Originally posted March 19, 2015. Here francetoday.com introduces readers to one of our favorite and indeed most underrated French red wines, Bandol. Perhaps the finest of all Bandols is, as America’s number one French wine importer Kermit Lynch underscores, Domaine Tempier. Francetoday.com writes: So many things make the Provencal commune of Bandol a unique […]
Has Frost Ruined Champagne for Another Year?
Biting frost has hit the Champagne region of France, and winemakers are worried it may have been fatal for this year’s crop of grapes. Decanter magazine reports: Temperatures have dropped below zero overnight in most of France this week, causing nerves to fray in the vineyards. Champagne has been no exception, and frost damage seems […]
Greetings from Puligny Montrachet!
Greetings from Puligny Montrachet, Burgundy-the white wine “center of the world.” Note the throngs!
The Cage-Free-Egg Sham
Originally posted July 29, 2015. The pecking order of eggs: All-Natural, Cage-Free, Free-Range, Farm Fresh, Organic, No Hormones, Omega-3? Confusing, isn’t it? The truth is about 95% of eggs in the U.S. come from chickens raised in cages allowing about 67 square inches floor space per bird (about the size of an iPad). From NPR, […]
Biodynamics vs.’Tradition’: The 2 Faces of Wine in Vôsne Romanée
There is quite a difference in the methods used by biodynamic vineyards and those using ‘traditional’ growing methods loaded with fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides, and fungicides. Biodynamics is a farming method with some similarities to organic, but more expansive and with less government (i.e. lobbyist) involvement. According to the Biodynamic Association, the method is “a holistic, […]
For the Discerning Wine Lover—Beaujolais Cru?
Beaujolais, a district of Burgundy, France, south of Pairs, produces almost exclusively the light, thin-skinned Gamay red grape. Each year on the third Thursday of November, Nouveau Beaujolais—a cheap, barely fermented wine—is released, amid much fanfare as well as much ridicule. There are 10 villages that produce Beaujolais Cru, not to be confused with Beaujolais […]
The Fed’s Dubious Dietary Guidelines
Originally posted February 1, 2016. Even though observational evidence seems to indicate that obesity, leading to heart disease and diabetes, is rampant in the U.S., government dietary guidelines continue to urge Americans to avoid full fat dairy products and instead consume reduced-fat dairy products like skim milk and reduced fat yogurt. Contradicting advice, however, comes […]
FreshDirect and Amazon: Building Farm-to-Store Meat Operations
Whole Foods Market Inc. is also in the business. The Wall Street Journal introduces the exciting new “single origin” concept to readers. In grocery store cases stuffed with exotic grass-fed and organic meats, new “single-origin” cuts are taking the local food craze to new heights. Retailers including Whole Foods Market Inc., FreshDirect, and Amazon.com Inc. […]
The Burgundy Wine Steal of Our Paris Trip
R.I.P. Organic Farmer Frank Oakes, Founder of Food and Thought
Originally posted February 6th 2013. “We are militantly organic. Every single solitary item in Food and Thought is organically grown. We refuse any product labeled ‘all natural’.” R.I.P. organic farmer Frank Oakes, founder of Food and Thought, Naples, Florida. Frank Oakes was one of the most important people in my life, even though I had […]
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