Monthly Archives: April 2009

American Wine Bloggers’ Conference Heats Up

As a result of the success of the first North American Wine Bloggers' Conference in October 2008, Open Wine Consortium and Zephyr Wine Adventures have again teamed up for the 2009 Wine Bloggers' Conference, set for July 24-26. While last ...

Winery run by autistic workers

My first instinct when I see a story like this is to think that someone is exploiting people less fortunate than themselves, but that does not appear to be the case. The wine maker left a great job in Napa ...

The Successful Wine Bar: No Pimpin’ Required

I like Kid Rock and I cannot lie You other ladies can’t deny That when the Kid starts singin' With his style and his pimpin’ It’s the only thing to satisfy… - with apologies to Sir Mix-A-Lot, and “Baby Got Back” I discovered Kid Rock ...

Be a Home Superstar Chef (Part 6 – Restaurant Supply Houses)

This is part 6 of our on-going Home Superstar Chef series. The previous posts in this series were Part 1 - Good Pans, Part 2 - Shallots, Part 3 - Pine Nuts,  Part 4 - Knives, and Part 5 - ...

Flavor Profiles – Food and Wine

I have two sons, age 17 and 13, who are both well on their way to being excellent cooks. However, just as in almost everything in life, they have totally different approaches. My eldest, Alex, loves to experiment. If he ...