There are a million ways to slight a rival's manhood, but to suggest that he enjoys Zima is one of the worst. Zima was the original "malternative"—a family of alcoholic beverages that eventually came to include such abominations as Smirnoff Ice and Bacardi Silver—and it has long been considered the very opposite of macho: a [...]
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ITALY’S Agriculture Ministry announced this month that some wines that receive the government’s quality assurance label may now be sold in boxes. Op-Ed Contributor – Wine in a Box Protects the Environment and Saves You Money – Op-Ed – NYTimes.com. Box wine should become mainstream (i.e. put good wine in it) as it is a [...]
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I was listening to a podcast of the Splendid Table a week or so ago and one of the guests was a tea shop owner and tea expert who talked about iced tea, and how to make it. Anyway he converted me to cold brewed (overnight in the fridge) that yields a less tanic / [...]
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Many of us know that we are influenced by labels, hype, presentation and apparently with wine that holds true as well. Came across an interesting article in NY Times (discussing a book / study on the subject) yesterday on wine tastes and the influence that price and labels have over how we percieve the tast. [...]
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Out last night walking the dog in just a light rain jacket (dripping trees from all the rain) but it must have still been 60 degrees at 9:30pm. The air was laced with the Wonder Bread factory’s baking and the sky was lit from behind in a somewhat surreal fashion – kinda in disbelief that [...]
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“Should a cup of coffee should be a rich, sensory experience or a cheap chemical fix? Like most things, it depends on what you’re willing to pay.” Dwell’s Kitchen blog Caffeine is the worlds most used (or abused?) drug and for many of us we get our daily fix from coffee, although there is an [...]
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Scottish & Newcastle, brewers of one of my favorite beers Newcastle just got added to the list of brewers worldwide who are now part of massive conglomerate brewers (well actually split between two Carlsberg and Heineken going at this in a joint venture). In the US and Europe pretty much any brewery of any size [...]
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I find Starbucks an interesting company to read about, I’ve talked before about the economics of Starbucks an almost entirely corporate owned empire compared to the fast food empires that tend to be franchises. Well, the newest article of interest on Starbucks I’ve come across is in Slate and discusses the subject of whether Starbucks [...]
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So I’ve been accused of being a hypocrite before, being a ‘flip flopper’ or the like and I say yeah, well I think thats really not that bad a thing. What does it mean? it means that I don’t become so entrenched in my view that I am not willing to change when events change [...]
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File under necessities. Yes the Japanese clearly do get everything cool first. Latest case and example: The Asahi Beerbot, which will open and pour a can of your favorite beer all while talking about something in Japanese. You can get your own (slightly used) for $800 bucks here (also check out the Youtube video of [...]
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