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News Fri Nov 21 2008

Friday Happy Hour

Alpana Singh has a blog!

• Hungry mag does a Q&A with winemaker Steve Rogstad.

Flossmoor Station's beers are now available in stores -- quite a few, actually.

• Half Acre got coverage in Decider and Medill News Service, the latter with video.

Chuck Sudo chooses Coney Island Sword Swallower this week.

• Ladies, you're invited to a Repeal Day cocktail crawl. [via]

The L2O Wine Blog debates wine glasses.

• Start checking off items from the list of 100 drinks you must try before you die. (Here are lists from Thinking of Drinking and the Lush Wine blog.)

 
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MikeTheWaiterDotCom / November 23, 2008 7:26 PM

gotta love those flosmoor station beers... another good local brew is the THREE FLOYD'S line of beers.

MikeTheWaiterDotCom / November 23, 2008 7:27 PM

the flossmoor station beers are very good, but I think the Three Floyds micro is even better.

Little Audrey / November 24, 2008 12:35 PM

Thanks for mentioning our Repeal Day parties. Just so you know, men can come too (in fact we hope they do - the more the merrier)!

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Feature Thu Dec 31 2015

The State of Food Writing

By Brandy Gonsoulin

In 2009, food blogging, social media and Yelp were gaining popularity, and America's revered gastronomic magazine Gourmet shuttered after 68 years in business. Former Cook's Illustrated editor-in-chief Chris Kimball followed with an editorial, stating that "The shuttering of Gourmet reminds...
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