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BHMF Video: WeHo & An Aperol Spritz

01.19.2012
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Claire and I are back at it again! This time, I’m pairing wine to…wait for it… NEIGHBORHOODS. Neighborhoods in this fair city of Los Angeles, of course. In each episode of this series, I’ll be visiting a friend that lives in a different nabe and they’ll show me around to all their favorite spots. Then [...]

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BHMF & The Chalkboard Mag

01.17.2012
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I’d like to introduce you to The Chalkboard Mag. The ladies of Pressed Juicery, along with fabulous to the Nth degree editor Kate Mulling, just launched a new lifestyle site focusing on wellness and living right. The ladies asked me to contribute from time to time and I kicked things off with a Natural Wine [...]

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BlackBerry Chronicles: Friday Night Lights

01.16.2012
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This was my view for most of the night this past Friday. Lights, cameras and Bizarre Foods action! I was the sommelier for a one night dinner created by Andrew Zimmern. He was hopping around town shooting all over LA last week with the finale being a 5 course spread at Royal/T. All proceeds went [...]

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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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