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Sweet Retreat
Re-imagine your yard as an outdoor oasis. Perfect for parties, or an intimate evening for two. A weekend trip to Buffalo, New York changed the way I view my humble backyard. Last summer I toured 30 private gardens, part of the National Garden Festival, the largest free garden walk in the United States. The festival, [READ MORE]
Artisan
He is a tall, strapping man, all of 27 years old, and looks more like the star quarterback than a man who tinkers with high-octane booze all day long. But that’s the path master distiller Geoff Dillon, with degrees in biochemistry and economics, has taken in the heart of Niagara wine country. Dillon is on [READ MORE]
@ Pinot Gris
@mikedicaro Michael Di Caro 09 Thirty Bench P. Gris: Pear, peach, floral notes & interesting use of oak but it still hasn’t managed to turn me on to PG #30dayslocal There it was. A simple tweet typed out and sent in seconds to no one in particular, just one among the hundreds of thousands that [READ MORE]
Citrus Squeeze
Great news – there’s a new addition to our family! I wasn’t sure if we really should go for it. But, it was a blustery Saturday morning when I laid eyes on it, and the promise of heat and sunshine took over my thoughts. Our new addition is a dwarf lemon tree loaded with blooms [READ MORE]

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The Okanagan Feast of Fields
Canada in the summertime is a delicious place to be. There are food festivals taking place all over this great land. Farmers Markets selling fresh local produce can be found in practically every city. Check out your local newspaper or city website to find out what the chefs and farmers in your area are up [READ MORE]
Fast Food
It’s the antithesis of the gourmet food industry — rich in artery-clogging fat globules, containing levels of sodium that would make even the salt flats of Nevada cry, mass-produced on a scale and with a speed never before imagined. It’s fast food. And it’s the food world’s Next Big Thing! I’m sure that, right [READ MORE]
Riesling On A Roll
Wine writers love Riesling but even our best efforts to promote this most versatile of grapes are met with consumer resistance. The problem is that most people believe that Riesling is a sweet wine, thanks mainly to the Liebfraumilch syndrome compounded by the Blue Nun bubble — wines that celebrated sweetness for its own sake. [READ MORE]

Mister Wu
Pour two ounces of whiskey and ounce of vodka on ice into a regular glass. Add three ounces of lemon-lime soda and a dash of orange juice. Serve and enjoy
Sevilla Cocktail #2
In a shaker half-filled with ice cubes, combine all of the ingredients. Shake well. Strain into a sour glass.

A Love Story
On a sunny spring day many years ago when I was just 14 years old, I walked up the street to the library and checked out a book about dreams. On my way home, with the book in my arms, I met a boy named Ron. He was lean and lanky and by the look [READ MORE]
Lessons I Learned From Scarlett O’Hara
When I am in Italy, my relatives have a word they use every time I reach for more food, which is usually about every 3 minutes. The word is domani. I have to admit the way my Italian relatives say domani scares me. They put the emphasis on the second syllable, which to my untrained [READ MORE]
Big in Japan
Ever since she was a little girl, my niece Jackie has dreamed of moving to Japan. Now at 27 and with a Bachelor’s in Humanities and a focus on Japanese culture, language and literature, Jackie lives and teaches in Tokyo. We miss her, but a girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do. Recently, [READ MORE]
And Now For Something Completely Different
I am so immature. This thought occurred to me as I watched the magnificent series The Tudors. Mind you, I really try to pursue scholarly subjects with a somewhat sophisticated attitude. But my brain resists, taking an unprovoked right turn at the crossroads of mature intellectual pursuits and Monty Python. The fact is I was [READ MORE]