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Last look at the 2019 Saratoga Wine & Food Festival
Apps at the VIP portion of the “Forest Magic” dinner, at the Saratoga Wine & Food Festival, including pickled fiddleheads. Last weekend’s “Forest Magic” dinner and Grand Tasting were sold out and...
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Revisiting Four Roses Bourbon
Four Roses bourbon tastes at Saratoga Wine & Food Festival. Like a lot of people who came of drinking age in the second half of the 20th century, I had a poor impression of Four Roses bourbon. It...
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Hot and Not at the 2020 Winter Fancy Food Show
We’re just back from the 2020 Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco, where the focus as you might expect was on “plant-based” everything. Impossible and Beyond weren’t there, but there were plenty of...
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On the ground at Saratoga Chowderfest 2020
As usual, the longest lines at Saratoga Chowderfest 2020 was at Salt & Char. Not particularly memorable chowder after the wait. Saratoga Chowderfest 202 is now history, so I am revising this post....
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Is Beer (Week) finished?
Saratoga Beer Week opening event inside the OSB storeroom in 2013. The brewery is gone and the building is slated for demolition. This week is Beer Week in Saratoga Springs. You can be forgiven for not...
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Last thoughts on the Winter 2020 Fancy Food Show
Upscale chocolates and plant-based foods shared space at the Winter Fancy Food Show. It seems a lifetime since international vendors packed Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco for the Winter...
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You’re invited: Niman Ranch Hog Farmer Appreciation Celebration
Famed chef Thomas Keller will be your host and instructor at the Niman Ranch Hog Farmer Appreciation dinner In the mid-aughts we did some work on the Niman Ranch website. We were guests of famed pig...
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Making Croissants with King Arthur
Croissant from our King Arthur croissant class. Last weekend was packed with March Madness and SXSW, but when an email arrived announcing a last-minute opening in the Lofty Layers class at King Arthur...
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Boozy Baking with Great Exbaketations
My boozy cake with guidance from Great Exbaketations Last night we attended a Yelp event, Boozy Baking with Great Exbaketations. Cheyenne, the master baker, led us through the creation of a rich...
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Happy Cole Slaw Day!
Better-than-KFC buttermilk cole slawWhile some are celebrating March 17 with green beer and corned beef, we will be stocking up on cabbage! The crunchy green orbs are on traditionally sale at the...
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