Tue 27 Oct 2009 Los Angeles, Dining – Dakota’s chef Jason Johnston at last year’s Great Chefs. How would you like to spend an afternoon noshing on dishes created by renowned L.A. chefs like Akasha Richmond (Akasha), Govind Armstrong (8 oz.) and Jose Chicas (The Bazaar – SLS Hotel)
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Win Tickets to 23rd Annual Great Chefs of L.A.
Fri 23 Oct 2009 Los Angeles, Nightlife, Cocktails – Creme brulee, caramel, espresso, pralines, prunes. Before I attended the Whisky Live event this week, my default descriptors for good whisky were “smooooth” and “yummy!” But after getting the chance to talk to the reps from such distilleries like Bushmills, Four Roses, Glenlivet, Johnnie Walker and Macallan, to name but a few, and try a vast variety of whisky, I’ve actually managed to expand my vocabulary.
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Whisky Live: Drinking Around the World in 3 Hours
Fri 23 Oct 2009 Los Angeles, Nightlife, Cocktails – Creme brulee, caramel, espresso, pralines, prunes.
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Whisky Live: Drinking Around the World in 3 Hours
By Stuart Koehl Every October, the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) holds its annual convention in Washington, DC, at which the Army’s leadership outlines its plans and vision for the Army, and the Army’s suppliers of everything from tanks and artillery to boots and beer nuts put their latest wares on display. This year’s convention took place October 5 to 7 at the cavernous Washington Convention Center, at which I spent three days taking in the sights and sounds and getting ver
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Think Small:Looking for the “vision thing” at the Association of the U.S. Army convention
Thu 22 Oct 2009 Los Angeles, Dining, Beauty & Fashion, Recreation, Lists, Shopping & Sales, Sweets – Looks like it’s going to be a busy weekend. I’ll be doing that Blogger Beach Cleanup, working on my Halloween costume and…I don’t which of the many following events.
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This Weekend: A Human Race, Chocolate Party, Rare Cognac Tasting
Cuisines in the world evolve into something more modern over time.
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Progressive Japanese Cuisines
Wed 14 Oct 2009 Los Angeles, Nightlife – I had a chance to meet up with Dan Dunn, aka The Imbiber and Playboy bad boy booze columnist based out of Marina del rey, over several, several ounces of Playmate-inspired wines at the Pourtal Wine Tasting Bar in Santa Monica.
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Drinkers Collide: When CoC Meets the Imbiber
Mon 12 Oct 2009General , Politics Submitted by YOUR NEW REALITY By Darryl MasonSo this is where the Great Age Of Establishment Newspaper Opinion (1950 – 2010) ends up, no more respected than as a mostly crappy prize in a corporate media competition.The Washington Post, like The New York Times, is finding it harder and harder to compete with all the voices of the blogosphere, and all the tweets and aggregators and other blogsites, that alert readers to the best of opinion online, most of which d
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Washington Post Launches American Idol-Style Competition To Find New Columnists
By Heritage Foundation The Congressional Budget Office reported yesterday that the U.S.
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Get Ready to be Outraged — 50 Examples of Government Waste
BEER LAGERSLagers need cooler temperatures for the yeast in the beer to ferment and brew effectively, usually between 46 and 55⁰F. The yeast used is also different in this type of beer, being a bottom fermenting yeast that doesn’t float to the surface of the beer but simply sinks to the bottom of the brew. Lagers are usually lighter in colour, drier and much less alcoholic than ales.Lager can also be subdivided into several different types of beer, although there are much less than ales
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Different types of beers
