Bill Gates finally got Warren Buffet’s money. I always thought Mr. Buffet was a Scrooge, but I guess he’s making up for it big time. I think my opinion of Buffet stems from one of his employees. Funny story, kinda related, that illustrates the exasperation that can be the rich:
I used to sell wine to […]

Gorging on tortas at the local El Salvadorian bakery, noticed this label and had to try it. It’s weird, non-alcoholic, and I have no frame of reference for its taste.
Think along the lines of a winter ale, brewed with lots of malt. Cross breed it with unsugared root beer, and you come pretty close. It […]

Most know Cardamom is my very favorite
thing. Ever since I found an extra pepper
grinder and brought some pods home a few
years back, I’ve been putting it in everything.
Cardamom is native to India and is used
extensively throughout the Middle East and
China. It is one of the main spices of Garam
Masala and the thing that makes Turkish
coffee […]

Oh, did I tell you I was being sued? Well, I was. It’s been a nut in my muffin for months, but it’s all settled now. Turns out my Spidey senses in regards to the nefarious boob, er plaintiff, were dead on. Never try to cheat a Sicilian.
So I celebrated by treating myself to a […]

I’m not just a wine nerd. I’m also a tea nerd. I know tea nerds are very critical of anything prepackaged, but I was very impressed last year when I first tasted the full line of Rishi Tea. So I was all smiles when I got my paws on some free samples of their herbal […]

Many of you have asked me to introduce a wine review search feature, or just make my reviews easier to pursue. This has been on my very long list of things to do, as well. I just had to think of the best, and easiest way to do it–to assure that I could maintain said […]

The other night my friend Meghan came over with a free range bird, homemade guacamole, fresh baked sugar cookies, and a 2004 Clos Mimi Petite Rousse in response to my reminiscing about it a few posts back. Were my hands broken? No. Did I come down with Polio? No. It was a(nother) belated birthday celebration. […]

About 18 of us winos made it from Seattle to Ripe’s Family Supper Saturday night in a bitchin windstorm for what amounts to the biggest chef’s table ever–seating for about 35 in the whole place. It was the first enterprise of Michael Hebberoy, also of clarklewis and Gotham Bldg Tavern. Tommy–the most excellent (and soon […]

I don’t spend any money at the department store cosmetic counters. That’s for the terminally insecure. As you can probably guess, I think it’s mostly a bunch of overpriced shite in fancy packaging that’s the same stuff you can get in Walgreen’s. (It’s true, actually. There are 10 or 20 palette houses in Korea and […]

Anyone in Seattle or visiting Seattle should make a pit stop to The Cheese Cellar on Fourth Avenue, just south of Denny (in the shadow of the Space Needle). Theresa and Dennis will not only make you feel immediately welcome, but they have memories like a 3 star maitre d’–the service is superb. Chances are […]