Food and Drink

  • Grills: Kamado-Kettle-Smoker-Gas?
    Posted by on May 11th, 2013 at 7:58 am, Comments: 0

    I have needed a grill now for awhile.  When we had a house, we had three of them.  A gas grill, smoker, and a Weber. [...]

  • Is This Something? Bird Flu Strikes Again
    Posted by on April 26th, 2013 at 7:18 am, Comments: 0

    Bird flu is in the news again. Either it’s important or there isn’t much news to report and they are searching for stories. On Agricultural websites, there [...]

  • Russian River Brewing Company
    Posted by on April 22nd, 2013 at 10:16 am, Comments: 0

    Today is my last day on the coast.  Spending time with family, and hanging out. We took a trip up to the Russian River Brewing [...]

  • Barrel Samples
    Posted by on April 21st, 2013 at 12:12 pm, Comments: 0

    If you have ever been wine tasting, you may have had a chance to taste wines right out of the barrel.  It’s a lot of [...]

  • 3 Amazing Pinot Noirs
    Posted by on April 20th, 2013 at 11:03 am, Comments: 0

    Yesterday I was running around the Russian River Valley.  We also drove out to Bodega Bay and visited Goat Head Rock.  While driving around, we [...]

  • Up In The Wine Country
    Posted by on April 19th, 2013 at 10:56 am, Comments: 0

    My wife and I are up in the wine country of California for the weekend.  We used to come out here a lot until life [...]

  • How to Cure the Problem of Invasive Species? Eat Them.
    Posted by on April 14th, 2013 at 9:31 am, Comments: 0

    There is a problem when people release pets into the wild.  They can become invasive species when they reproduce and overwhelm a non-native ecosystem.  Feral [...]

  • Best Prime Rib You Ever Ate
    Posted by on March 26th, 2013 at 7:00 am, Comments: 0

    Recently the Chicago Tribune food critic Phil Vettel went around town sampling prime rib.  How do I get a job as a food critic?  Chicago [...]

  • Home Appliances Dacor vs Kitchen Aid vs Wolf vs Viking vs Thermador
    Posted by on March 17th, 2013 at 7:55 am, Comments: 0

    Recently my wife and I moved from one apartment to another.  We had rehabbed our old place and it had a galley kitchen.  The centerpiece [...]

  • Tips If You Are Headed to SXSW
    Posted by on March 7th, 2013 at 8:14 am, Comments: 0

    Over the past couple of days I was in Austin, Texas at the Juicy Conference.   The conference covered global co-working.  Co-working is officially on [...]

  • When “Nudge” Goes Bad
    Posted by on March 3rd, 2013 at 9:40 am, Comments: 0

    Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein wrote a book called Nudge.  It’s based on the economic research behavioral economists have done over the past ten years. [...]

  • The EU Transaction Tax-Capitalism Killer
    Posted by on February 24th, 2013 at 10:16 am, Comments: 0

    The EU is going full bore and will tax financial transactions in Europe.  This is not a novel idea.  As a member of ($CME) CME [...]

  • Hunting and Gathering Urban Style (Are you a hunterer/gatherer)?
    Posted by on February 9th, 2013 at 7:34 am, Comments: 0

    Anthropologists like to categorize people and tribes.  One of the terms they use is “hunter/gatherers”.  Some of the old Indian tribes are characterized this way. [...]

  • Trust in Sake: It’ll Warm Your Heart
    Posted by on January 25th, 2013 at 10:51 am, Comments: 0

    Last night, the angel organization I co-founded had a small social event at a hot restaurant in Chicago, Union.  One of the things great organizations do [...]

  • Del Frisco’s Chicago
    Posted by on January 5th, 2013 at 7:14 am, Comments: 0

    Last evening, I went to Del Frisco’s Chicago with some friends.  The friends were great.  It was a lot of fun being with them.  The [...]

  • What’s Cooking?
    Posted by on December 24th, 2012 at 9:05 am, Comments: 0

    Via my Instagram, Facebook Pinterest and Twitter feed, I am seeing a lot of food porn circle through the internet.  It’s the time of year [...]

  • Christmas Glogg
    Posted by on December 22nd, 2012 at 10:31 am, Comments: 0

    Scandinavians live in a cold climate.  This time of year, they don’t see the sun a lot.  I think it’s one of the reasons they [...]

  • Farmhouse and A Big Idea
    Posted by on December 15th, 2012 at 10:32 am, Comments: 0

    Last night my wife and I went out with Raman Chadha and his wife to Farmhouse. We talked a little about his new venture, The Junto [...]