OK foodies, time to descend upon these James Beard 2011 nominees, SF Gate - James Beard Awards 2011 nominations announced: Danko, Phan, Boulevard, rising stars represent.
Looks like California is reasonably represented.
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Monday, March 21, 2011
Start Flocking To These James Beard Nominees
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HR 1161 - Booze Shipping
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Lots of controversy here. The posturing is palpable.Dr. Vino says, "Now known officially as HR 1161, and unofficially as the Wholesaler Protection Act, the bill seeks to restrict legal challenges to the interstate shipment of wine (and beer and spirits) and keep the legislation that affects wine shipping at the state level." As for me, I prefer to have as many imbibing choices possible, and access to all the products crafted across the country.
Fermentation - The Daily Wine Blog asks, "What lies and fallacies lie ahead in the effort to prevent America's beer wholesalers from passing HR 1161 and keeping craft beers, wines and a spirits out of consumer hands?"
Learn more about the subject, and follow the rich and interesting discussions, at the two blogs above, or start following:
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Sunday, March 20, 2011
All You Can Drink Cruises - Controversy
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I'm glad to hear that "all you can drink" packages are rolling out, Cruise Critic: Cruise and Booze: All-You-Can-Drink Packages Coming From Royal Caribbean.We drink a fair amount on cruises, so the convenience of a package makes sense to me. However, there's a buzz of controversy. Cruise Critic Editor in Chief, Carolyn Spencer Brown, asks, "Will all-you-can-drink packages encourage people to drink to excess, or simply offer a convenient and money-saving option for those with big bar bills?"
What's your opinion?
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Saturday, March 19, 2011
Finicky About Wine Alcohol Levels
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When we're drinking wine, it's often fun to try and guess the alcohol level. For us the alcohol level is something to observe, and not something that detracts from our enjoyment of the wine.However, if you're interested in or finicky about alcohol levels, or don't like high octane wines, then this Jon Bonne' article is worth a fun read, Should We Print Alcohol Levels?
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Sunday, March 6, 2011
View Museum Art Of The World - Google Art Project
Google says, take a trip around the world's greatest art museums.
What a great offering, the "Art Project" (powered by Google).
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Friday, February 25, 2011
Wine Writers About Wine As Art
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Everybody's talking about this Vinography: a wine blog post, A Short Conversation Between Wine Writers About Wine as Art. Or Not. If you enjoy reading about wine, it's worth following the thread.
In case you can't get enough, jump right into the ongoing conversation on Twitter: Vinography
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Thursday, February 24, 2011
Google Recipe View - yum
Image via WikipediaWay cool! We love to cook, and usually start hunting for recipes via Google Search.
So glad to learn via NPR that Cooks Get A New 'Recipe View' From Google.
Here's a peek at what it looks like: Google with Recipe View helps you find recipes from across the web
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Saturday, February 19, 2011
10 Time Honored Travel Tips
Image via WikipediaYou just can't get too many travel tips.
So here's a set of 10 tips, Kevin O'Donnell - Time Honored Travel Tricks.
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So here's a set of 10 tips, Kevin O'Donnell - Time Honored Travel Tricks.
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Sunday, February 13, 2011
Last Minute Ideas For Celebrating Valentine's Day
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It's not too late!
Here are some fun and creative ideas for celebrating Valentine's Day, 10 (Last-Minute) Romantic Things To Do On Valentine's Day Together
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011
2011 Travel - 41 Places To Visit
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We've started brainstorming our travel plans for 2011. If you're like us, you need some sources of information and inspiration, like this NY Times article, The 41 Places to Go in 2011.
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011
5 Wine Tips For 2011
Checkout these 5 wine tips for you to consider, as you drink into 2011, Jon Bonne's 5 wine-related resolutions for 2011.
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- Buy wine direct
- Drink more Grenache
- Revisit less fashionable regions
- Think small labels
- Drink more magnums
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Saturday, January 8, 2011
A New Year Golf Gift
Image via WikipediaWe spent New Year's day with some special friends. Of course, we spent it over a lunch of fine food and fine wine. They too, love to play golf.
They surprised us with a fun gift of: Golfing - The Golfers Journal - Write It Down! Memories Are All That's Left - Live, Love, Laugh . . . (Author: Barbara Morina)
It's a fun journal. Next big question. I've kept scorecards for the last year or so, should I go back and try to reconstruct the past year in the journal?!
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Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Sending Back Dishes - Lively Debate
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For heaven's sake people, do you really act this badly in restaurants?!
Sending back dishes: In(comp)etent, (comp)licated or (comp)letely crazy?
I'm of the opinion that patrons too often try to get a free ride. Is that what you're seeing in restaurants?
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Friday, December 31, 2010
Avoid Hangover
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Have fun and party safely. If you're planning to indulge, checkout this informative website:
How To Prevent A Hangover
Lots of great tips, info, and a Dr. Oz video.
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Golf - Shouting Fore and Lawsuits
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Golf Courses: A Gold Mine for Lawsuits
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Thursday, December 23, 2010
Learn The Language Of Your Travel Destination
We love studying languages. This article resonates with me, Vacationing in a native tongue - More Americans include language learning in travel plans.
Bottomline, put some effort into learning the language of your travel destination, and your experience will be magnified beyond imagination!
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Stay Healthy Golfing -- Body 4 Golf - Getting Into The Swing
This book comes highly recommended by friends and family.
Having hurt myself golfing, and playing hurt, I imagine we should all read this book,
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Monday, December 20, 2010
Solution For US Credit Cards Not Working In Europe
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We recently visited Germany and found it frustrating that many of our US issued credit cards wouldn't work.
What we ran into was the microchip and PIN technology that is standard in credit cards in Europe, but not in our American credit cards.
To the rescue for US travellers, Bound for Europe? New microchip card caters to Americans.
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Saturday, December 11, 2010
Holiday Food-Wine Books - Chronicle Picks
The San Francisco Chronicle Holiday books: Food and wine recommends these holiday books:
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