While I am serving snacks during half-time of the Super Bowl, I am forced to watch a 53-year old Madonna lip-syncing her greatest hits. Then comes the pom-poms and the cheerleader skirt. Are you SERIOUS, I say aloud? This is what has become of my generation?
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Red Car: The Aphorist 2009 Bartolomei Vineyard Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir
Onion Tart – Perfect for your holiday party or New Year’s brunch
Be a Home Superstar Chef (Part 11 – Low Sodium Cooking)
There are a lot of reasons to avoid highly processed foods, and excessive sodium is a pretty good one. There are also a lot of reasons that manufacturers add so much salt. It keeps mold from growing. How fresh is your food if you need to retard mold?
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Don’t Settle for the Turkey
Sometimes it is easier to settle — when it’s Wednesday, they still have a few fresh turkeys but you just can’t find a Butterball. When the vintage on the wine list is sold out. When the economy sucks and you need a job, any job — just to be able to take care of yourself, hold on to your house or feed your family.
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%#&@ the Pilgrims!
WARNING! The following post may contain language, ideas, and humor that some might consider offensive. If you feel that you might be one of these people then this post might be about you or someone you know and we highly recommend that you use your back button or click here for an excellent turkey brining article. Yum, turkey! With stuffing too! Mmmm! Buh-bye now. Enjoy your brined turkey.
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Damn, I like beer! Of beer festivals, beer wenches, and beer farts.
ABC Anonymous – Confessions of a wine hater
ABC Club members tend to be easy to spot. Along with repeating the mantra elucidated above, they know all of the important rules required to be cool kids in the wine world: It is important that red wine goes in the big glass and white in the small, otherwise it is ruined.
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Don’t be a Wine Specatator
How many of us have by-passed a wine because Robert M. Parker, Jr. or one of his minions deems it an 89 or below? While Parker may not be responsible for Kenny G, his followers are sometimes a bit more like iFans than Android Users.
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