Musings on wine, food, recipes, restaurants, and other topics
Cecilia and I have developed the theory that on any given night, one can find a restaurant somewhere in Atlanta that is having some variety of wine special. It might be a half-price bottle night, a wine flight night, or even a “help us get all this open stuff out of here” night. Whatever the …
Okay, I’m not sure exactly what Feast calls its Tuesday night wine special because it’s not on the web site. We heard about it through their email list. Tune in on Thursday to see Hubby’s and my (but mostly his) idea for addressing this lack of centralized wine special info. Here’s the deal: go to …
As the world watches Vancouver and Whistler over the next couple of weeks during the Winter Olympics, Cecilia and I are reminded of our swing through Western Canada during our trip there in October 2007. Little known to most Americans, Vancouver sits four hours from one of Canada’s top wine growing areas. The Okanagan Valley …
Because you can make drinking games out of anything! Take a drink if you see: (added 2/13): Any mention or showing of Shaun White. (added 2/13): Any shots of Mounties. Any commercial talking about how “green” a corporation is. Any commercial about the census (because they’re all so stupid and costing taxpayer money). Any Apolo …
Here’s part four of “Always a Bridesmaid.” For the first three parts, check out the More Fiction! section on my web site. For a list of the week’s flash fiction, search the hashtag #fridayflash on Twitter or go to J.M. Strother’s Mad Utopia on Saturday morning. Always a Bridesmaid, Part 4: The Super Scrubber Fiance …
I resolved to drink more French wines this year, so last Thursday’s tasting at JavaMonkey was greatly appreciated. Yes, it helps to make resolutions I look forward to keeping. All of the selections were imported from France’s Loire Valley by Jon David Headrick, whom I hadn’t heard of previously. The wines: 2008 Domaine de la …
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, …
Okay, first the disclosure stuff: we didn’t pay for anything except for dinner last night and a contribution to the tip jar for the two servers who were helping out with the Wine Conclave. Okay, FTC, happy now? Why don’t you get doctors to do the same things with their patients? “Hey, Ambien CR took …