Yes…and no. So beware over-fancification of your martini basic and don’t get too cute.
Concerning the Olive
in this issue of the Seattle Weekly
Can’t blame a girl for trying.

OK, I don’t usually answer these things, but since it’s from Uncle Stan (Hieronomous of Appellation Beer), I’ll bite.
The premise: Share things about yourself that others may not know by picking four categories and providing four answers per category (the master list). I just took Stan’s categories, because you all probably know way too much […]

Today was the Culinary Showcase of IACP. Like any trade show, you have your big ass sponsors whose money subsidizes the whole shebang and get to fete the attendees, thus solidifying their market share, and you get little gems like…
Gourmet Sardinia: These products make my heart race. Imported by chef Elfisio Farris who wrote the […]

…and all I got was this lousy photo. To be fair, that popcorn was unbelievable. Salty, cheesy, and spicy. Perfect with the sweat and sour notes of an Abita Amber. To be balanced, the Sazeracs were fair to midland. A little too sweet from an uncaring hand on the Herbsaint.
I know the place dwells […]

I pity the sommelier who choses wine over fresh spring veggies. Stupid sommelier, wine can be drunk anytime, but these veggies? They’re only perfect once a year.
Banishing the Myth of the Wine-Killer
in this issue of the Seattle Weekly
tags: south africa, sauvignon blanc, seattle weekly

I am taking 30% more baths lately because I’m feeling partially brined. I wanted to test olives for a piece about finding a better martini olive. I don’t know how it’s going to turn out, but so far it’s not going very well. And I am very, very thirsty. Now, I love olives. I can […]

Sure, you could do a cafe crawl, or you could just….
Seattle’s Only Truly Pro-Choice Cafe
in this issue of the Seattle Weekly
Any place that is smart enough to have a Synesso and carry Borogove and Lighthouse just can’t suck.
tags: microroast, coffee

First, start by asking yourself, what do you want from wine? Do you want a new hobby or are you just looking for Mr. Goodbottle of red?
My last gig as a wine director, in a specialty food store not a restaurant, we had any number of ways in which we completely overwhelmed people, whether the […]

Nero d’Avola is the New Chianti
in this issue of the Seattle Weekly
There was another Nero d’Avola that I was going to recommend in my column, a really great and really cheap one (two words, first one starts with “F”). But the ass monkeys at the distributorship couldn’t even find it in their system so as […]