Harveys Bristol Cream Sherry Jerez, Spain Harveys Bristol Cream Sherry is so well-known, Saturday Night Live did a spoof on it in the 70s. This particular sherry is responsible for the lion’s share of the sherry market in the US. Make no mistake; this is a dessert wine, and I really can’t picture using it
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29 November, 2010
London in October 2010, Part 3: The Tower of London, London Bridge City, Soho, and Notting Hill
Posted in : Dining in London - UK, Travel Guide for London - England - UK on by : The Gourmez Tags: 2010, alounak, armor collection, becca gomez farrell, ben farrell, crown jewels, design museum, forbidden planet, john pawson, kebobs, london, notting hill, october, pints, scott bohlinger, shad thames, soho, tower bridge, tower of london, white towerFor our final day in London, we visited my favorite part of all: the Tower of London. I seriously had no idea before this trip that the tower is actually a large fort. I really thought it was simply a tower, or maybe a pair of towers, where prisoners were held. Nope; it was much,
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23 November, 2010
London in October 2010, Part 2: Borough Market, the London Bridge, and Camden Town
Comments : 2 Posted in : Dining in London - UK, Travel Guide for London - England - UK on by : The Gourmez Tags: borough market, camden, camdown lock, camdown town, cheese, cyberdog, food stalls, horse tunnel, london, london bridge, london bridge 360, lord stanley, market, scott bohlinger, southwark, southwark cathedral, stable barFor our third day in London, we had a theme: FOOD. I didn’t actually do much tasting of food, but I did smelling and looking galore. London has many markets, and one of the best is the Borough Market, located in Southwark on the south side of the Thames. It’s a blend of produce, meat,
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22 November, 2010
London in October 2010, Part 1: Whitechapel/Angel, Westminster, Covent Garden
Comments : 2 Posted in : Dining in London - UK, Travel Guide for London - England - UK on by : The Gourmez Tags: 2010, belgian food, belgo centraal, big ben, buckingham palace, chinatown, covent garden, curry pimp, fried brie, fried toast, green park, london, october, pakistani food, royal opera house, royal theater, st. james park, tayyabs, thistle euston, trafalgar square, wesminster, westminster abbeyAs most of you know, Ben and I headed to London for vacation last month. It was fabulous! Okay, for me, it was fabulous. For Ben, who is not as interested in Western history and sights, it was a good city that would be greatly improved with better beer. Since I’m the one blogging, though,
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19 November, 2010
Blue Corn Cafe
Posted in : Dining in Durham - NC, Events, Restaurants on by : The Gourmez Tags: arroz con pollo, blue corn cafe, durham, mexican, mexican restaurant, picadillo, platos rellanos, social media supper club, sopapillasBlue Corn Cafe 716 9th Street, Durham Website Entrees $8.95–$17.95 Mon—Thurs 11:30 am to 9 pm Fri—Sat 11:30 am to 9:30 pm For the second meeting of the Social Media Supper Club (an excuse to try-out restaurants with friends from Twitter who also love food) we went to the Blue Corn Cafe. They offer mainly
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18 November, 2010
Revolution Red Cosmopolitan @ Revolution
Posted in : Bars and Tasting Rooms, Bars in Durham - NC on by : The Gourmez Tags: cointreau, cosmopolitan, durham, lime, orange, revolution red cosmopolitan, revolution restaurantRevolution Red Cosmo Revolution, Durham Website $10 This drink is a pretty straight cosmopolitan except for a splash of pomegranate juice added to the vodka, Cointreau, and lime juice. It’s way stronger in flavor than a cosmo should be, meaning they probably added more than the advertised splash of everything but the vodka. I’m not
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17 November, 2010
2 Copas White 2009
Posted in : Other White Blends, White Wine on by : The Gourmez Tags: 2 copas, 2009, floral, lemon, pine, sugar, white2 Copas White 2009 Mendoza, Argentina This smells of flowers and oranges: it would make a great, subtle perfume. It tastes very floral also, with a bit of pine that adds more depth from the outdoors. There’s lemon but not in the off-putting, dish soap way (thank god I haven’t had one of those in
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16 November, 2010
Motorco Music Hall
Posted in : Bars and Tasting Rooms, Bars in Durham - NC on by : The Gourmez Tags: central park district, durham, geer and rigsbee, motorco, music durham, music hall, rock club, super mocoMotorco Music Hall 723 Rigsbee Avenue Central Park District Website Mon–Fri, 4 pm to 2 am Sat, 11 am to 2 am Nice sign, huh? Motorco is an almost two-month-old addition to the corner of Rigsbee and Geer, transforming a former car dealership into a rock club with a capacity for 500. I went for
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15 November, 2010
The Kraken Black Spiced Rum
Comments : 2 Posted in : Rum on by : The Gourmez Tags: black rum, dr. bamboo, drink hacker, kraken, licorice rope, major spice, neufutur, spiced rum, vanillaThe Kraken Black Spiced Rum 40% alcohol content 47% alcohol content (apparently, I can’t do math), 94 proof I’m always interested in trying spiced rum; okay, I’m interested in trying any spirit or mixer I haven’t before. I needed some dark rum for a recipe, and this bottle caught my eye. How could it not?
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12 November, 2010
So Old Fashioned @ Revolution
Posted in : Bars and Tasting Rooms, Bars in Durham - NC, Spirits on by : The Gourmez Tags: bars, booker's bourbon, candied orange, cocktails, day trip, old fashioned, orange bitters, revolution, so old fashionedSo Old Fashioned Revolution, Downtown Durham Website $12 This drink serves mainly to remind me that I’m picking up quite the bourbon habit in the South. It’s made with Booker’s Bourbon, orange bitters, sugar, and candied orange, though I can’t vouch for there actually being candied orange in the drink—anyone else notice how easily advertised
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