Cooking
- Dinner With Frank & Dinah
When setting up the menu for the month, I decided to try out a recipe for Romaine Salad with Avocado "Caesar" Dressing (which, ultimately, wasn't anything exciting). I wanted something kind of traditional to go with, and started hitting the 'retro/oldies'...
- Pankegg
Videoblogger ze frank demonstrates how to make a pankegg, "not quite a pancake, not quite an egg." The demonstration is near the end of the video, so skip ahead if you'd like....
- Farm-raised Wild Boar
Jack impelled me to catch up with my Bloglines backlog and read this detailed Frank Bruni post about the "wild" items you find on a restaurant menu. Guess what? They're not....
- Fire In The Hole
It's easy to romanticize the life of a winery owner. We often imagine a flush wine baron kicking back in the villa as the bank account overflows. And maybe that's true some of the time, but more often the owners have poured their hearts and life...
- Wine Shipping
One piece of news jumped out at me as I started to catch up on headlines and email: the Supreme Court has made a decision about inter-state wine shipping. Despite the many corks being popped across the country in celebration, I can't imagine too many...
Cooking
Croatian Wine Country Travels
My friend Frank sent out a link to his business's new blog, which chronicles the travels of Blue Danube's web designer and his friend through the wine country in the Balkans. Blue Danube is an importer, wholesaler, and retailer, so I imagine the bloggers are visiting wineries represented by Frank and his wife Zsuzsa. But you rarely get to read firsthand accounts of these wine regions, and Frank and Zsuzsa are good people worth supporting.
- Dinner With Frank & Dinah
When setting up the menu for the month, I decided to try out a recipe for Romaine Salad with Avocado "Caesar" Dressing (which, ultimately, wasn't anything exciting). I wanted something kind of traditional to go with, and started hitting the 'retro/oldies'...
- Pankegg
Videoblogger ze frank demonstrates how to make a pankegg, "not quite a pancake, not quite an egg." The demonstration is near the end of the video, so skip ahead if you'd like....
- Farm-raised Wild Boar
Jack impelled me to catch up with my Bloglines backlog and read this detailed Frank Bruni post about the "wild" items you find on a restaurant menu. Guess what? They're not....
- Fire In The Hole
It's easy to romanticize the life of a winery owner. We often imagine a flush wine baron kicking back in the villa as the bank account overflows. And maybe that's true some of the time, but more often the owners have poured their hearts and life...
- Wine Shipping
One piece of news jumped out at me as I started to catch up on headlines and email: the Supreme Court has made a decision about inter-state wine shipping. Despite the many corks being popped across the country in celebration, I can't imagine too many...