"I think you should check out the ones they call the elements…"

by Katie Gomez March 5, 2010

Every once in a while I find a wine label concept that oozes coolness. One that the geek in me ogles and says, “Wow, I wish I had thought of that.” And its cool factor is tripled if the concept is broad enough in scope that it encompasses all the winery’s labels, and even spills […]

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"I've been a bad, bad girl…"

by Katie Gomez February 27, 2010

I’ve just spent the last 15 minutes laughing my ass off because companies that send out emailing list blasts and include me in there, obviously have no idea what they are getting themselves into. Consider this fair warning that if you find the blogosphere littered with posts this week about how awesome the Vintage Cellars […]

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WORDLESS WEDNESDAY – "If you're sick of all the bullshit…"

by Katie Gomez February 24, 2010
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"Though she was born a long, long time ago, your mother should know…"

by Katie Gomez February 22, 2010

I’m going to go ahead and capitulate to the fact that certain pre-packaged foodstuffs have proven beneficial—hell, even advantageous—for the average consumer. Multi-sized containers of enumerable ice cream flavors that save me the trouble of having to make my own on a regular basis? Sweet. Dry, boxed pasta for when I don’t have the time […]

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"Don't need to believe in hereafter, just believe in me…"

by Katie Gomez February 17, 2010

I’ve always been on the same page with Michael Jackson…the beer world’s Michael, not Neverland’s, though I have been caught singing Smooth Criminal once or twice. Jackson calls Belgium’s beers the most wine-like in the world, and I agree, which is probably why I fell in love with them in the first place. Well, that […]

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WORDLESS WEDNESDAY – "Because a vision softly creeping, left its seeds while I was sleeping…"

by Katie Gomez February 17, 2010
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“Seven are your burning fires, seven your desires…”

by Katie Gomez February 12, 2010

Mole is one of those countless thousands of things that Americans have managed to oversimplify as it seeped its way into our mutt-like culture. I use the term “oversimplify” in the most generous way possible since what I truly mean is that we’ve assigned it whatever the hell definition we feel like, and have begun […]

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WORDLESS WEDNESDAY – "Swallow future, spit out hope…"

by Katie Gomez February 10, 2010
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"There's one good thing that happens when you toss your pearls to swine…"

by Katie Gomez February 6, 2010

“It was hilarious,” I had told her. “My kid thought the whole tray of crackling was for him!” We laughed, talked about how crackling, when done right, is one of the most perfect foods…something I’d want for my last meal. “Crackling wrapped in bacon,” she joked, but we both knew we were half serious. “I’d […]

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"Do you come from a land down under? Where women glow and men plunder…"

by Katie Gomez February 4, 2010

I was supposed to take part in a Taste Live event a couple of weeks ago, but what with FedEx’s indefatigable determination to spend the rest of its pitiful existence cock blocking me (in a manner of speaking) and such, the bottles for the tasting didn’t arrive in time. I’d apologize to Elderton (whose wines […]

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