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Reel Food

CDB wrote 11 months ago:   Molto Sirio It’s a rare film about haute cuisine that manages to come down to Earth and stir … more →

Tags: Books & Media, Generally Speaking, New York, Overheard, Wine, flavors, films, films about new york, critics

A Toast To Thirst

CDB wrote 1 year ago: This week’s New Yorker features an unexpected treat by staff writer Burkhard Bilger. Call it t … more →

Tags: Beer, Books & Media, flavors, Generally Speaking, New York, Overheard, Barack Obama, brewing techniques, burkhard bilger

Sardinian Red [Instant Cred]

CDB wrote 1 year ago: A positive side effect of the big, bad economic slowdown is a greater focus on value when it comes t … more →

Tags: Generally Speaking, Wine, flavors, Argiolas, Sardinia, Sardinian Reds, Tasting Table, trader joe's, perderá

The Shopsin Doctrine

CDB wrote 1 year ago: Kenny Shopsin’s is a New York Institution; his 900-menu-item eatery, like the man and his city … more →

Tags: Books & Media, Generally Speaking, New York, Overheard, flavors, Kenny Shopsin, Conan O'Brien, Calvin Trillin

Beers to Live By

CDB wrote 1 year ago: The sky may be falling on Wall Street, but we’ll always have beer. It makes us happy; it … more →

Tags: Beer, Books & Media, Brooklyn bars, flavors, Generally Speaking, New York, Oregon, Overheard, Beer Advocate

Reading For The (Self-Administered) Apocalypse

CDB wrote 1 year ago: Everyone has a preferred hangover helper (mine’s a steaming hot spicy bowl of pho noodle soup, … more →

Tags: Beer, Books & Media, flavors, Generally Speaking, Overheard, whiskey and whisky, Wine, Christopher Hitchens, Dwight Garner

Tangerine Meats and Marmalade Fries1 comment

CDB wrote 1 year ago: Today’s Times has an interesting article on a fruit that alters one’s perception of tast … more →

Tags: Books & Media, Generally Speaking, New York, Oregon, Overheard, New Restaurants, flavors, Beaker & Flask, Portland

Gentlemen Prefer...Oysters and Beer

CDB wrote 1 year ago: A wise gentleman once declared, ‘A truce with thirst, a truce with hunger; they’re stron … more →

Tags: Books & Media, Generally Speaking, New York, Overheard, Beer, flavors, Flavor Wars, Eating Competition, the foggy monocle

Play. Pour. Drink. Repeat.

CDB wrote 1 year ago: In this month’s issue of Outside Magazine (May), I got the chance to team up with some other t … more →

Tags: Books & Media, Generally Speaking, whiskey and whisky, flavors, dalwhinnie, Ikkomon Shochu, Poli Grappa

West Is Best [Caffeine]1 comment

CDB wrote 1 year ago: I’ve bent many an ear with tales of a certain coffee roaster from my hometown of Portland, Ore … more →

Tags: Books & Media, Generally Speaking, New York, Oregon, Overheard, Coffee, Fair Trade, sustainable, Stumptown

Smith: Restaurant Row? More like Liquor Lane

CDB wrote 1 year ago: With a name like “THE JAKEWALK”, there’s already good reason to look forward to the latest addition … more →

Tags: Beer, flavors, Generally Speaking, New Restaurants, New York, Overheard, whiskey and whisky, Wine, Beer Table

Step Off, Umami! Moroyaka in da House [Flavor Wars, Part I] 1 comment

CDB wrote 1 year ago:  [Flavor Wars - in which this blog takes a look at a misunderstood or underappreciated taste, and di … more →

Tags: Beer, Flavor Wars, flavors, Generally Speaking, New York, Overheard, Bitter, kumamoto oysters, LA Times

There Will Be Bird

CDB wrote 1 year ago: This week at Picholine, chef Terrance Brennan will be cooking up the wild mallard ducks and pheasant … more →

Tags: Books & Media, Generally Speaking, Overheard, whiskey and whisky, Wild Game, Terrance Brennan, Scotland, Picholine, Lords and Ladies


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