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I can hear the beer nerds now. "Beer and pizza? That's the best you could do for an article on the greatness of beer and food pa...

For Christmas I received a Baking Steel , a simple but outstanding kitchen tool that has revolutionized my thoughts on pizza and bread m...

There are three main areas of Burgundy which produce white wine. From north to south they are: Chablis, Cote de Beaune, and Maconnais. Ea...

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Rockefeller Center. What The Folk Singer wants, The Folk Singer gets (within reason). As such, with a simple request to visit New York t...

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Restaurant August is the youngest member of the Classic set. Compared to most of the places examined this year, August is a wee lad. The ...