So you’ve tasted the offerings of the caterer and you’ve selected your main menu options. What about drinks? What’s on tap Much like selecting the menu options, you will need to factor in what kinds of drinks everyone would like to drink.
In some regions, one grape variety is used to make a wine; in others, winemakers blend several varieties in a single wine. To help you identify grape varieties, below is an overview of each of the major red grapes and their characteristics.
A reader is looking for a favorite fresh strawberry pie.
Hundreds of people have been sickened in a salmonella outbreak linked to eggs in three states - including California - and possibly more, and health officials on Wednesday dramatically expanded a recall to 380 million eggs, the equivalent of nearly 32 million dozen-egg cartons. No deaths have been reported, but California alone has reported 266 illnesses since June.
Found this great fork and knife decal from a French company Harmonie Intérieure. Available in four sizes and 58 different colors. [via Oh Joy]
Kuma Coffee has become the first coffee roaster in Seattle to issue a transparency statement regarding its coffee buying and to publicly disclose how much it paid per pound for all the beans in its inventory -- part of a growing movement away from Fair Trade-certified coffee and toward a model called direct trade that many roasters say benefits coffee farmers more.