Peachy keen summer ice cream
August 4, 2010
One of summer’s greatest culinary pleasures has to be a fully ripe, juicy peach, sweet and aromatic, eaten out of hand with the juice running down your arms. Fresh, homemade peach ice cream is near the top of the list, too.
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New downtown Sapporo
July 21, 2010
Salmon and white tuna sashimi at Sapporo’s new downtown facilities on Fourth. Good looking place, same great sushi!
Pistachio at the Comfy Cow
June 16, 2010
The Comfy Cow is packing them in tonight, but pistachio ice cream is worth the wait. Pure essence of pistachios and cream plus a dash of salt.
Summertime, and the red wine is coolin’
June 16, 2010
In summer’s sultry heat, there’s no harm in placing your red wine in the fridge for a short stay before dinner.
Read my “Grape Escape” in LEO.
Those scary sulfites
May 5, 2010
The Grape Escape: You drank too much wine last night, you woke up with a headache, and now you’re blaming the sulfites?
Read it in LEO and discuss in our forum.
The Restaurant ritual
April 28, 2010
The Grape Escape: Does the wine-pouring ritual at a fancy restaurant make you nervous? Well, relax …
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Organic wine: Red, white and green
April 21, 2010
The Grape Escape: I’m all for organic foods, but organic wines haven’t made a similar case with me. Here’s why.
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What’s in a (wine) name?
April 14, 2010
The Grape Escape: What’s in a (wine) name? Wine can be a great hobby, or a frustrating source of confusion.
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Village Anchor Pub and Roost
April 9, 2010
The Village Anchor Pub & Roost, an exciting “bistropub” serving comfort food with a twist, will open in May in the newly relocated and remodeled Anchorage train station.
Read details in our forum.
Wine list sweet spot
April 8, 2010
Grape Escape: A few tips on picking the “sweet spot” where quality and value meet on the restaurant wine list.
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Wine list, black mask, pistol?
April 2, 2010
The Grape Escape: Should the wine waiter don a black mask and brandish a pistol when she asks for a 200% wine markup?
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Beard Awards shut out Louisville chefs
March 22, 2010
Louisville chefs shut out in 2010 James Beard nominees. Julian Van Winkle III wins as Spirits Pro.
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