A very good year?
How good a vintage will 2008 be?
Word play
Despite the fact that words are one of the things I am supposed to be good at (a conclusion that might have been made by process of elimination due to […]
Red wine, please, easy on the scorched earth
Just the other day, at the local retail establishment where I work between Pulitzers
New Hope
When Patricia “Mrs. Big Jim” Hope passed away in September 2007, the future of the Big Jim’s barbeque empire she’d built with her late husband was in question.
We Ate Here
Call us saps for dubbing this the star of an already star-studded meal, but the shrimp and mussels Romesco appetizer blew us away. Spicy, tomato-y, and absolutely divine, the Romesco […]
November 08: Your Living Space
From start to finish Question for Tim Swetman from Swetman’s Amish Furniture & Gifts: When choosing among finishes for wood furniture, how do you test them out before making […]
November 08: Your Kitchen
Marooned under marshmallows A holiday table seems one-dimensional without the rich orange of ipomoea batatas, referring to both yams (moist and dense, distinct skin) and sweet potatoes (dryer and […]
November 08: Your Garden
Death in the garden If life draws us into the garden, death—not to be too dramatic about it—waits there too. That’s part of the gardener’s education. Take leaves, for […]