Kimberly Houston | October 31, 2009
I try not to post things other than my own content on this blog, because it just seems lazy, but sometimes you read something so worthwhile and/or useful, that you want to share it with others. Especially when it’s something better than you could have produced yourself! ; )
My best friend frequently reads the Wall [...]
Kimberly Houston | October 26, 2009
On Sunday afternoon my friend Jeremy and I had lunch at Slice of Life downtown, one of my absolute favorite Wilmington establishments. I’d been craving this pizza for weeks, I tell ya!
It really is very good, and so affordable, too! I had two awesome slices and endless Coke refills for around $8 — how can [...]
Kimberly Houston | October 24, 2009
I recently had some friends over for dinner, and made my Dad’s awesome chili recipe. Except it didn’t turn out nearly as awesome as Dad’s, but, oh well. I ate this chili for years growing up; I think Dad got the recipe from his buddy, Charles, who he was in the Marines with. I always [...]
Kimberly Houston | October 20, 2009
Grab a few bottles and get started!
In my last post I talked about some great ways to learn more about wine, such as going to weekly tastings at wine retailers in your town, and starting your own tasting club. Then I remembered reading this handy little guide to throwing your own wine tasting party over [...]
Kimberly Houston | October 17, 2009
Yesterday I wrote about 5 cheap and easy online ways to learn more about wine. Today’s post is about 4 other great, but more labor-intensive, ways. These are by far the best ways to learn, I think, because it involves actually experiencing wine, and who doesn’t want to do that?!
TASTINGS!
This is, hands down, the absolute [...]
Kimberly Houston | October 16, 2009
Recently I got to thinking about the resources I use to teach myself about wine, and some of the best sources of information out there for newcomers to the topic, etc. In my case, I’m lucky I’ve picked up a lot of from working in restaurants for 10+ years, but once wine became such an [...]
Kimberly Houston | October 13, 2009
The best books I’ve read in the last couple of years have been food and/or wine-related. They are just about the only books I‘ve read of late, other than the occasional personal development or business book. I mention this because I’ve always been an avid reader, was an English major as an undergrad, had to [...]
Kimberly Houston | October 11, 2009
(Or, “Chelsea’s, How I Mourn Thee”)
Last night my friend Jeremy and I were wondering around in downtown Wilmington, thinking about where we wanted to have dinner. Somewhere on the river, we thought. Or at least, somewhere with both good beer (for him), and good wine by the glass (for me), and something resembling “small plates” [...]
Kimberly Houston | October 6, 2009
Ah, pimento cheese. I never really liked the stuff, as much of a fixture as it was in the Houston household, and in the homes of most of my friends and relatives here in North Carolina, when I was growing up. (It’s a Southern thing.) Although, as I remember, the stuff we had when I [...]
Kimberly Houston | October 5, 2009
I think it happened just today. Read about it, here.
We’ll miss ya, Gourmet
Wow, I am inexplicably saddened by this — yeah, it’s mainstream, and maybe even a little snooty to be sure, but no more Ruth Reichl’s brilliant editor’s letter? I mean, Ruth freakin’ Reichl, c’mon! And what will I do without the monthly “Quick Kitchen” [...]
