Dressing Without Clothing – Recipe

11/30/2011 by

Stuff is all we need.  Reflections on Thanksgiving.

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Trader Joe’s Traditional Marinara Sauce – Food Review

11/25/2011 by

Thoughts can be dangerous.

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Gonfalone Chianti DOCG – 2009 – Wine Review – ALDI

11/24/2011 by

Like the sardines, I walked past this for months.  The difference?  This smells a whole lot better.

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ALDI – Northern Catch Sardines – Food Review

11/20/2011 by

Sardines.  It’s a craving thing.  That’s the only answer.

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Posole – Recipe

11/19/2011 by

Hominy, that tough tasteless white, as if just returning from a vegetable vampire party, stuff that hangs out with grit.  Why is this the key ingredient in posole?

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Trader Joe’s Petit Reserve Pinot Noir – 2009 – Edna Valley – Wine Review

11/18/2011 by

I purchased this after reading in a Trader Joe’s flyer it was an AVA wine.  Now I’m a little confused  how to identify a wine as AVA.  And that’s before finishing the bottle.

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Corks, The Truth – Wine Review (sort of)

11/16/2011 by

In vino veritas 

In wine there may be truth, but there also seems to be a lot of BS around it.

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ALDI – Schogetten Chocolate – Food Review

11/06/2011 by

3.5 ounce chocolate bar for a buck?  Not bad.

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Risotto In Tomato Sauce – Recipe

11/05/2011 by

The thought sounded good,  creamy rich rice combined with thick flavorful tomato sauce.  In reality, not so good.

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Simply Asia Roasted Peanut Noodle Bowl – Food Review

11/03/2011 by

Compared to the distant memory of the last boxed noodle bowl I ate, these are better.  But they still might be better used stored in a survival kit that we hope never needs to be opened.

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