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Good Wine Hunting
When people say that they don’t like wine, I don’t believe them. When they tell me that they can’t appreciate good wine, I know that is not true. It’s not as if I think they are lying. Certainly...
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Coffee and Gas
My kids learned at a very early age that coffee makes adults go. It’s probably not the best lesson to be teaching them. But in our family it’s true. And I imagine it is also true for many people....
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A Good Cappuccino is Hard to Find
The standards are too damn high. My grandfather who lived through the Great Depression thought I should be thankful just to have a cup of weak watery coffee. It’s hot and it’s wet. He used to look at...
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A Good Cappuccino is Easy to Find
The Internet has failed me. It’s a great tool, but the problem is that for many things I’ve become too reliant on it. Driving directions are a great example—I blindly follow Google Maps wherever it...
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Learning to Cook: Building Flavor
There have been some new lurkers around here in the past few days. These have been readers who clicked through on Times Union blogger Amanda Talar’s post about her desire to cook more. If you are one...
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Not Quite Spring Onions
Everything relates to Jewish food. And even if it doesn’t I’m sure I can find a way to make a connection. It’s probably just because I’ve got the Jewish Food Festival on my mind. Not only will this be...
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Speaking of Caramel
Yesterday’s post about caramelizing onions reminded me of one of the most crucial things anyone interested in cooking needs to learn: knife skills. I really like what the guy behind Corduroy Orange has...
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Ride the Dinosaur
This isn’t a retraction, per se. But I do feel the need to set a few things straight. At the end of last month I wrote about an unexpectedly bad experience at the Dinosaur Bar-B-Que in Troy. I said...
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Seriously Scrambled
A long time ago I wrote a post about my sliding scale. I will hold to task restaurants that are aspiring to be more than they are. However, a modest diner that produces better than average diner food...
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Where There is Smoke
Do not confuse this for a piece of journalism. The more and more I write, the more and more I think that it could be helpful to take a journalism ethics and standards class. Because this part about...
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