, Lytton Springs, Pichon Lalande, Ridge, The Front Porch on February 2, 2008 | No Comments »
Not much blogging going on here ’cause it’s my birthday today and I’ve had plenty of distractions, including a down home dinner at The Front Porch we had last night with friends. I brought along a bottle of Ridge’s 2000 Lytton Springs, which is about 80% zinfandel and 20% petite sirah, all from the Lytton [...]
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Posted in i *heart*, italy, restaurants, travel, wine, tagged Falai, Massaretta, New York, New York Restaurants, Prune, Ramen Setagaya, Tia Pol, travel, Wine Critic on January 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
(Above: The bloody mary list is ten deep during brunch at Prune, and each bloody is served with a beer chaser. Mine was made with aquavit rather than vodka, and served with fennel and white anchovies.)
A short post to explain my absence of late. Tasting duties for Wine & Spirits took me to New York [...]
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(A pizza I ate once in Naples. Pizzaiolo’s crust is the closest thing I’ve found here in the United States.)
It’s always the pizza. At least that was what lured me to the East Bay on Saturday. But first I had to help my boyfriend and his parents put up Christmas lights and shop [...]
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Apologies to Gang of Four…
So Monday night found me out on the town with the Third Degree. I was at the magazine until late trying to come up with something timely to say about the American Biodynamic movement, specifically following the Biodynamics Forum held here in San Francisco this past November. I managed about a [...]
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