Liquid Highway in Greenville, South Carolina I’ve become increasingly disenfranchised with big coffee chains, and especially Starbucks. I just feel violated often when I walk out of Starbucks and see how much I paid for coffee. Now don’t get me wrong, I like a good Caramel Frappuccino, but yet again I feel like I have to reach into my retirement fund to pay for one.
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Liquid Highway, Greenville, South Carolina
Mexican Steak Sandwich @ La Torta Sabrosa in SF How do you know a place is good to eat at when you have never been? One answer is a line of people that winds out the door and down the sidewalk. In the heart of the Mission District in San Francisco there is such a place called La Torta Sabrosa .
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La Torta Sabrosa, San Francisco, CA – Best Mexican Sandwich
If you’re looking to grow your wine cellar there’s probably no better time. Acker Merall & Condit, America’s oldest fine wine merchant will be offering a single cellar sale on May 28th & 29th. With an estimated value of US$16 million, it will be the largest wine auction ever conducted in Asia and the third largest in the world.
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The Largest Wine Auction in Asia Ever
Perhaps as his defenders claim Kentucky’s senatorial candidate Rand Paul is not a racist, but … Even though he says he would have voted for it, it seems unlikely he would enforce the 1964 Civil Rights Act with any vigor. He believes that it should not apply to businesses such as luncheonettes. On the Rachel Maddow show, despite his slippery answers to her queries on this subject, he did reply “Yes” to Maddow’s question of whether a private business should have the right to refuse to serve black people
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L’addition: on discrimination
Un des portraits de l’exposition qui a lieu actuellement près du Théatre de l’Odéon (tous les détails dans notre article ici ). Cliquez pour lire l’histoire derrière la photo… Simone Signoret (1921-1985), de son vrai nom Simone Kaminker, actrice française. Paris, 1984.
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Simone Signoret par Bruno de Monès
In July of 1928 the Communist Party in the United States opened a public cafeteria on the ground floor of their headquarters in New York City, home also to The Daily Worker. The headquarters, known as the Workers’ Centre, was at 26-28 Union Square East and also contained a cooperative barber shop in which the barbers did not accept tips.
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Between courses: dining with reds
In what was one of the most elegant and well put together wine evenings the city of Bangalore has seen, Marilisa Allegrini of Italy’s famous Allegrini family introduced a handpicked range of Allegrini wines to the city’s wine cognoscenti, writes Ruma Singh . The summer evening, all the more memorable for its lovely serene setting at the Manwaring home on the outskirts of the city, was an exclusive one, co-hosted by Olive Beach’s Chef de Cuisine Manu Chandra.
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From Valpolicella, with love
De Bortoli Noble One Australian Botrytis Semillon is one of the world’s best among sweet wines. In 1982 Darren De Bortoli, who had just graduated from Roseworthy Agricultural College, Adelaide, created a path breaking Sauternes-style sweet wine at the family winery in Bilbul in New South Wales from botrytis grapes and called it, ‘Noble One’.
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A truly iconic wine from De Bortoli
Targetting wine enthusiasts and industry professionals, alike, Vinexpo, Asia-Pacific’s International Wine and Spirits Exhibition, takes place in Hong Kong on May 25 to 27, 2010. Vinexpo Asia-Pacific is held every two years, with Hong Kong selected as the venue for the third consecutive time. Left: Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) along the the magnificent Victoria Harbour
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Hong Kong set for Vinexpo 2010
On 8 May 2010, the Indian Grape Processing Board (IGPB) organized a half-day national level conference to discuss the potential and challenges of the Indian wine industry. The conference brought together representatives from all segments of the industry.
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Indian Wine Industry Discussed at Conference
Aspri Spirits Private Limited has launched the wine preservation system, Presorvac in India. Automatic and easy to use, Presorvac assists preservation for both still and sparkling wines and increases the shelf life of open wine bottles by over a week.
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Presorvac wine preservation system in India
Texas Corral saves the day I look forward to taking our friend, who is winding up his junior year in college, to lunch. I’m even more impressed when you treat a hungry college student and he is respectful of the prices on the menu. Which is why I give Texas Corral an A+ for their Friday afternoon lunch entrees — I can encourage my guest to order whatever he truly wants, and still afford it.
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A Big Yehaw for Texas Corral’s $4.99 Lunch Entrees in Indiana
Port de la Selva Beach On the Mediterranean Sea, beginning at the Spanish -French border is Catalonia’s Costa Brava. This rugged strip of Catalan shoreline is marked by cliffs, coves, and sailboats bobbing in small ports. One of the larger ports along the Costa Brava is Port de la Selva, a village surrounded by green mountainsides
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Seafood with a View in Port de la Selva
Arte della Tavola, they called it, and artistic it really was. Dharti Desai, Founder FineWinesnMore and Anil Chadha, general manager, ITC Windsor, Bangalore hosted wine connoisseurs in the city to an April evening of wonderful food paired with some of the best wines Tuscany has to offer, reports Ruma Singh SI correspondent.
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Art… and the Table
When automats opened in New York and Philadelphia in 1902 many people were convinced they were an American invention. But they were not. A reporter for the New York Tribune captured a conversation between an American businessman and a foreign guest at the NYC Automat in 1903, shortly after its opening
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Before Horn & Hardart: European Automats
Ristorante Al Marsili in Siena Italy The famous Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs is this weekend and it reminded me of another famous horse race, the Palio in Siena, Italy. On one of our trips to Italy I remember how we spent the better part of a day in the beautiful Tuscan town of Siena learning all about this famous summer horse race that dates back to the Middle Ages. Like many of the medieval towns of Tuscany we parked our car outside Siena’s walls and explored the city by foot. We visited stunning landmarks like the Duomo
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Ristorante Al Marsili, Siena, Italy
Now that the 2009 prices are starting to be released, the critical question is going to be are these wines worth buying? The vintage is strong
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Ch’ng Poh Tiong on Bordeaux 2009
Last Friday witnessed the end of an Australian wine odyssey for the New Delhi wine trade. The end, that is, until at least September of October this year. Since September 2009, the Australian Trade Commission and the unofficial ambassador for Australian wine in India, sommelier Harshal Shah have presented a series of tastings for the trade, showcasing regional Australian wine
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An Evening of Australian Wine
Who better to share a perspective on Chateau d’Yquem and its 2009 than the dynamic cellar master? What makes this opinion even more interesting is that the cellar master is a woman – something quite rare in Bordeaux
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Sandrine Garbay of Château d’Yquem
Popular Palmenhaus Restaurant in Vienna Austria One of my favorite memories of Vienna is having lunch at the Palmenhaus Restaurant. We walked all over this beautiful city in Austria as first time visitors. The experience of discovering this cool restaurant, inside a greenhouse , left an indelible romantic mark on our vacation
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Cafe-Restaurant Palmenhaus, Vienna, Austria – Greenhouse Dining