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Kim Crawford Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc
This stuff tastes like flowers, but it's not sweet. Their website describes it this way: "Lifted aromatics of tropical fruits combined with the traditional nettle and herbaceous aromas of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc." Yeah whatever. Blah, blah, blah. Flowers, I tell you!
Continue reading...Les Vins de Vienne: Crozes-Hermitage, 2000
20. July 2009
Yeah, I know. Supposed to be writing about communications, technology, social change. How you can save the world. Not today. News of the day is this wine made from syrah grapes. Crozes-Hermitage, 2000. From Les Vins de Vienne, Cuilleron-Gaillard-Villard.
Continue reading...Identica: Open microblogging & recipes in 140 characters or less
17. July 2009
Identica's commitment to open standards is hot. And all good technology shares this characteristic: People can figure out how to make it work for them. It's hackable. Just look at Twyka in Kenya and Naijapulse in Nigeria. And as for me? Tonight I discovered a group that shares recipes in 140 characters or less. Bliss.
Continue reading...Spaghetti alla Puttanesca
14. July 2009
I love love love to cook. Odd that I never put recipes here. Tonight this turned out so good that it inspired me to share with you — it's the best and easiest thing I've made in a long while. And all you have to do is chop and boil water.
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Nathan Englander reads Isaac Bashevis Singer’s “Disguised” for The New Yorker’s monthly reading and conversation with Deborah Treisman. Englander’s voice couldn’t be more perfect.
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Early in his career, professor Mark Rowlands had two loves: philosophy and Brenin, a wolf he was forced to bring along to his lectures. Through their relationship, Rowlands started examining his work and life. Listen on CBC’s Ideas, via EarIdeas.
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Every month, The New Yorker’s fiction editor, Deborah Treisman, hosts a reading and conversation with a well-known writer. August 2009 featured Joshua Ferris reading George Saunders’s “Adams.” The rhythm is magnificent.
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