November 24, 2008
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As a Recipe4Living editor, I receive a lot of emails with questions and tidbits about food and recipes and the like. The other day a woman sent me an e-mail about Beaujolais Nouveau with a little poem she wrote about this apparent wine. She touted: “This my little item about 2008 Beaujolais Nouveau. It’s funny, because I just met a group of people who had never heard of it - then, they thought they would have to buy a case if they had it ordered! Oh well, it takes all kinds, I suppose.”
Well, I have a confession to make: up until this e-mail, I had no idea what Beaujolais Nouveau was! In fact, I’m still not quite sure I’m clear on the concept but I am intrigued and I would totally be one to want to try a case of the stuff in spite of my lack of knowledge! So, I want to know: Am I alone in this? Did you know what Beaujolais Nouveau was and did you buy some this year?
Read on for an explanation of Beaujolais Nouveau.
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February 13, 2008
Over the weekend I had plans with an old friend. Actually, my oldest friend to be more precise, as we’re going on 15 years of friendship (quite a bit for a 22-year-old). It all started in 3rd grade when she joined my elementary school, and by some twist of fate we gravitated toward each other, like magnets. We were instantaneous best friends.
And so we remained, all through elementary and middle school. High school and college brought about separation in terms of the schools we went to but we still and always knew we would have a bond that dated back to our 3rd grade days. Sometimes now I think about how different we are, but then I realize that my favorite part about our friendship is how different we have always been.
I learn a lot from Talia (we’ll finally call her by her name). I learn a lot from her every time we have plans. And these days, she teaches me a lot about my relatively newer hobby of food and wine, a realm she has kept up with far longer than I.
So on this particular Saturday, during these particular plans, we went wine tasting.
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