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Thursday, March 31, 2011

Whiskey Friday: A Little Macallan I Picked Up on a Whim

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Call it an impulse purchase, like the Kit Kats near the register at the grocery store. How could I resist a 64 year old Macallan in a lovel...
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Whiskey Wednesday: The Revival of American Blended Whiskey?

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It seems as though nearly every spirit category has made a comeback in premium form in the last ten years. First it was single malts, then t...
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Sunday, March 27, 2011

Grills Without Borders: Border Grill Downtown

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Border Grill has long been an LA area fixture. Long before Babita and Rivera, Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken were cooking up high end M...
Thursday, March 24, 2011

Farcical Cuisine

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What's more ludicrous than a $12,000 bottle of whiskey, more pretentious then a dinner at Joel Robuchon and weighs more than Mario Batal...
Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Whiskey Wednesday: Whiskey, Age and Oxygen Part 2

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Two years ago , I started a little experiment to discern how oxidation impacts whiskey in an open bottle. The query I was addressing was the...
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Sunday, March 20, 2011

Cheese Pick: Der Scharfe Maxx

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This week's cheese pick is Der Scharfe Maxx, a pungent, raw milk, Swiss cow cheese made by the Studer Dairy and aged six months. I love ...
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Thursday, March 17, 2011

Home Affogatos

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One of the best things about having a home espresso machine is the ability to make affogatos. It's shocking how something this simple ca...