More on Alcohol Grades
As I posted in an earlier topic, there is a move towards lighter wine, not so much in calories as in alcohol content. Meaning that you can enjoy your tipple…
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Carrot Spice Birthday Cake
The May issue of Cooking Light is a goldmine of cake recipes, including a wonderful carrot cake. As always, I couldn’t resist making my own editorial adjustments, replacing cinnamon with…
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French Labels Will Get Simpler.
Well, it appears that all the resistance and chatter about French wine labels is finally coming to a head. The cork is under pressure and about to pop. French winemakers…
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Summer Sizzler: Elizabeth Hurley Beach Fashions
“I certainly don’t like to see women in thongs,” says famed British fashion model and actress Elizabeth Hurley. Obsessed with glamourous summer clothes, she’s launching her Elizabeth Hurley Beach collection…
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A Wine for Sofia
How would you like to win an Oscar, and then have your Daddy name one of his wines after you? Doesn’t it sound lovely?
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British Cuisine
Vindication at last! I’d be a disappointment to the Crown if I didn’t take the opportunity to gloat, for one glorious, undignified moment, over the recent victory of British cuisine….
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Don’t Lag Behind The Times: No-Jet-Lag
Flying is exhausting. Moreso when you cross multiple time zones in a day or two. So why not use what flight attendants in New Zealand have used for 15 years?…
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Profiteroles
So classic, so elegant – the way the dark sweet chocolate sauce pours in a liquid gloss over the gorgeous little puffed pastries filled with cream…a trio of them, like…
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Drinking Wine Can Be Hard Work!
Actually, I’ ve always suspected that wine tasters don’t have such an easy job after all. You’ve probably seen it, they even have to spit it out after they are…