Reality TV junkies rejoice
There are now a number of trips and tours centered around your favorite shows. On September 26, an Apprentice-themed cruise sails from New York to the Caribbean. The cruise, sponsored…
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Gourmet Grocery Dining: Les Papilles, Paris
A grocery store that serves classic bistro cuisine? In Food & Wine Magazine’s April 2005 issue’s “Affordable Paris” section, a one-year-old grocery store (epicerie) called Les Papilles (“taste buds” in…
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Something Old, Something Bold: Hotel Godin, Montreal
Gwyneth Paltrow slept here. So can you if you’ve got $200 – $500 Canadian. At this great rate, the Hotel Godin in Montreal is very affordable for US and European…
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Be Cool On Arizona’s Links: Hot New Segway “Golf Cart”
In Arizona, where the summers are fierce as triple strength chili sauce, there’s a new way to play golf and be cool. In fact, there are two ways and the…
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Washington Ate Here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Food is life. So the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in D.C. from June 23-27 and June 30-July 4 is sure to be a big draw along the Mall. Especially when celebrity…
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Radiation in My Wine? Gulp!
I had never paused to think about this. But nuclear activity, even far far away, leaves a radioactive imprint in the grapes (and, I am guessing, in every fruit and…
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So What Do Wine Writers Drink?
Haven’t you wondered. All these experts talking and writing about wine. So, when they are not testing and tasting libations at work…what do they drink? Here’s an interesting insiders view…
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More on pairings — Wine and Cheese …Love it.
I posted a study by UC Davis that debunked the myth of wine and cheese as a match made in heaven. Well, I’ll have to ignore the science and keep…
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A Reason To Pass on a Bargain
Well, we all have heard it ad nauseum, if it’s too good to be true…it probably isn’t. A word of warning to anyone thinking of investing in wine futures. Yes,…
