Monthly Archive for August, 2012

The Best $6 You’ll Ever Spend

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1:15 pm. Pina Colada time?

Don’t mind if I do. Now if I can just fit in my bikini…

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North Fork Grill Attack

My brother and I rolled into Peconic, NY, yesterday to our wee getaway house on the North Fork of Long Island.  After getting the recommendation from Mike Mraz at the North Fork Table and Inn, we hit up the Southold Fish Market and began our grill brigade. Above is a picture of Phase 1: Scallop, […]

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The Wise Men Came Bearing Gifts

Our friends, Greg Gallagher and Melissa Jernigan, headed west a few months ago to search out their brewing dreams.  They ended up in Russian River, California, and now are spreading the beer gospel with their colleagues at Ruth McGowan’s Brewpub. Last week, they came into town and made a bee-line to our place to meet […]

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Bonny Doon, Riesling to Live, Ca’ del Solo Estate Sparkling Wine, Monterey, 2006 Fermented to dry in stainless steel before tirage bottling in methode champenoise style, then aged on lees for 30 months. No dosage, so it is beautifully crisp and just what I need to weather the muggy, oppressive, and entirely unloved blanket that […]

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