My son just asked why we never use our fireplace. Good question. Seven years in the same house, not so much as kindling has passed the river rock...
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Everyone has their favorites - favorite car, actor, football team, restaurant, and, of course, wine. I hear a lot of swearing of allegiances to...
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Consider all the entertaining you do this season — dinner parties, family get-togethers, holiday events — and invariably you envision a...
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You’re already stressed enough this Thanksgiving making sure every family constituency is happy. You shouldn’t have to worry about serving...
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It seems appropriate that during the season of jack-o-lanterns, hot toddies and leaves changing, that a new, caramel-flavored vodka would hit the...
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Our astute Phoenix Restaurant Examiner Becky Armendariz tipped me off to an amazing martini this weekend from Lon’s at The Hermosa Inn in...
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I knew a woman named Sherry back in college, who was later dubbed “Scary Sherry” once we broke up. Won’t bore you with the details,...
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It seems like Halloween pulls out our inner-child each year. Grown men and women don ghoulish costumes, decorate front yards with bats and black cats,...
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One of the scariest big red wines I’ve tasted in a long time is Earthquake Cabernet Sauvignon from California. I mean “scary”...
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I'm sure by now you've noticed that Halloween is on a Saturday this year. Yes! Now we can go bump in the night later than usual without worrying about...
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