It takes something I’m really frustrated with to get me out of an (ahem) three-month blogging lag, and this morning, the Washington Post provided it. (Which, ah, I knew because Huffington Post twittered it…have I mentioned that half the reason I haven’t been blogging is because I’ve been deceiving myself into thinking twitter posts phoned [...]
OLS Week 9: Gnocchi Reprise
I buy just about every local foodstuff I can get my hands on, but with every new product I try, my favorite remains the same: potatoes. Having local potatoes means a meal becomes a meal; a starch has the honor of joining the plate alongside meat and vegetables. Potatoes are just about the only starch [...]
OLS Week #6: Plank-Grilled Fish
To me, nothing says summer like corn on the cob hot off the grill. This week’s meal was a delicious excuse to indulge.
The Meal:
Plank Grilled Wahoo and Swordfish with Apricot Sauce
Corn on the Cob and Foil-Roasted Squash Medley
Simple and classic–it doesn’t get more summery.
Hollister the J
Ok, so I can’t get this beer out of my head. Here’s a bit more information on it:
Hollister is a brewpub located in Goleta, CA, which is just outside of Santa Barbara. Looks like they’ve been open for little over a year, although two of the three owners have backgrounds in brewing (at the Santa [...]
liquid sustenance
I spent yesterday afternoon at the Stone 11th anniversary bash, a highly worthwhile adventure. $30 bought a ticket into the festival, which included 10 3-ounce samplings, with over 30 breweries and well over 100 brews to choose from. I also opted to take the O’Brien’s bus up to the festival (a friend drove us back) [...]
website
trying out a new format–blog on my own website. Might be writing more there than here.duffystar.com
“Got Milk?” we all do. “Got Rich, Delicious and Affordable Milk?” now that’s the question.
Here’s one for you. I’ve posted previously about how anyone who enjoys wine should find that reason enough to start caring about the environment, but you have to figure, not everyone in the world likes wine. What about food though?
I challenge you thus: think about the most delicious thing you’ve ever eaten–whether that [...]
Thinking Green, in more ways than one
Last week, Nicholas Stern, former chief economist of the world bank, unveiled The Stern Report, an extensive analysis of the “cost” of global warming. The report takes a major step in the consideration of global warming, because it casts environmental issues in a light usually far removed from the environment: economics.
Yes, the Stern Report [...]
election day blues
As I stared down at my ballot this morning, slowly filling in the bubbles, I found myself quite contemplative. Once a year we’re asked to think about the future, to make our individual voices anonymously heard, to select the individuals we want shaping our lives and the rules we live by. Yet sometimes politics [...]
Slow = 10 wines, 8 courses, 4 hours, and 1 happy diner
I haven’t posted to this blog in a while—I’ve been tied up with a few other projects and have been trying to take advantage of as many long evenings as possible before the sun starts setting earlier and earlier. There has been a lot that I’ve had my eye on in the past few weeks [...]