There are very few age-worthy white wines made in California. This is one of them. But it tasted like crap, and I am more than a little irritated. This was our New Year’s Eve white, and I was expecting a mature, complex, creamy, buttery wine with some nice fruit and a bit of acid backbone. Continue reading “Peter Michael 2001 Belle Côte Chardonnay”
Baked Penne With Eggplant
Not my typical dish! This is the kind of stuff that I love to pick up at a good deli, expecting that it will be executed well. And it usually is. But I had a nice eggplant just sitting on the counter, daring me to cook it. Why, you may ask, was it there to begin with? Continue reading “Baked Penne With Eggplant”
A New Year’s Eve Menu
As many of you can attest, this evening is amateur night. Don’t get me wrong; I am a big fan of pub crawls, blowout restaurant meals with too many bottles of wine, and of course the obligatory cocktails before dinner, hopefully at a bar that has a real bartender. Continue reading “A New Year’s Eve Menu”
Merry Christmas!
Turley 2002 Zinfandel Dogtown Vineyard
“Oh Lord, stuck in Lodi again,” might be a very good thing, because this wine comes from a vineyard in the Central Valley of California, in that much maligned town of Lodi. If everything from Lodi is as good as this wine, I’m moving there. Continue reading “Turley 2002 Zinfandel Dogtown Vineyard”
Happy Hanukkah!
Shrimp: Good And Bad
Shrimp are great. They taste good, they are easy to cook (unless you are a moron and overcook them), they’re not terribly expensive — especially considering that the little buggers are mostly meat — and how many food joints don’t have shrimp? Ah, the perfect food. Not so fast! Continue reading “Shrimp: Good And Bad”
We Can’t Let This Bank Fail
I am not going to tell you stories about how I went hungry when I was a kid. I didn’t, and I am going to assume that most of the people who read my blog didn’t either. But that doesn’t mean that hunger in America doesn’t exist. We are the richest country on earth and give Continue reading “We Can’t Let This Bank Fail”
December 7th, 2008
Who Says That You Are An Expert?
I’m not sure when it became reasonable for utter ignoramuses to pontificate about subjects that are normally reserved for experts. And I have no particular affinity for “experts.” I am not impressed by the pedigrees of most “experts,” and I am more than willing to point at them and laugh like a hyena. In fact, I enjoy Continue reading “Who Says That You Are An Expert?”