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.
Continue readingRodney Strong Redux for November TasteLive Tuesday!
Rodney Strong is giving us the opportunity to share with our readers an inside look at a TasteLive event, with a chance to participate in December.
Continue readingDamn, I like beer! Of beer festivals, beer wenches, and beer farts.
It’s TasteLive! Tuesday: Small Lot California Cabernet Sauvignons
Join us on Tuesday, October 11 as we join the TasteLive! Panel for “Luscious Hedonism: Harvesting Small-Lot California Cabernet Sauvignons” where we will taste four wines from California’s north coast
Continue readingABC 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.
Continue readingWin Tickets to Brenner’s 2011 Beer Festival!
nce again Houston-area beer lovers and connoisseurs are invited to sample over 50 artisan brews paired with chef-crafted culinary delights at the 2011 Brenner’s Beer Festival on Saturday, October 8, hosted on the grounds of Brenner’s Steakhouse on the Bayou, just off Memorial Drive.
Continue readingDon’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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