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Vintage
The vintage wines are wines specifically grown in a certain year. These wines are labeled by the year they were grown rather than by the different region or grape used to make the wine. These grapes are usually all grown in the same year also. Every year the same wine may have a different variation […]

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It’s true - the first few times I made my own wine - it tasted… uhhh… Bad.
I drank it anyway.
I wasn’t a wine lover or connessuer or anything like that. I had just read that it was pretty easy to do and you didn’t need much equipment and it was cheap.
Well - all of that […]

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There are many wines considered to be ‘fruit wines’. These wines are received the name as they have ingredients of different types of fruits contained in them, rather than by the use of grapes. They usually will have a name referring to the type of fruit used to make the wine. Apple wine and plum […]

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Wine Tasting Etiquette
As wine tasting is considered to be a very sophisticated practice there is a specific etiquette you have to follow. This etiquette should remain the same whether you are at a vineyard, a wine tasting private party, or in a restaurant.
When you have a wine tasting party you should only invite the amount […]

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There are many different slang words and phrases that help a restaurant become more efficient. I work at Perkins as a cook and if I was coming in as a new cook than I would be lost. People throw out words that aren’t what people use in everyday life. The answer of why the restaurant […]

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Well it is that time of year again to start planning for your annual Christmas party. After last year’s success the real question is how could you ever do better? Well for starters, you can’t have the best Christmas parties at the office, you need to have them out in the real world where everyone […]

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Personally I like arugula. It has a wonderful mineral rich taste, like most good salad greens, and I enjoy it’s peppery bite. But perhaps it’s not your thing. If that’s the case you shouldn’t stop your exploration of salad greens with arugula. Pick up a bag of mesclun mix and begin experimenting with all of […]

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Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, is supposed to be the inventor of salads. Because of his fondness for salad plants, he was accused of eating grass, and, like most originals, was considered a “crank.”
The “bitter herbs” of the Paschal Feast of which we read in sacred scripture, was nothing neither more nor less than a salad. […]

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With Christmas right around the corner, many people are turning their attention to the making of fruit cakes-that much maligned and often scorned delicacy that is associated with holidays and weddings. Fruit cake has been made for thousands of years, but it’s only in the last 80 years or so that it’s become a running […]

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Can’t decide which dessert to make for Thanksgiving? Or perhaps you’ll be too busy with the turkey and making a dessert would require four extra hands?
Well, relax, because our chef Sophia has several great Thanksgiving recipes that your children can whip up in no time! That’s right! This year, hand the mixing bowls and spoons […]

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