Archive for October, 2006

My mother died of a heart attack when she was 49 and naturally, the question of ”Will I make it past age 49?” has been on my mind literally every day since then. 

Being a proactive person, I used this as…

Ah, just reading about dark chocolate truffles already lowers my blood pressure by a few points. Although I half-heartedly remember to take my daily supplements — I’m sure my memory would vastly improve when it would be time to consume…

Think swaying palm trees, warm desert breezes, a round of golf, and thou for this year’s (November 9-12, 2006), the Art of Food and Wine in Palm Desert, Calif.

Experience wine…ing on the golf course, wine pairing seminars, olive oil…

Food glorious food flashes across cinemascope. What better medium to satisfy our visual and gustatory senses.

If you’re anywhere near Tucson or feel like traveling there during the dead of winter, you can enjoy temperate climes and a weekend…

Becks Experience 

Originally uploaded by *Dario*.

Who said beer is from Mars and wine is from Venus?
Women have their own public and private love affair with beer.

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Alpana Pours: About Being a Woman, Loving Wine & Having Great Relationships by  Alpana Singh 

Here’s one sassy woman who balances her love of the grape with her gender and her ability to have great relationships. Hmmm. You got to…

California leads the way to all things organic, including organic wine. Drive up (or down) the northern coast where layers of fog roll in and out like a comforting blanket that soothes your soul as you wind through the…

We’ve come a long way baby — except when it comes to the libations that we choose.  It seems that there are individuals, en mass, out there that care what others think about their preferred alcoholic drink. 

I was dismayed…

Chocolate beer you say? Maybe it’s a marketing scheme to attract women who love chocolate to drink more beer or perhaps just to think outside the keg.

As demand for crafted beers grows, the Miller Brewing Co. is launching…

Yeah, you read that right. Fried Coke. It’s the real thing. If Coke isn’t bad enough, throw caution to the wind and deep fry it. That’s exactly what Abel Gonzales Jr. did at the fair circuit.

Last year he deep-fried peanut…