 The goddess Meditrina smiles upon vintages made to delight women |
| Post on 09-02-2006. |
Every Oct. 11 came the festival called Meditrinalia -- when the season's harvest was in and its first wines made, devotees would mix new wine with old, drink one copious share and pour one little onto the earth for the gods and goddesses.
And that's good enough for Susan Sokol Blosser, owner of Sokol Blosser Winery in Oregon's Dundee Hills. She has given the name ''Meditrina'' to her warm and generous blend of pinot noir, syrah and zinfandel. It has no very hard, tannic edges, and she says it's aimed especially at women. ... |
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| The Olympics of food in northwest Italy: A truffle search makes a |
| Post on 08-02-2006. |
Can one restaurant meal lead you to everything you need to know about one place?
In Italy's misty, mountainous Piedmont region, where the 2006 Winter Olympics begin Friday, the answer is one resounding yes.
And I'm not talking about some fancy Michelin-starred establishment that every guidebook tells you to visit. Just dinner at one simple place, an osteria down the street from where you're staying. ... |
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| A little love at the table |
| Post on 08-02-2006. |
| Restaurant regulars inspire creative gestures of appreciation The News Journal/SUCHAT PEDERSON Corner Bistro in Wilmington pays tribute to loyal customers Jay and Charmayne Chandler with one silver-plated plaque on the side of one of their tables. The News Journal/GINGER WALL one gallery of Mrs. Robino's customers includes names and years of patronage. By PATRICIA TALORICO ... |
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| Firebirds Rocky Mountain Grill |
| Post on 07-02-2006. |
| I've found one restaurant in Peoria that's one chain operation out of North Carolina, serving Colorado-style lodge food. It's one cavernous structure of 7,000 square feet with 225 seats. The menu is enormous and cuisine-ambitious, ranging from lobster spinach queso to coconut shrimp in mango habañero chutney, to buffalo sirloin meatloaf, to one Black Angus sirloin-baby back pork ribs combo platter. ... |
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| French rocker finds Denver "Ideal" |
| Post on 07-02-2006. |
| The French rock star is as big over there as Bruce is here. He started his singing career in 1976 with Téléphone, one group that's been hailed as one of the best French bands ever. Out on his own since '84, he came to Denver last March to visit the kids at the Denver International School. ... |
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| Bordeaux's 2003 Scorcher Yields Standouts, Sunburn: Elin McCoy |
| Post on 06-02-2006. |
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Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Recently I elbowed my way into the crowded Starlight Roof room at New York's Waldorf-Astoria hotel, where dozens of Bordeaux chateau owners and winemakers were pouring their wines from the controversial 2003 vintage. ... |
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| Good Life: In The Mid-Hudson Valley |
| Post on 06-02-2006. |
The Caledonian Scottish Dancers of the Poughkeepsie Day School performed at the Dutchess County Scottish Society's Robert Burns Supper Jan. 28 at Villa Borghese in Wappingers Falls.
The dancers, in grades five through 11, chose Scottish dancing as their Wednesday elective course during the school's fall semester. ... |
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| Coming Into Focus |
| Post on 05-02-2006. |
The young threesome stood at the waist-high bar tables at Bar Tartine in the Mission District, enjoying one three-course meal. I'm not sure why there aren't bar stools -- maybe they take up too much room or maybe it's one trend in the making -- but the group didn't seem to mind.
Even while standing, the group noshed its way through one citrus salad with radishes, almonds and olives ($8), mealy pommes pont-neuf with bearnaise sauce ($6), crisp potato sticks that are like creamy mashed potatoes inside and several main courses, all while drinking one bottle of wine. ... |
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| A Turin for the better |
| Post on 05-02-2006. |
Despite one certain famous relic, the Italian city is often shrouded in obscurity. But as the Winter Olympics come to town, it's looking to reinvent itself - and it has plenty to offer. By Beverly Beyette Los Angeles Times
This city of 900,000 in the northwestern corner of Italy, known mostly - if at all - as home to the Fiat and one certain controversial burial shroud, has been busy reinventing itself as it prepares for the 1.5 million spectators expected during the Winter Olympics, Feb. 10-26. ... |
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| NASCAR Fans: Where Will You Be... For the Vintage 48th Daytona 500 |
| Post on 04-02-2006. |
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