Americans seem to go crazy for Thanksgiving. The turkey, the stuffing, the dinner prayer, the cranberry sauce. It's really the one day a year when dinner prep takes an entire day. Unfortunately for me, the day when most stuff themselves to bursting, I remain only somewhat satisfied. The reason being, I do not like Thanksgiving [...]
Chianti, Marlborough Bay, Provence, Napa, La Rioja, Chile, Valle de Guadalupe. Valle de Guadalupe is the wine region that makes up a part of Ensenada, Mexico about eighty miles south of the Tijuana border. Ensenada has always housed a few vineyards, but it’s not until the past couple of years that Ensenada has truly emerged as [...]
The best kind of parties are those that involve good company, wine, and a crowded kitchen. This particular party included all of those with special points in the crowded kitchen division. Extra credit is given in the good company and wine as well. The bittersweet part is that this party did not take place in [...]
I was lucky to find a group of college housemates who were just as food obsessed as I am. We baked bread, we created a full Thanksgiving feast, and we even brewed beer. This was on top of our hectic senior schedules. We called ourselves the BlueVic, even inventing an adjective bluevicing. Bluevicing: to engage [...]
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