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Wine Aromas May. 21, 2024
Baseball aficionados would tell you that 60% of the game is about pitching; others would say that pi... Read More
Wine Weakness May. 14, 2024
The California wine business is undergoing a severe crisis based on consumers' changing drinking hab... Read More
Dining Out Woes May. 07, 2024
Food prices have risen in the last year, causing a cataclysmic decline in dining out. This is having... Read More
Wine-Food Pairing Apr. 30, 2024
I was reviewing a classic Mandarin restaurant some years ago and was amazed at what I saw. The resta... Read More
Alcohol and Acid Apr. 23, 2024
Facing a wall of wine bottles in a store can be daunting since we don't know what kind of wine we're... Read More
Lesser-Known White Wines Apr. 16, 2024
Quality white wines are a relatively new development in the wine world, and this category is really ... Read More
Buying From the Net Apr. 09, 2024
Most people buy wine conventionally: They go to a supermarket or a package store and peruse the shel... Read More
Lower Alcohols Apr. 02, 2024
Wine is a simple beverage, primarily composed of the juice from grapes; the alcohol comes from the s... Read More
The Bloom Is off the Rose Mar. 26, 2024
Rose wine has always intrigued me for many different reasons, so I never take it for granted. When i... Read More
Ordering Wine Mar. 12, 2024
Most Americans who dine out regularly know something about wine, but usually it's just enough to pla... Read More
Wine Waiters Feb. 13, 2024
The dynamic between a wine waiter and a patron in a restaurant depends on whether it's an upscale co... Read More
Wine Tipping Jan. 16, 2024
Dining out recently has become far more expensive than it was before COVID-19 closed restaurants, ca... Read More
Dine With History in Washington, D.C. Dec. 30, 2023
By Victor Block President Lyndon Johnson and Speaker of the House of Representatives Sam Rayburn use... Read More
All Food on the Table Comes from a Farm. Right? Nov. 30, 2023
I asked ChatGPT, "What is meant by 'farm to table'?" The artificial intelligence site answered: "'F... Read More
The Ultimate Restaurant Menu Cheat Sheet Jul. 06, 2022
A restaurant menu is no big deal, right? It's just a list of the food items that a restaurant offers... Read More
Tipping Hurts My Business Nov. 22, 2021
Dear Annie: I was a little amused by the letter on tip jars. I operate a "food truck" (technically, ... Read More
Too Many Tips? Sep. 27, 2021
Dear Annie: This is in response to "Let the Truth Out." I was the woman on the hurt partner end of a... Read More
August 3, 2021 Aug. 03, 2021
Dear Annie: I wonder what you would say to a son who is constantly demanding that his father make ou... Read More
July 21, 2021 Jul. 21, 2021
Dear Annie: I'm a 55-year-young woman. On Mother's Day, I went to lunch with my family, at my sister... Read More
Friends Have Bad Table Manners Jul. 21, 2021
Dear Annie: I recently dined out with three friends. The restaurant was very busy, and we waited for... Read More
