PRIME RIB: OUR COMPREHENSIVE SHOPPING & COOKING GUIDE
Rather than painstakingly restore all of our various Prime Rib essays, we've consolidated them right HERE. Simple & Attainable...
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DannyM
Mar 199 min read
OUR FAVORITE THINGS-- Preferred & Proven Products
We don't do paid ads... yet. But when we find products we like, we're happy to sing their praises. Raindrops on roses and whiskers on...
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DannyM
Oct 17 min read
THEY'VE RUINED THE SHOVEL!
“All improvement is change; However, not all change is improvement.” (AndyS.)
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DannyM
Mar 29, 20233 min read
...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, 202314 min read
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, 20234 min read
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, 20229 min read
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, 202212 min read
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, 20228 min read
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, 202212 min read
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
Jan 19, 20229 min read
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, 20226 min read
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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