Halter Ranch “Ranch Cab,” Paso Robles
Halter Ranch VineyardsRanch Cab Paso Robles2004 Purple and highly extracted, this wine had lots of stuffing when we bought it in the spring, so…
Lyeth Meritage: Better the Next Day
LyethMeritage Sonoma County2005 This Bordeaux-style Californian is a blend of 67% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot, 9% Malbec, and 2% Cabernet Franc. When we opened…
Boqueria y Suba
I happened to catch a bit of The Splendid Table on NPR this weekend while driving around on errands. Mike Colameco presented a short…
Grouse, Served
Tonight I prepared the grouse that had fallen out of the sky and into my hands. I breasted-out the bird, pulling two three and…
Grouse
This morning this ruffed grouse hurled itself against our dining room window, fell fifteen feet to the ground, and died in my hands. I…
Vacqueyras “Vielles Vignes”
Tardieu-LaurentVacqueyras "Vielles Vignes"2003 This old vine wine delivers lots of aromatics: cedar, woodsmoke, licorice, lavender. It's big and woody on the palate, and though…
Easy Tilapia
We like tilapia for its mild flavor, meaty texture, and relatively low price. It's also, as a farmed product, a reasonably sustainable choice (although…
Satisfied
I'm sure there are many women tonight enjoying a glamorous evening, arms cool against a glossy bar, stiletto heels hooked under the rail, while…
Slow Food Nation… And My Nation
Slow Food Nation just wrapped. Held in San Franscisco this past week, the event was designed to "celebrate the birth of a broad and…
One Fish, Two Fish
A couple of high school students have just demonstrated that we may not be getting the fish we think. Using genetic fingerprinting, they showed…
UVFood dot com
How is it possible that we'd never heard of uvfood.com until today? This site, written by friend-of-a-friend John Romkey, offers a compendium of food-inspired…
Blackberry Lime Buttermilk Biscuits
This morning for breakfast we enjoyed a little celebration of August in New England. I had about a cup of blackberries from our backyard…