Michael Giberson From the Pinkies website: Tom “Pinkie” Roden established Pinkie’s back in 1934, less than one year after the 21st Amendment to the Constitution was ratified (by an extraordinary 73%), ending 14 years of prohibition. Carrying on the work that Pinkie started back in 1934, we have grown into a chain of fifteen wine …
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Michael Giberson From RenewableEnergyWorld, an news release from solar developer Conergy: Going Green Reaches Economic Tipping Point at Wine and Shine 2009 Solar Energy Experts Conergy and Three Renowned California Vintners Showcase How Today’s Clean, Renewable Solar Energy Solutions Can Reap Millions In Cash Rebates, Tax Incentives and Energy Savings PASO ROBLES, CA – April …
Lynne Kiesling Five years ago I wrote this post reviewing the Preston Vineyards 2002 Cinsault, and in it I said that we would drink our second bottle of it with a nice spring lamb stew, a navarin d’agneau, or navarin printanier as Julia Child styles it in my go-to Mastering the Art of French Cooking. …
Michael Giberson Lynne’s rambling post on Cass Sunstein – so much to think about, so little time! – came to mind when I read this Freakonomics blog post on trayless college cafeterias.
Lynne Kiesling A couple of nifty food notes have crossed my path today. First, an incredibly handy list of places to find duck fat french fries around the US, including the fabulous Hot Doug’s in Roscoe Village in Chicago. Yummmmm, encased meats! Interestingly, the hat tip for this article goes to John Hodgman’s Twitter feed. …
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Lynne Kiesling One topic that has gotten some attention in 2008 is “food miles”, or the estimate of the environmental impact of the total resource use and transportation required to get food from grower to consumer. One argument for eating more locally-produced food is that it reduces the transportation impact; however, in making that argument …
Lynne Kiesling Want to buy the freshest in-season local produce? Here’s the tool for you: Epicurious’ seasonal ingredient map. Right now I should be eating lots of asparagus and potatoes …
Lynne Kiesling Happy Thanksgiving to you all! I have a LOT for which to be grateful this year, and I won’t bore you with the details. But I will leave you with a cautionary note from Reason.tv’s interview with chef Anthony Bourdain entitled “Better Enjoy Your Foie Gras Now”. Here in Chicago we cannot buy …
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Lynne Kiesling In late June the KP Spouse and I were flying back from the ISNIE conference in Iceland, and we had a lengthy layover at BWI while awaiting our Southwest flight to Midway. Tired after a long flight from Reykjavik, we grabbed a crabcake dinner at the restaurant we knew of, then sauntered down …
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Michael Giberson The Washington Post Food section ran an article with Tyler Cowen, professor of economics at GMU, blogger at Marginal Revolution, and author of Discover Your Inner Economist. An economist at George Mason University, Cowen has rather unusual criteria for restaurant selection. He doesn’t first look at the menu, the ambiance or the reviews. …
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