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Purple Liquid: a wine and food diary

Special aviation wines for the Blue Angels Air Show

earlier this month, we were invited to a wine tasting party while watching the blue angels air show, a spectacular aerial show and a tradition in san francisco since 1981. we were asked to bring a bottle of wine that had some connection with aviation, which was a fun exercise because in addition to tasting the wines, this theme prompted discussion about ... (115 天前)

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Purple Liquid: a wine and food diary

Prohibition through Ken Burns' lens

last week i watched ken burns' five-and-a-half-hour three-part documentary on prohibition, the so-called “noble experiment” and one of the country's biggest civic failures.i like ken burns' work, especially his jazz series, and prohibition didn't disappoint me. i already knew some of the causes that led to the passage of the 18th amendment: the force o... (130 天前)

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Purple Liquid: a wine and food diary

Pupusas from El Salvador and a good Pinot from the S

the other day, we were invited to a pupusas party, one of the guests' mother being from el salvador and a great cook. the pupusa is el salvador's national dish, made of thick corn tortillas typically filled with cheese, pork, and beans and cooked on a griddle.freshly made and still hot from the skillet, it is really tasty but what to drink with it beside... (143 天前)

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Purple Liquid: a wine and food diary

Something new and creative: a Metro Wine Map of Fran

do you know that it's only in 1931 that the first schematic subway map was designed by english engineering draftsman harry beck? before that, we had route maps that were solely based on geography. they were lacking clarity and had many overcrowded areas. schematic maps are based on topology and therefore show a simplified, hightly stylized network of sta... (155 天前)

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Purple Liquid: a wine and food diary

Hiking Mount Baldy and an ice-cold Coors Light after

it was hot last weekend in los angeles when we dropped our daugther off at college so we decided to find some cool mountain breeze at the top of the 10,068 ft mount baldy in the san gabriel mountains.an old ski chair lift from the 50s took us to the small mount baldy ski resort and from there we took the devil's backbone trail that goes up to the top of ... (166 天前)

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Purple Liquid: a wine and food diary

A Jasnières at a one-star restaurant in Blois

when we left the dordogne, we stopped over in blois where we ate at a small and charming michelin one-star restaurant called au rendez-vous des pêcheurs. the restaurant occupies an old grocery in a 16th-century house not very far from the chateau, and specializes in seafood and regional cuisine with local products from the loire valley.we drank a deli... (186 天前)

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Purple Liquid: a wine and food diary

Domaine de L'Ancienne Cure in Bergerac

earlier this month, i was in the dordogne for our biennial family reunion. this region, located in southwest france and east of bordeaux, is i think, one of the best spots in france for a family vacation. there are hundreds of prehistoric caves, more than 1500 castles and plenty of medieval villages to explore. the region is also famous for its local spe... (200 天前)

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