Browsing Month »December, 2006«

Menu For Hope III

December 11, 2006

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It’s Christmas time, and one of the great joys of the Holiday season is in giving to those less fortunate. But even if you are a scrooge and don’t think much of charitable giving, there are quite a few good (and selfish) reasons to participate in Menu For Hope III. 1) If you bid on [...]

Great shirt photo from Greg

December 9, 2006

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Now this is some good stuff. Greg snapped one off while he was in the Davis lab checking up on his extended maceration project. Greg’s a grad student in V&E at Davis and also has a great food blog over here (be sure to check out the step by step pesto post). I’m biased since [...]

The Wither Hills “Reviewer Reserve” Scandal

December 6, 2006

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Mark at Uncorked wrote me (and a bunch of others) today and asked me to comment on the New Zealand wine scandal that is currently unfolding. For those that aren’t aware, a winemaker in NZ has been accused of sending a different wine to reviewers than what is available to the general public. Basically the [...]