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Italian Trip Report: Where’s the Beef?

by Canucklehead 10.09.2011

For most of us, when you think of steak, your mind immediately conjures up images of Texas and Alberta, complete with cowboys, campfires, and coyote’s howling at the moon. At the opposite end, I had never really made the connection between Italian cuisine and steaks. Of course, I’d heard of bistecca alla fiorentina – [...]

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Grazing a (Champagne) Trail Making Lemons into Limoncello

by Linda Violago 08.23.2010

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I was going to write about my April trip to New Orleans (aka NOLA) for the Independent Champagne and Sparkling Wine Invitational (ICSWI 2010) event and the more ambitious return trip home, with a stopover in Aÿ for the Terre et Vins de Champagne tasting (a selection of small, bio Champagne producers showing [...]

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Transitions – Part I- or “There is no place like home” (for now)

by Linda Violago 03.01.2010

In the last six months I have been on many planes, trains, automobiles, buses, and even boats and bicycles.  Just a glance tells anyone that I like to move. The past 12 months, however, have been particularly busy (not to mention the last six weeks). BUT, I have been in the same place for 20 [...]

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Grazing a Trail – “Free agency” and being homeless (in a good way)

by Linda Violago 02.01.2010

(Image by: Annaïck Le Mignon)
Editor’s Note: It is with great pleasure that I introduce Linda Violago, a on and off again Vancouverite and international traveling sommelier, whose whims have taken her around the globe to work in some of the world’s top restaurants, including stints at Charlie Trotter’s in Chicago and Mugaritz in Spain.  For the [...]

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