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How to have a happy Tuesday
I have discovered the key to happiness. It involves drinking just enough to take the edge off the day while cooking something easy enough to make well even while drinking. And dancing. You gotta dance...
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Aunt Vere’s Slush
Hot young starlets like Britney and Lindsay have nothing, nothing on the hardy, salt-of-the-earth folks who populate Minnesota. Sure these girls party. But their partying lacks subtlety and...
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Sangria Patito
I’ve never been to the Grand Canyon. I’ve never been to Las Vegas. I’ve never been downhill skiing. I’ve never made a sangria. Until last night. With friends coming over, I went overboard and decided...
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Red, red wine…
This just in: In a New York Times report today, researchers are saying that red wine may slow the aging process. The study is based on dosing mice with resveratrol, an ingredient found in some red...
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Mommy’s little helper: Basil Daiquiris
The daiquiri of happiness...and basil Not a day after I’d made a complete mess of my pesto attempt, I found this recipe and forwarded it onto my momterage. Kelli immediately emailed me back with the...
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Mad Housewife and other fine wines
Yes. I have bought bottles of wine purely on the strength of the label. Are you listening marketers? I'm highly susceptible to an appealing graphic or a well-turned name. Standing in the wine cellar...
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BHC Ponders Wine Glasses
Old Mother Hubbard, went to the cupboard To pour her dear friends some wine. When she got there, the cupboard was bare So they toasted themselves with wine in little plastic cups from Ikea… No, no no...
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BHC Swill: Two Buck Chuck
And I'm getting the Merlot, damnit. Let me tell you about wine. I don’t know anything about it. But I know what I like. And what I like, apparently, is the cheap stuff. My mom drank Gallo. By the...
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BHC Swill: Alexander Fitch
Like my new wine glasses? This is supposed to be my little secret. But I’m gonna share it with you. The wine guy at my Trader Joe’s hipped me to this one a few years ago. Priced at around $6, it drinks...
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Let us now praise the Hot Toddy
Sure is cold out there. Know what you need? A hot toddy. Is it really Toddy? That sounds like a muddied American version of Tottie. Or is it spelled Totty? Who cares. It may be terribly old-fashioned,...
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Manhattan with a twist – The Bittersweet
The Bittersweet Helen of Troy got nothin’ on me. She might have launched a thousand ships. But I launched a cocktail. So nyaaa…. OK let’s back up. When searching for the perfect cocktail for my...
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