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The Delights of Orphaned Glassware

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Carol

I love scoping out mismatched glasses in thrift stores. It’s fun rummaging through and looking for odd pieces that have their own, unknown histories of lives I never knew. I always wonder how they got there, whether they were impulse … Continue reading →

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Eating With Your Eyes

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Carol

When I was in culinary school and turning out food that tasted good but just looked okay, I held that I was more concerned with the taste of the final product than with presentation. But culinary wisdom is right: We … Continue reading →

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Bacon-Laced Booze Bliss

Posted on May 6, 2009 by Carol

Ever since my pal, Chuck (he’s about to officially acquire the hyphenated name Chuck-of-Gumbo-Pages-Fame) introduced me to bacon-infused bourbon, I’ve been itching to give it a try. I’m not much of a bourbon drinker, but he recently made me an … Continue reading →

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Going to Hell in a Spirits Basket?

Posted on April 23, 2008 by Carol

Andy and I recently won the “Spirits Basket” in a fund raising auction at our church (!), a generous collection of bitters, an assortment of bar paraphernalia (the tiny bat in the photo is a muddler, used for getting medieval … Continue reading →

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