ESSAY #100! (A Trucking Tale)
Lacking a better idea, I’m using essay #100 as an excuse to dust off and
share an old trucking diary of a week-long cross-country road trip.
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DannyM
- Mar 29
- 3 min
...AND OUT LIKE A LAMB-- An Early Spring Dinner Party
March 2023 certainly came “In like a Lion” and is going “Out like a Lamb.” Here we bid farewell to March with another season-specific menu.
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DannyM
- Mar 27
- 13 min
BOTTLED FREAKING HEAVEN
1978 La Tâche is expected to fetch $5k per bottle at an upcoming auction.
Several decades ago I casually split a bottle with my roommate.
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DannyM
- Mar 6
- 4 min
Cooking with Wine & Booze
Since we (supposedly) cook off the actual alcohol, what do alcoholic beverages add to a dish? A great question with several answers.
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DannyM
- Oct 31, 2022
- 9 min
WASHINGTON STATE WINES
Cooler, drier, and sunnier than Napa; warmer than Bordeaux… Washington’s high desert and river valleys are perfect for fine wine production.
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DannyM
- Jun 13, 2022
- 12 min
THE ROYAL SISTERHOOD
Three Royal Sisters– Chardonnay, Riesling, and Sauvignon Blanc– reign supreme over the world of white wine. They are as different as can be.
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DannyM
- May 16, 2022
- 8 min
HOW TO BUY $60 WINE FOR $20
In this world you get what you pay for, right? Usually, but not always.
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DannyM
- May 11, 2022
- 11 min
THE ROYAL BROTHERS: CABERNET SAUVIGNON & PINOT NOIR
Of the thousands of grape varieties that can be made into red wine, only a pair of them stand out as absolutely supreme.
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DannyM
- Mar 28, 2022
- 7 min
THEY RUINED THE FREAKING SHOVEL (AND MATEUS “TRANSITIONED”)
“All improvement is change; However, not all change is improvement.” (AndyS.)
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DannyM
- Jan 19, 2022
- 8 min
LISA, THE MERLOT GIRL
It was just during the past year that I’ve come to realize that I really, really like Merlot... GOOD Merlot, that is.
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DannyM
- Jan 1, 2022
- 6 min
CHAMPAGNE (OR NOT)
Just as we christen ships and welcome the New Year, we inaugurate DANNY’S TABLE with Champagne, or at least a discussion thereof.
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