Drink Eat Love

Knowing what you love

The past few weeks have been a long, intense and important time in my life. Five weeks ago, I left my job at Andronico's Market (www.andronicos.com) and took a national buying position at Cost Plus World Market. I believed this was the right step for me: more money, more stores, and more buying "power". Unfortunately, I was wrong.

Taste off!

If you are an avid fan of Project Runway, America's Next Top Model, or Zoolander, like I am, you may know the term "walk off". If you do not, it is a way to settle a fashion crisis between models. Well, as much I long to be a male plus-sized model I have never thrown down in a "walk off" (I know I would be fierce), but  last December I did the wine industry equivalent, I challenged a fellow wine geek to a "taste off".

Always drink the good stuff!

                                    

   

                  Over the last three weeks we have enjoyed the 4 bottles above!

From left to right: Henriot, Champagne N.V.; Chateau Malartic-Lagraviere Blanc, Pessac-Leognan Cru Classe 2004, Lopez de Heredia "Vina Bosconia" Gran Reserva, Rioja 1978, Domaine Jamet, Cote Rotie 2003

Laundry/Rustico

(by Shauna, guest contributor)

We discovered the rustico the same day we discovered we were out of clean underwear.  Going to the Laundromat  at  home is a chore, in Italy it’s a cultural adventure. If you ever want to feel a sense of accomplishment, do laundry in a foreign country.

Is it Food?

If you have read any food magazines over the past 10 years you know that "Gastronomic" science is raging across the world. In a recent article in the New York Times a very famous Spanish chef calls out this trend. I found the article a good start to the debate...Is it food?