Musings on wine, food, recipes, restaurants, and other topics
I’ve been to the Iberian Pig twice, and I’m befuddled by the professional food community’s response to it. “Not authentic enough,” seems to be the theme, but no matter how many times Federico Castellucci responds that he wasn’t going for authentic Spanish, they still don’t listen. So, we approached it with open minds and growling …
Yep, it’s Friday, so I’m getting my Friday Flash in under the wire. To read more great flash fiction, search the #fridayflash hashtag on Twitter or go to J. M. Strother’s Mad Utopia on Saturday morning for a list with title, genre, and author. This is the third in my serial paranormal mystery story Always …
One of the most interesting things about the “Wine Conclave” at Montaluce last Saturday was learning about the artistic side of making wine. It sounds like each harvest of each grape varietal comes with a thousand questions to be answered, and sometimes circumstances work for you, sometimes against. For an example of a happy accident, …