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Twenty Tweezy Breakfeezy

01.02.2012
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My friend Bisquite PowerPoppin is to thank for the title of this post. If you don’t speak Bizzy, let me translate: 2012 Breakfast! I ate one with a bunch of amazing people. And my dear friend Joy did all the cookin’! I sure do love me some Joy Food. There were instant photos, gemstones and [...]

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Sunrise, Sunset

12.29.2011
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Anyone else see too many productions of Fiddler on the Roof as a child? No? OK- maybe it’s just me, but whenever I start thinking about how fast time flies, the chorus of “Sunrise, Sunset” creeps into my brain…Sunrise, sunset. Sunrise, sunset. Swiftly flow the days. News alert! There’s been a whole buncha sunrises and [...]

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Seasons Eatings

12.23.2011
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So, I got to attend TWO kick ass Holiday staff parties this year! Hollerrrr. Max was kind enough to take all of us Terroni sommeliers out to dinner at Mezze. We ate some delicious Middle Eastern inspired food, had a blind tasting of wines from our all-Italian cellar and then exchanged gifts; pretty much everything [...]

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Un Petit Porc

12.20.2011
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Staff holiday party!!! Jill, my boss, happens to be totally hip and with it. So, naturally, she reserved us a table at the one night only porc extravaganza with Chef Ludo at Gram and Papa’s. It was a veritable porchetta FEAST complete with Southern style fixins. There was a massive wait and many eager bellies, [...]

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Maceration Nation

12.18.2011
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A few weeks ago several wine peeps in LA gathered in the back room of Terroni, as usually happens with any cool tasting in LA. We arrived with notebooks and eager palates, thirsty for that of the unfiltered variety. We were there to taste skin contact aka extended maceration aka orange wines. Lou was acting [...]

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What’s For Sipper, David Rosoff?

12.14.2011
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Hey. Psssssst. Hey you! Can I be nosy for a second and all up in your business? Pretty please? Yes, you say? Thanks!! And such is the way I get all these nice people to let us read about what they like to drink and eat. And where they like to do those things in [...]

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Making Brewsky: Part 2

12.13.2011
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I never told you how my friend Corey’s inaugural beer making adventure ended up! Well, let’s do that now, shall we? Back in June, he finally got to work on the “Everyday IPA” kit from Brooklyn Brew Shop that I got him for Christmas. He tucked into a tall glass of his suds finally after [...]

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Wild Thing, I Think I Love You

12.07.2011
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This is how the love affair began, on a blind date one rainy Sunday afternoon… Then we met again. It felt like it had been an eternity. Twitter was abuzz with “What’s wild ale?”and “Tell me more about this wild ale you speak of!” OK…it was 2 people. But still, I’m here to answer you [...]

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A Drinkable Holiday

12.04.2011
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OK- I wasn’t going to even do a Holiday gift guide this year, but then I got sucked into the colorful, kitschy world of my beloved Jonathan Adler and I just had to. I was inspired! Here are my top Adler drink related item picks plus the liquid you should gift it with. What should [...]

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Top of the Popped: Cornelissen

12.01.2011
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Making their official West Coast debut….drum roll please….the wines of Frank Cornelissen!!! I’ve been waiting a while to get my hands on these and thanks to Amy Atwood us Cali peeps can finally enjoy these Mt. Etna anfora goodies. Please excuse the cellphone photos, they suck. When everybody on the block heard that Amy would [...]

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