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Boston Wine Expo 2012: A Celebration of Wine

17 January 2012

If you are a wine lover living in Greater Boston – and if you are reading this, I can only assume that you are at least a wine enthusiast – the Boston Wine Expo is the must-attend event of the year. I personally consider it the post-holiday, dead-of-winter joy. The 2012 Expo is a week-long [...]

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Help is Available – Navigating the Holidays with Whole Foods River Street

12 December 2011

The season of festivities is underway. Are you hosting a holiday gathering for friends, family, co-workers? Are you experiencing “menu anxiety”? If this be the case, turn to Whole Foods River Street to make your party menu planning stress-free. The store can assist you in designing a menu and even providing  beverage selections for all budgets and diet preferences. [...]

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Holiday Bubbles – The Annual Federal Wine and Spirit Champagne Tasting

6 December 2011

Though Champagne is always the appropriate beverage – for both quotidian and celebratory drinking – and knows no season, it is de riguer for the holidays. Whether as party beverage or gift (hint! hint!), the Yuletide is made merrier with bubbles. Each year, shortly after Thanksgiving, Federal Wine and Spirit ,in collaboration with its distributors, hosts the premier Champagne tasting [...]

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He Said, She Said – Muir Glen Reserve Tomatoes and Chef Will Gilson present “Elevating Simple Dishes”

19 October 2011

GLENN – Since 2008, Muir Glen has been producing a line of Reserve Tomatoes – a limited edition of exceptional organic tomatoes grown in Yolo County CA. This year’s edition – The Harvest Sunset Reserve, a blend of red and yellow tomatoes – won’t be available until Nov. 1. However, Muir Glen  promoted the release [...]

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Port and Dessert Tasting at Finale

15 September 2011

Finale, 1306 Beacon St., Brookline MA

Just how fortunate am I? The e-vite from Mindy Valone of CM Communications inquired whether I would like to attend gratis as a media guest a port and dessert tasting at the Brookline location of Finale, Boston’s outstanding desserterie. Port and dessert are two of the essential elements of my life. I know [...]

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The Burger Chronicles – Farafield at The Gill Tavern

22 August 2011

 
Each summer, I spend time in the hill towns of Massachusetts. Several years ago, my hostess – this still is a gender specific word, isn’t it? – introduced me to the Gill Tavern. Located in the quiet town center of Gill – a chuch or two, Town Hall and of course, the library –  the tavern [...]

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The Robert Mondavi Discover Wine Tour

17 August 2011

Heading out to the Berkshires this weekend? Or looking for a great day trip?
The Robert Mondavi Discover Wine Tour is coming to Tanglewood in Lenox, MA this weekend – Friday Aug. 19 – Sunday Aug. 20. The Wine Tour, in its fifth year, seeks to bring the “Napa Valley” wine experience to a wider audience. [...]

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Day Trip: Yarmouth Clam Festival

15 July 2011

8 AM
Depart Boston
10 AM
Arrive Portland Museum of Art.  Save $1 off of adult admission with this coupon.
Noon
Once you have stimulated your appetite, head over to Duck Fat for lunch.
Its headliner: Belgian fries.  We ordered three larges for the table as well as all of the sauces.  But we started with the Duckfat Original, a shake [...]

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He Said, She Said – L’Espalier Argentina Wine Monday

28 June 2011

L’Espalier Wine Monday
Argentina
The Menu

First Pairing
2010 Crios de Susana Balbo, Torrontés, Salta
Apple Street Farm Greens with Shaved Carrot and Rhubarb
Second Pairing
2009 Alfredo Roca, Malbec, Mendoza
Roasted Lamb Sausage with Pearl Barley, Tomatoes and Kalamata Olives
Third Pairing
2009 Jean Bosquet [sic], “Reserva”,  Malbec, Tupungato Valley
Grilled Flank Steak with Chimichurri and Roasted Potatoes
Fourth Pairing
New Age, Sauvignon Blanc/Torrontés, Mendoza
Mt. Tam, [...]

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The Dinearound – The Herb Lyceum

15 June 2011

 
 
 
 
I had once remarked that dinner at the Herb Lyceum was on my “to go” list, but that I’d never gone. Yet finally, here I was sitting in the gardens of the Gilson Family Homestead, drinking Prosecco with the convivial members of the Dinearound, waiting to be summoned to table by our hostess Kathy Gilson. [...]

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