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IWFS Weekend in San Francisco

Dear Members and Friends: Please find below our final menus and expanded wine selection for this year’s tour de force weekend at One65!This Weekend Celebration is dedicated to the memory of mydear friends and mentors, Haskell and Rae NormanWe are delighted to present our 18th annual Bordeaux and DRC weekend in San Francisco. As you will read, … Read more

A Really Old Shopping List

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A new lease of life for Italy’s aqua vitae?

When I was skiing at the Queen of the Dolomites,  Cortina d’Ampezzo Dolomites, Italy, with a full range of winter activities both on and off the slopes.  At the end of the day a quick Grappa was a very warming drink that allowed me to continue well into the night. Ah, yes, I remember it … Read more

Top Whisky Award

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Ten Things We Love About Italy

  Italy is in our blood… as a culinary region it gives us things we all love.  I saw this and fell in love all over again…http://player.vimeo.com/video/70776419

Homemade in France

No One Can Agree on What “Homemade” Means

France’s new labeling law was doomed from the beginning.

By Marc Naimark
Home made France’s “fait maison” logo looks like a saucepan with a roof over it.
Photo illustration by Slate. Photo courtesy David McSpadden/Flickr Creative Commons.

Home Made in France

As you enjoy your coq au vin this summer in a quaint Parisian bistro, you may find the staff even surlier than usual. The reason for restaurateurs’ consternation is a law that came into effect on July 15 intended to protect “real cuisine” from the onslaught of industrial food that’s served in up to 70 percent of restaurants in France, according to some estimates.

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