Becky Sue on August 22nd, 2009

Genever was the original spirit used as a cocktail mixer, starting with the first golden age of the cocktail in the mid-1800s.  Several grains are malted like whiskey, then triple distilled.  Clear and very mild, like a vodka but with traces of fine botanicals. Learned all about this at Drink in Boston the other day, [...]

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Becky Sue on August 15th, 2009

Curious about what’s going on the Languedoc, I had a chance to try both the 2006 and 2005 Blason d’Aussieres this week.  I almost wish I hadn’t had the two togeher, because they are both very good wines but one always has to suffer by comparison – and it shouldn’t. The 2006 entranced us with [...]

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Becky Sue on August 5th, 2009

We never get Sancerre more than a few years old, in the course of normal events here.  Yet somehow a bottle of 2000 Sancerre appeared in the forgotten section of my vast cellar (cardboard box) so I brought it up to try last night.  The label also reminds me it is Vieilles Vignes [old vines] [...]

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Becky Sue on August 1st, 2009

It’s a 1-Minute Cooking Show.  So corny it’s endearing. For The American Lighthouse Cookbook See the complete recipes at AmericanLighthouseCookbook.com

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