HBO’s recently-aired series of films entitled Weight of the Nation is another wake up call about overweight Americans. By now the statistics are familiar, and
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Wine Review: Cass Grenache 2010 Paso Robles
Paso Robles’ Rhone Rangers are known for their big, jammy, high toast blockbusters. Cass vineyards takes the opposite approach with this delicate grenache. Unsullied by
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News from the world of food and wine you might have missed this week: For some time, I’ve been oogling from afar Modernist Cuisine, the
The Worst Food Trends May Be Worse Than You Think
If food is the new rock, that is, if food is the cultural phenomenon of this decade that defines what is worth paying attention to
From the “I Didn’t Know I Needed This” File
Scientists are always coming up with stuff I couldn’t have imagined. A new gadget is designed to get people drunk INSTANTLY.The makers claim, however, that
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Two interesting articles on the science of wine from the academic wino. It looks like wine doesn’t lower your mortality risk; but heat really will
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 