Plonk Patrol – Wine Warrior

Another in an ongoing series. I was energized, expansive and focused, having  just returned from a weekend at Kripalu - two days of yoga, deep relaxation… [more]

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Invitation-Only: Episode 2

Cinderella Restaurant 85 Columbia Street Fall River, MA 02721(508) 675-0002 Closed Tuesdays Luis Bettencourt Proprietor Portuguese… [more]

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SNSC Jan 10, 2010: American Bordeaux

"To invite someone is to take charge of his happiness during the time he spends under your roof." Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Happiness was the perfect… [more]

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OTBN History

I used to get paid to read the newspaper.  Four actually. Well, that's not entirely true.  Part of my job included reading the newspaper.  I inherited… [more]

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Art and Plonk

19 May 2010

ShareI was off to Waltham to the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University for an afternoon of culture. The Rose had mounted a show from its own collection, a survey of  the art of the last 100 years.For a small private museum, the permanent collection of the Rose is somewhat legendary – a trove of key [...]

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Vermouth – History of

7 May 2010

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First installment in an occasional series.
Vermouth intrigues me – it’s at the intersection where wine and spirits meet, yielding iconic cocktails. Perhaps it’s my culinary backgound which leads me to find the aromas and flavors so unusual and captivating or my archaeological bent is engaged by the ancient practice of flavoring [...]

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His Birthday Cheeses – or In Spring a Man’s Fancy Turns to Goat

4 May 2010

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Lingot du Quercy, Roves des Garrigue and Georgia Pecan
 Finally, the ordeal of moving behind me, I was heading out of town for some R ‘n’ R in the country. (And no, that’s not Rock ‘n’ Roll.)  Before hopping on the Pike, though, I stopped at Central Bottle to procure some cheese from David, the [...]

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Plonk Patrol Road Trip – Sort Of

29 April 2010

ShareIt wasn’t much of a road trip really – Google Maps calculated 21.4 miles with a travel time of approximately 28 minutes. But it’s spring and I wanted to be rolling along the highway with the sun roof open, the sun warming my bald pate. Besides, I hadn’t been to Bin Ends since early winter and [...]

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The Side Dish at The Main Course

27 April 2010

ShareLast Saturday, my friend, BU Wine School Classmate and proprietor of East Side Market, Steve Neidhardt asked me to host the weekly tasting at The Main Course in Canton, MA.  I had some big shoes to fill for ”The Wine Guy”, Steve’s alter ego at The Main Course,  but I was up for the challenge.  Well, [...]

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On the Cynar Trail – and a Tip of the Hat to Eleni

26 April 2010

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As Eleni mentioned in our post about The Sunday Night Cocktail Class, Adam introduced us to Cynar as a mixing spirit when he made The Dunaway. I was intrigued by the spirit – a bitter, cola-like  liqueur – similar to Campari but not as bitter nor pretty. After the class,  Eleni scanned the internet for [...]

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Cocktail: The Aries

24 April 2010

ShareThe Aries attracted me for two reasons: Chartreuse and its name, my zodiac sign.  Okay, three: the color.
Keeping Adam’s instructions in mind, I confidently began concocting one.  Despite the freshness of Adam’s tips I was off to a poor start. The melon was not fully ripe.
Unabashedly, I plunged ahead.

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Campari Calling: Americano

23 April 2010

ShareWinston-Salem: Milano-Torino.
Thankfully this isn’t the SAT or the GRE. But if you visit Campari’s site (which incidentally is repeated word for word on Wikipedia’s entry) you will discover the Americano was first called the “Milano-Torino” for Campari which hails from Milan and Cinzano, the vermouth, endemic to Turin.
The drink is straightforward: equal parts Campari and [...]

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Sunday Night Cocktail Class with Adam Lantheaume of The Boston Shaker

20 April 2010

ShareWe Wineaux are an adventurous bunch – with our ears to the ground, always on the look out for the new and worthwhile, ready to go with a trend if we find it appealing.  A phenomenon of the Ought Decade, cocktail culture has grown in prominence. Every restaurant and bar now offer a signature – [...]

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Mai Tai Trail – Newton, Mass.

20 April 2010

ShareThe sign beckons you.
You know you want tiki.
Feeling like an intrepid reporter I set out to revisit South Pacific prior to Sunday Night Supper Club. Even if it wasn’t my intended destination, how could I resist? Then again, despite more than four years in California I can’t seem to reconcile myself to restaurants [...]

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