- January 17th, 2013
- lisa
- Comments Off on Our Michelin Guide Review – 2013
We wanted to share our review from this year’s Michelin Guide: Open for breakfast and lunch, this sleep neighborhood bistro also offers (as the name suggests) enough homey dishes for...
- January 16th, 2013
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It was a few summers ago now. At a time where food culture was just kicking in my bloodstream and local farmer’s markets were closing more and more cross streets...
- January 14th, 2013
- lisa
- Comments Off on Pirro’s Pasta Sauces – Full-flavored Origins
At the end of a long drawn back boot, an island waits like Charley brown’s football. Sicily, where the land is pulled like taffy down through the ocean over a...
- December 31st, 2012
- lisa
- 6 Comments
Meatballs are easy, but great meatballs? Those are hard. They are coveted and sought after in a sort of fervent mysticism meets adventurer kind of way. We’re pretty confident we...
- December 28th, 2012
- lisa
- Comments Off on Alpha Zeta Soave – Just Right Pairing White
When winter comes and the deluge of dark chewy reds comes down the pipe, sometimes all we want is a light and tasty white wine. That is where Alpha Zeta...
- December 26th, 2012
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- Comments Off on Uncle John’s Apricot Cider – Sweet Success
We’ve carried Uncle John’s Cider for a few years. It’s great on those first fall nights or to crack open in the deep winter in front of a fire or...
- December 19th, 2012
- lisa
- Comments Off on Field Recordings Fiction Red – Simple and Subtle Complexity
We’ve talked up Field Recordings before – super tasty white blend and the any-time-of-year rose. Recently we got our hands on some of their red. So tasty. With a Zinfandel...
- December 11th, 2012
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- Comments Off on eSutras Flavored Agave – Sweet Tasty Fun
From the mashing up of fourteen year old plants comes a sweetener that dissipates as fast as simple sugar in drinks, like needy cocktails, or as a sugar substitute in...
- December 6th, 2012
- lisa
- Comments Off on Quince & Apple Rhubarb Hops – Tasty Tongue Wrestling
In the vast expanse of flavor combinations, from sweet and savory, salty and sugary, and more – there is one often forgotten, one that is overlooked often because it can...
- December 5th, 2012
- lisa
- Comments Off on Southport Holiday Stroll 2012
Once again, now that December is here, Southport puts it’s collective Santa hats on and the whole street stays open late – us included. That’s right! We’ve got your SPG...