
Last night’s dinner was… wait for it… legendary. We had 17 people for dinner! That’s a lot of food! Mal and I were invited to spend the weekend at Ashley’s aunt’s house in Vermont. Ashley also invited a bunch of her friends from New York City and a few blog friends, including Theodora, Leslie, Melissa, and [...]

Gordon’s is currently hosting a fun beer series called “Craft Beer 102: World Brewing Traditions” (a follow-up to their popular “Craft Beer 101” classes). Craft Beer 102 is a four-part series that focuses on unique brewing traditions of the world’s finest brewing cultures (Germany, United Kingdom, Belgium, and United States). Each class covers the history, methods [...]

Everyone knows California wine, right? You have Napa, Sonoma, Santa Barbara, but what about the Sierra Foothills, Central Valley, Lodi regions? I didn’t even know there was such a place until last night! Last night’s wine tasting helped me familiarize myself with some of the “deeper tracks” of California wines. Michael Murray of Gordon’s taught [...]