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Last Update: Wed Dec 20 00:36:55 2006

+ Don't Cry For Me... + the humble onion --> Photo by Melissa Schneider . Because I shed plenty of tears on my own when I wrote about ...

+ Regina Schrambling on Olive Garden + If you have never found your way to Regina Schrambling's gastropoda , you're missing one of the best sources for pointed [...] diners to bring in both their doggie bags and their stool samples. The mystery is how they will be able to tell the difference.

+ The Glace-A-Tron 6000 + --> Photo by Melissa Schneider . Our new ice cream maker has an official model number, the Cuisinart [...] have eyed these machines before, but I have told myself that I don't make enough ice cream to justify the cost. This is the wrong argu

+ Vinovation, The Art of Eating, Issue 73-74 + When Ed asked me to research Vinovation for The Art of Eating , I went to my first appointment with an already-formed opinion. [...] oil, an ode to mead, a look at black and white truffles, and the usual hodgepodge of book reviews, notes and resources, and letters (

+ Developing a Dish: Foie Gras Confit With Pickled Beets + "Be a little crazy and a lot daring." Jack and Joanne urged us guests to bring a new, untried dish to their holiday party. I [...] flavor for a week in its solid fat tomb. I turned my attention to the "something extra" the dish needed. The rich fat in foie gr

+ Chocolate Exhibition, San Francisco + I imagine you can rattle off all the good things about chocolate: the earthy, complex taste; the feel-good compounds so popular [...] to the exhibit, Intersection for the Arts will host a number of events and workshops. See the exhibit details for more information.

+ Fundamentals of Wine II + When I first discovered my passion for wine, I took class after class in UC Berkeley's Wine Studies program. But my favorite was a [...] I respect her as a wine educator, you can be sure that her teaching style has influenced my own. Sign up now. Sign up your friends.

+ Austrian Wines By Catherine + Catherine at Purple Liquid has posted her notes and pictures from my class's third meeting, where we discussed the wines of [...] fourth class (Austria's Thermenregion, Burgenland, and Styria), but I'll let you know when she has the fifth and sixth classes up.

+ Book Review: Women of the Vine + Women buy more wine than men in the United States, but men dominate the upper echelons of the wine industry. Think of writers, [...] the sense that Brenner chose women that would be easy for her to meet. This take-the-easy-road approach also shapes the stories

+ FarmPolicy.com + I learned of the FarmPolicy.com newsletter from The Ethicurean , but I just caught up on the emails the other day. Keith Good [...] food. The newsletter is required reading for anyone who cares about the domestic food supply and the policies that shape it.