Monthly Archives: April 2008

Ways to Cook Asparagus

I swear that this will be my last article about asparagus for a while, however I did promise some cooking and serving methods, so here they are, along with some other tidbits. Asparagus is an extremely nutritious vegetable which is high ...

Two Wines to Tame the Beast

My last article dealt with how to pair wine with one of the bad boys of the culinary world, asparagus. Here are two wines that I really like, and that go wonderfully with it. Both the 2006 Blanco Nieva Sauvignon Blanc ...

Asparagus and Wine

As the weather starts to get nicer and Spring begins to assert itself, the home chef starts to think about asparagus. Despite being available year round these days, it is at this time of year when you can find this ...

Finally, a true social networking site for winos!

There have been other attempts at creating online communities built around wine, some good, some not good, but they have all lacked something. Most have been stuffy places that only allow users to review wines. That is until now. Check out ...

Happy New Beers Day!

At 12:01 a.m. Eastern April 7, 1933 the Cullen-Harrison Act went into effect. One of the very first acts of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, this act allowed the return of legal beer sales in America, and marked the beginning of the ...