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February
2008
Drinking
to save the planet
Check
out the new website Better
Wines, Better World and start doing your part!
January
2008
Winering
and dining
Travel
and Leisure names the top 5 winery restaurants,
from the Napa Valley to Rioja, Spain.
The
truth shall set you free
The
Truth About Food is back! Tune in to Discovery
Health to find out how you can eat your way to slim,
sexy and satisfied. We love this show!
December
2007
You
choose 2008
Not sure who to put on your ballot? The AP has given
you a new way to choose. For some bizarre reasion, the
AP has published a list of the '08 presidential candidates
coffee preferences. Hillary likes hers with cream. Lap
it up.
October
2007
Now
on sale
Its Napa in the nude with the Napa County Farm Bureau's
Napa Uncovered 2008 calendar. Check out Mike Honig,
Jon-Mark Chappellet and more of Napa's finest growers
in nothing more than what nature gave them all in the
name of saving Napa's natural resources. Order your
copy at http://www.napauncovered.com.
Seascapes
and Seafood Wash Up on D.C.
In celebration of the touring exhibit, "Impressionists
by the Sea" on display at the Phillips
Collection, the Fairmont
Washington D.C. is offering a special package which
includes accommodations and a special, seafood dinner
for two. Bon appetit and sweet dreams.
September
2007
Peju
Sees Green
Peju Winery's
Rutherford property has joined the green party. One
of our favorite Napa properties, Peju is now among the
growing number of Napa Valley wineries to grow organic.
Wine
Goes Hollywood!
Frank Family Vineyard Owner to Receive Emmy
Rich Frank, founder of Frank
Family Vineyards, will receive the Syd Cassyd Founders
Award at the 2007 Emmy's. Frank, a longtime tv exec,
is noted for his anti-drug television campaigns launched
in collaboration with the Regan administration.
Dunkin'
at Home
Dunkin' Donuts coffee is no longer just a drink on the
run. Starting this month, one of America's best brands
of drip coffee will be available nation wide through
CVS and Walmart.
August
2007
Wine
Label Can Ruin a Meal
According to a recent Cornell University study, the
look of a label can impact a meal, for better or for
worse. Read more at http://www.physorg.com/news105623535.html
So
Cal Booze Hounds Can Save on Wine
Learn About Wine, a leader in Southern California wine
education, is now offering a membership program. Preferred
winos get such perks as special tastings, discounts
on event ticket prices and waived corkage at fine restaurants.
Visit http://www.learnaboutwine.com
to enroll.
July
2007
Ramsay's
Nightmares come to the U.S.
If you have BBC, you probably already know Kitchen Nightmares,
the save-the-restaurant show. One of our favorite shows,
Nightmares reveals the caring side of the insult-slinging
chef from Hell's Kitchen. The U.S. version hit some
rough patches along the way, (from delayed airing dates
to lawsuits). But according to Fox, fall will see the
debut. Nominate your restaurant for feature in a future
episode at http://www.fox.com/kitchennightmares/.
Thomas
Keller does Disney
You might not be able to get a reservation at The
French Laundry, but you can catch Chef Thomas Keller's
work on the big screen. Keller was the culinary consultant
on the summer hit, Ratatouille,
the film that makes it ok to bring rats into the kitchen.
5
Second Rule? Try 30!
Great news for cooking slobs: the 5 second rule has
been tested and approved. Students from Connecticut
College put the old rule of 5 seconds on the floor and
a food is still edible rule. The team found that not
only was food germ free after 5 seconds, but many foods
were germ free for 5 minutes. The group concluded that
a standard of 30 seconds is a safe bet for germ-free
floor dining.
June
2007
He
Prunes, He Stomps and He Thinks He Can Dance
The summer tv lineup has a new shining star. If you
haven't caught his moves already, be sure to tune into
Fox's "So
You Think You Can Dance" to check out the moves
of Paso Robles native and vintner, Jesus Solorio. While
he hopes to impress America with his moves, Solorio's
true passion is the vine. And we can't stop drinking
him in.
Environmental
Gourmet in LA
Chef Neal Frasier of sexy LA spot Grace introduces what
he calls the "close to home tasting menu" featuring
only local, organic and artisan-produced food products
like Morro Bay sand dabs and Devil's Gulch pork.$70pp
May
2007
One
of our favorite women of wine has launched Natalie Maclean's
Food and Wine Matcher. Nat offers over 300,000 of her
favorite pairings including matches for jello... Yep,
jello. Taste it: http://nataliemaclean.com/matcher/
Coppola
Winery has an Identity, Finally: after almost
a year of waiting, Francis Ford Coppola announced the
name of his new, Sonoma County winery. Welcome Rosso
& Bianco, a little piece of Italy in northern Sonoma
County.
April
2007
Attention
Wine Lovers: the skies have just gotten friendlier.
Now you can fly Horizon
from Los Angeles and Seattle to Santa Rosa in the heart
of Sonoma Wine Country.
March
2007
A
great reason to pick up the Washington
Post: Eat Something Sexy's favorite food writing
duo, Karen
Page & Andrew Dornenburg, are now writing a
wine column for the political press.
The
2007 James Beard Award nominations have been announced.
To get the scoop on where to dine, what to read and
who to watch visit http://www.jamesbeard.org/awards/index.php
Famed
restaurateur Jeffrey Chodorow, (best known as Rocco
DiSpirito's partner in the ill-fated Rocco's), has launched
one of the food world's most amusing blogs. In retaliation
against what he deems, (and probably rightly), NY's
less-than-qualified restaurant critics, Chodorow's new
blog reviews the restaurant reviews printed in two of
NYC's top publications. Lap it up at http://www.chinagrillmgt.com/blog/.
February
2007
Porn
Star's Wine Wins Rave Reviews
Get the scoop on Savanna Samson's new wine, Sogno Uno
at decanter.com.
Local
Wine Events goes mobile! Now you can access America's
favorite food and wine calendar on the fly. Yum! Next
time you're thirsting for an event, just pull up http://www.localwineevents.com
on your phone.
January
2007
Are you cooking with steam heat? IVillage calls it the
trend of 2007. See what else your kitchen needs in the
new year: http://home.ivillage.com/hottrends/0,,b1g2hwjm-4,00.html
December
2006
Can wine cure the obesity epidemic? It can, at least,
make a fat mouse healthy. Get the scoop on the latest
research: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/01/AR2006110101667.html
November
2006
A Vodka perfect for wine lovers? That's the idea of
IDOL, a new vodka made from Burgundian grapes - yep,
grapes. Want to be the judge? http://www.idolvodka.com
Now you can eat your way down the Eastern Seaboard with
Stan and Sandra Posner's Drive I-95. Sure, we can't
all take our trainer on our great American road trip
a la Oprah but at least we bypass the fast food in favor
of the best of Southern BBQ, New England Clam Chowder
and just about every food phenom in between. The book
also documents every Starbucks along the way.
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