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3 American Rye Whiskeys You Should Try

When available, Rittenhouse is my go-to rye. It came out as the top value in our rye tasting a while back.

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San Francisco: NOPA's Burger Warrants the Crowds

My favorite burger in San Francisco. Great wine list and cocktails as well.

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Stocking The Bar: Which Bottles Are Essential To You?

I also would go for Carpano Antica for vermouth. It is worth the extra money.

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3 American Rye Whiskeys You Should Try

When available, Rittenhouse is my go-to rye. It came out as the top value in our rye tasting a while back.

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San Francisco: NOPA's Burger Warrants the Crowds

My favorite burger in San Francisco. Great wine list and cocktails as well.

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Stocking The Bar: Which Bottles Are Essential To You?

I also would go for Carpano Antica for vermouth. It is worth the extra money.

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Gift Guide: For Out-of-Town New York Food Lovers

For the first five years after I moved to California, my dad would send me a Junior's cheesecake for my birthday. Such a happy gift.

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Do You Spike Your Eggnog? With What?

Bourbon or rye. Because I am just that predictable.

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A Sandwich a Day: Turducken Sandwich from 4505 Meats in San Francisco

It was excellent, but impossible to eat as a sandwich. Luckily, they had forks. Also, mine had quite a few root vegetables along with the meat, which was a nice touch. It paired beautifully with the Soda Craft apple cider soda.

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Great Wine to Give Your Thanksgiving Host

As you know, I'm a big fan of the: 2009 Heidi Schrock Gelber Muskateller. I've opened it for a lot of people and it is always a hit.

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Cocktail 101: Five Essential Bourbon Cocktails

Great list and happy to see this: The Manhattan is a rye drink. I even "ryed" my cherries this year.

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Sauced: Apple Butter

I made pear butter last year, flavored with Buddha's Hand. Made a great gift.

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Candy a Day: Peanut Butter M&M's

Kind of surprises me that I have never had a peanut butter M&M. Luckily, Halloween is coming up and I can suggest to the 9-year-old that she acquire some if they are offered.
And, green.

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SE Staff Picks: Our Favorite Recent Cocktails

As much as I like a brandied cherry, I really like using a ryed cherry in my Manhattans. Plus, they are really easy to make by substituting rye for brandy in your regular recipe. I use this one: http://winebookgirl.blogspot.com/2010/05/brandied-or-bourboned-cherries.html, but there are many others out there. You can process to make them shelf stable or just keep in the fridge.

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An Italian PB&J: Pistachio Butter and Dried Cherries

I bought a jar of pistachio butter once that I planned on baking with. Sadly, I ate the entire jar spoonful by spoonful straight from the fridge.

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San Francisco: Pal's Takeaway for Awesome Artisanal Sandwiches From...a Liquor Store?

I like their meatball sandwich a lot. Lots of good food in that neighborhood.

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Riesling Report: Leitz Rüdesheimer Berg Rottland Riesling Spätlese, 2009

Really love this wine. Had some at dinner Tuesday night and it was really outstanding.

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Market Scene: Ferry Plaza Farmers' Market, San Francisco

The Tell Tale brownie is truly amazing. I buy one every week!

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Patxi's Pizza: Chicago-Style Stuffed Pizza in San Francisco

I just ordered delivery from Paxti's last night though I admit we had one extra thin and one thin. So nice to have them in Noe.

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Apple Cake

This is a fun and very easy variant on a Dorie Greenspan's apple cake that I think many of us have made--adding bourboned cranberries for a bit of fun:
http://winebookgirl.blogspot.com/2010/11/apple-and-bourboned-cranberry-cake.html

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Market Scene: Ferry Plaza Farmers' Market, San Francisco

It was clearly the week for Buddha's Hand. We used some in pear butter: http://winebookgirl.blogspot.com/2010/11/pear-and-buddhas-hand-butter.html

The leftovers are now soaking in vodka.

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Pickled Ramps

As ramps are hard to find in the Bay Area we pickled green garlic instead:
http://winebookgirl.blogspot.com/2010/03/march-is-for-alliums.html

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Mini Foodies

Not to be negative, but as the mother of a picky eater, it is not always as easy as exposing kids to lots of flavors. My daughter has been exposed to a wide variety of foods her entire life from the farmers market to ethnic restaurants to growing fruits and vegetables at home. I'd be pretty confident saying that she has been exposed to as many tastes as the children described above.

Guess what? She will choose not to eat dinner at all rather than eat something as simple as a tomato or carrot. She won't even eat Mac-n-cheese. (Homemade or Annie's)

Does it bother me, sure. But she will grow out of it. She continues to be exposed to stuff and I'm confident that one day her palate will expand.

Stop judging parents and realize that some kids are just picky!

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Ice Cream That's Out of This World

My brother and I thought that this was the best thing about the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum. I bought it a few years back for his birthday.

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