Slow Food Festival

NO ZOOMING Volunteers poured samples of olive oil for tasting at the Slow Food Nation gathering in San Francisco.
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A Slow Food Festival Reaches Out to the Uncommitted
By CHRISTINE MUHLKE
Published: September 2, 2008

Diner's Journal: Be Sure to Wear Some Flour in Your Hair (August 29, 2008)
Diner’s Journal: On the Scene at Slow Food Nation (August 31, 2008)

NEXT stop, the White House lawn? If Alice Waters has her way, a Victory Garden, like the quarter-acre plot at City Hall that was the leafy, heirloom heart of the Slow Food Nation gathering here last weekend, will feed policymakers in Washington. More

Wine

WINES OF THE TIMES
Meticulous, Modern and Very French
By ERIC ASIMOV

CÔTES DU RHÔNE — it is such a familiar wine, almost a synonym for a not-too-fancy French red. Yet few wines can match Côtes du Rhône in exemplifying the myriad changes that have transformed the French wine industry in the last 20 years.

In popular wine mythology, the French wine industry is static, unyielding to modernity. Depending on your point of view, that is either good or bad. In reality, the French have evolved quickly. They have recognized that the insular ways of the past no longer function in a globalized economy. More

Corn

A Good Appetite
Stretching the Corn Season
By MELISSA CLARK

IS there anything better than succulent summer corn? And can one ever eat enough of it?

This is what I ask myself every September while stuffing yet more ears into my overflowing bag. Why resist when the season’s nearly over? More

Brown Butter Cornbread With Farmer Cheese and Thyme
Corn, Tomato and Basil Chowder
Spicy Fried Corn With Bacon and Chipotle

Autumn

It turned cool yesterday here, and this morning it's 49 degrees fondly Fahrenheit.

New Republican Slogan

"The Incompetent leading the Incontinent."

Shamelessly Stolen from John Bales http://community.nytimes.com/article/comments/2008/09/03/opinion/03dowd.html?permid=270#comment270

GOP Vetting Emporium

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Ex POW on St. John McSame

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Shocked! I'm just shocked!

"Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because Janet Reno is her father".

-John McCain, 1998

Still Shocked!

Columnist Molly Ivins reported (Arizona Republic 10/17/93) this incident from (Rush) Limbaugh's TV show--"Here is a Limbaugh joke: Everyone knows the Clintons have a cat. Socks is the White House cat. But did you know there is a White House dog?" And he puts up a picture of Chelsea Clinton. Chelsea Clinton is 13 years old.

Sarah Palin! Sarah Palin! Paging Sarah Palin!

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