I love dessert, but very often, if the meal is good enough, I'm just too full. Somehow, though, I'm never too full for another drink. That's why I...
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The next few days are big ones for the Baltimore area. Preakness, of course, is the big event around here (it may be tomorrow, but you've still got...
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The 134th Preakness Stakes, that annual celebration of all things horsey and Baltimore, takes place this Saturday. That might be only two days away,...
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Readers of my personal blog, Mango & Ginger, know that I love art about as much as I love food, and I especially like activities that connect the...
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Tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo, the day Mexicans in Puebla celebrate their 1862 defeat of the French at the Battle of Puebla and the day Americans use as...
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It's summer! And you know what that means: on back decks and roofdecks and piers all over Maryland, people are breaking out of their basements and...
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Ever sit around, staring into a glass of wine, wondering why it tastes and smells the way it does? Why it works with some foods, but not others? How...
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Everybody should have a house wine, a house beer and a house cocktail. Chez Pollard, we've got the wine and the beer covered - we're perpetually...
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Last night Cooper and I found ourselves with an unexpected babysitter and no dinner plans - a pretty nice surprise all the way around. We weren't up...
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"A meal without wine is like a day without sunshine."That's the wisdom stamped on the little wine trivet my parents have used for as long as...
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