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Why I Brew Beer…
The Brew Kettle I realize from the outset that the logic behind my argument for brewing beer lacks, well, logic. Not that I can really even call it an argument. It’s not like anyone is really telling...
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Charlotte Brewery Crawl
When I moved to Charlotte six years ago the city was void craft breweries, or micro-breweries as they were called way back then. Sure, there was Rock Bottom Brewery in Uptown, but have you checked...
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North Carolina Muscadine Wine Trail – Treehouse, Dennis, and Rocky River
It started with a comment, a persistent friend, and a Groupon, and resulted in a day touring wineries specializing in Muscadine grapes. Yep. You heard me. Muscadine wine. I do live in the South...
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A Romance with Bavarian Food
It was a brisk early spring evening in Munich. So early that the trees were yet bare. Still, Munchens flung to the streets to celebrate this first break in weather. The beer gardens and sidewalk...
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Dank Summer Cocktails – Moscow Mule
Maybe it’s because of the weather, but the Gourmand household has been mixing up more cocktails than normal this summer. We’re typically a beer and wine family. If liquor is involved, we trend simple...
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Dank Summer Cocktails – Summer in Provence
Maybe it’s because of the weather, but the Gourmand household has been mixing up more cocktails than normal this summer. We’re typically a beer and wine family. If liquor is involved, we trend simple...
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Dank Summer Cocktails – Hot Melons Margarita
Maybe it’s because of the weather, but the Gourmand household has been mixing up more cocktails than normal this summer. We’re typically a beer and wine family. If liquor is involved, we trend simple...
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Conversation with Claudia – A Wine Tasting Dinner at Aria Tuscan Grill
I was sitting at my computer staring blankly at an empty white screen trying to think of the perfect blog post to summarize our week long culinary tour of Tuscany. I flipped through pages of my...
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Summer Bocktails – Grapefruit Basil Shandy (Radler) Recipe
Last summer our cocktails were dank in honor of the incredibly rainy summer we had here in the South (which subsequently led to a record cold winter). This summer, we’re trying a new theme in the...
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Summer Bocktails – Blueberry Blonde Mojito
Who doesn’t love a sweet and minty mojito on a warm summer evening? But a mojito bocktail with blueberries added? Estas loco? I know. Sounds strange, doesn’t it? But hear me out. Sometimes, you...
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We Drink Wine Spritzers – Don’t Judge
Weinorgal. A sultry wine bar located off a local side street not far from the heartbeat of Vienna. But don’t go thinking this is posh joint with leather chairs and fancy artwork. It’s the kind of...
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Songlines of a Parrothead
I still remember myfirst Jimmy Buffet CD – Songs We Know by Heart. I was thirteen and ordered it as part of my 8 free CDs from Columbia for joining their music club. The order was a mixture of...
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