Tonight, I’m opening a Masseria del Carmelitani Gavi di Gavi DOCG 2013 to drink with my modest Sunday night salad topped by a veggie burger. I expect this typically crisp and floral white wine from the Piedmont region of Italy, which is made from the Cortese grape, to pair nicely with the balsamic vinaigrette dressing […]
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On St. Paddy’s Day, I’m as Irish as the next person. Yet, for as much as I love Irish literature and music, just for starters, I don’t buy into their famed (and clichéd) luck as a people. A history of poverty, potato famine and oppression doesn’t equate to luck for me. To top that off,
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Out for a walk recently on a crisp, clear winter evening and chatting up my companion, I nearly missed a sensory experience rare on these daily jaunts. Only when I quieted down and paid attention did I hear it: “hoot-hoot” – “hoot-hoot.” An owl was calling from the nearby woods. Too often, I’m absorbed in
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