Just finished proofreading our new cookbook yesterday — hooray! My mind is swimming (pun intended) with recipes for seafood, stews, pies, cakes…no wonder I’m always hungry? The American Lighthouse Cookbook on Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1581826761 pub date: September 1
Met some people last night involved in an interesting wine venture in Temecula, near San Diego. I had followed early wineries like Callaway, who did unexpectedly lovely dessert wines there in the 80s and 90s. Apparently there’s still more good vineyard land there, and investor groups have been planting and making wine. Tried one experimental [...]
Suppose you had a chance to taste a fine scotch that had been blended 30 or 40 years ago, and forgotten in the back of a prime distillery in Scotland? I jumped at the chance, and found my tiny portion of The Last Drop full of layered nuances from cocoa and leather to smoke, cherry [...]
Just back from a dinner at Upstairs on the Square with wines from the oldest biodynamic winery in Alsace. An aperitif of Kreydenweiiss 2005 Kritt Pinot Blanc “les Charmes” was full of depth and honey, like drinking flowers. The 2007 Andlau Riesling “Au dessus de la loi” (with nice botrytis) paired surprisingly well with an [...]
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