Archive - Culture & Food of EVERYDAY DRINKING

Notes From The Asparagus Festival

Spargelzeit, Germany's annual "white gold" harvest, is also a great time to ponder the splendors of spring. But what wine pairs with asparagus?

Apr 9 •

January 2024

The Sommeliers of Everything

What realm of taste doesn’t have its certified master? These days, even our smallest pleasures require expert advice.

Jan 26 •

December 2023

Cheese + Grappa, or The End of Pairing

What Spotify Wrapped can and cannot tell us about taste and the ineffable.

Dec 1, 2023 •

October 2023

There Are Now Six Basic Tastes. And The Newest One Is A Nightmare For Some.

Along with news of the world's creeping neo-prohibition and my life in heavy metal.

Oct 20, 2023 •

The Great Beauty of Viognier and Parsnips

And why the idea of "beauty" has no basis in logic or reason.

Oct 10, 2023 •

September 2023

The Melancholy of Margaritaville

Along with variations on the cocktail Jimmy Buffett made ubiquitous.

Sep 6, 2023 •

August 2023

A Flâneur in South Jersey

A summer of Walter Benjamin, karaoke, and obscure Iberian varieties.

Aug 25, 2023 •

July 2023

How Do You Define Tapas?

Or maybe let's not define it.

Jul 12, 2023 •

June 2023

How Things Disappear: A Travel Writer's Pilgrimage

On tough editorial calls, Rick Steves, and a small town in Andalusia.

Jun 6, 2023 •

May 2023

God and Pesto are Dead

The Genoese were mad at me for my Pesto Generator. But for some of us, cultural contamination is love.

May 4, 2023 •

March 2023

A Festival That Answers the Question, "What Pairs With Asparagus?"

Spargelzeit, Germany's annual "white gold" harvest, is also a great time to ponder wine, life, art, and the splendors of spring.

Mar 31, 2023 •

What If Someone Made An Onion Pasta Recipe and It Didn't Go Viral?

Well, it would be the perfect recipe to pair with good-value light red wines, which have also still not gone viral despite my best efforts.

Mar 17, 2023 •

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