AltWeeklies Wire
Wines With Funny Names Good For More Than a Laughnew
The idea is to kick wine snobs in their proverbial stuck-up butts, generate a few giggles, and create a name that will keep the winemakers laughing all the way to the bank. It works.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
03-31-2005 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Corkscrew
Redneck Eggsnew
Any time you enter a beer joint or beer store in the South, you’re likely to find a big jar of pickled eggs on the counter next to the beef jerky and all the other Bubbas that belly up to the Southern sideboard. They're awful—but properly pickled eggs are a treat.
Jackson Free Press |
Jesse Yancy |
03-24-2005 |
Food+Drink
How to Survive a Mega-Wine Tastingnew
Wine tastings have boomed in recent years, as nonprofits realize how many people want to get drunk with an excuse ... er ... conscience.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
03-24-2005 |
Food+Drink
Demand for Missouri Caviar Spawns Cutthroat Competitionnew
A global shortage of caviar, owing to the overfishing of the Caspian Sea's beluga sturgeon, is making the Mississippi and Missouri rivers once again a nexus for the caviar trade.
The Pitch |
Kristen Hinman |
03-22-2005 |
Food+Drink
Girlz in the Vineyardnew
McHardy details the historic and present low-down on women in the wine business.
Jackson Free Press |
Lesley Tolar McHardy |
03-19-2005 |
Food+Drink
The Real Roadkill Cafenew
Columbus activists are finding meat they say is cheaper and healthier in a strange place -- the side of the road.
Columbus Alive |
Bret Liebendorfer |
03-17-2005 |
Food+Drink
Some Tips on Trading Beer for Wine -- For a Daynew
After months of drunken observation, and many slurred debates over which alcohol rules, I realized our two camps -- wine and beer -- aren't as far apart as we think.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
03-17-2005 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Corkscrew
Girlie Winesnew
No one ever went broke marketing anything to women, so I wasn't surprised to open an e-mailed press release and read about Rainier Wine's new "female-targeted" "lifestyle" brands.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Cassidy |
03-16-2005 |
Food+Drink
Cocktails Undergo Renaissancenew
The world's top chefs are now mixing cocktails. The gourmet ingredients and elaborate techniques they use blur the line between the bar and the kitchen.
Houston Press |
Robb Walsh |
03-15-2005 |
Food+Drink
Southeast Food and Wine Fests Are Worth the Tripnew
When spring comes to these parts, food and wine fests pop up like weeds after a pelting rain. They are so plentiful, in fact, that you need a machete to cut through the crappy ones.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
03-10-2005 |
Food+Drink
Dining Etiquette Extends to Ethnic Cuisinesnew
Young people who enjoy ethnic foods are learning table manners with a global nuance.
Houston Press |
Josh Harkinson |
03-08-2005 |
Food+Drink
Tags: chopsticks
Stuff That Can't Stay Bottled Upnew
Here's a digest of what's being talked about around the wine industry's water coolers.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
03-03-2005 |
Food+Drink
Necessity Breeds Invention -- We Reap the Aged Resultsnew
Like brussels sprouts, port is an acquired taste. The robust unctuousness of dark grape juice tinged with dried fruit might affront the senses in the beginning, but once you realize its magnificence, ooh ... the warming pleasure it can bring.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
02-25-2005 |
Food+Drink
Take a Leeknew
Yancy dishes on perfecting the leek.
Jackson Free Press |
Jesse Yancy |
02-24-2005 |
Food+Drink
True Confessions of a Mommy Who Doesn't Cooknew
A single working mother is waiting for the day to come when her kids discover that she doesn’t cook.
Monterey County Weekly |
Brett Wilbur |
02-21-2005 |
Food+Drink
