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- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Most Beguiling Cookbook
- What’s New for the 13th of April: Anthony Bourdain in print and video; Calexico, Giant Sand and related music; new recordings of ragas, Nordic songs, and vocal jazz, ‘The Night They Drive Old Dixie Down’ performed by The Band
- A Kinrowan Story: We Lost The Cheshire Cat
- What’s New for the 30th of March: Space Opera by Niven & Pournell, Arkady Martine, C. J. Cherryh, Elizabeth Bear, Simon Jimenez and more; Kage reads for us ‘The Empress of Mars’, a novella she wrote; a grab bag of music including new Buryat folk music; The Ukrainians; live music from the Scottish band Iron Horse; Gail Simone graphic novels; Farscape; and of course chocolate
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Our Rooms
- What’s New of 16th of March: A variety of mysteries; some new Scottish music by an old band, new jazz, and splendid archival reviews; ballads in graphic novel form; and chocolate in Paris
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Pub Ghoulies
- What’s New of 2nd of March: Kibbles and Bits including ghostly stories, the Hotel California, music picked by Gary of course
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Quotes that aren’t
- What’s New for the 16th of February: Books by and about Bob Dylan, and music by Dylan and others; plus some new world music and jazz
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Unreliable Narrators
- What’s New for the 2nd of February: All about the Oz books, green man lore, and gargoyles; Baltic polyphony, East-West ambient psychedelia, and a grab bag of other music
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Knit One, Purl Two
- What’s New for the 19th of January: Go Ahead, Be Pleasantly Surprised At What’s Here
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Ancients and Venerables of Guild of St. Nicholas
- What’s New for the 5th of January: A look back at books Gary reviewed in 2024; some seasonally appropriate Nordic music and a little new jazz
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Biscuits
- What’s New for the 22nd of December: A Solstice Story, Crow Girls, Scrooge, Marley, Elizabeth I, Revels and more festive holiday reading; The Lion in Winter on stage and screen; Jethro Tull, Steeleye Span, Christine Lavin, swinging jazz and more holiday sounds
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Fireplaces
- What’s New for the 8th of December: Elizabeth Bear fiction; some holiday related offerings including new music from The Unthanks, Americana tinged jazz, Polar Express, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Eggnog
- What’s New for the 24th of November: Norwegian winter holiday music, archival jazz, new roots music from around Europe, and more; books and what not about things fictional & medæival
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Pudding
- What’s New for the 10th of November: a grab bag of books from our favorite authors; Richard Thompson and Stephane Grappelli on film; music from all over; and comfort food
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Brandy (A Letter to Tessa)
- What’s New for the 27th of October: The Byrds Live, Trader Joe’s Organic Hot Cocoa Mix, Some Excellent Music Reviews, Folkmanis Puppets of an Autumnal Nature, The Mouse Guard begins…
- A Kinrowan Estate story: All The World’s A Stage
- What’s New for the 13th of October: Elizabeth Bear tends a pot of turkey stock, Groot and Rocket Raccoon, A Video and Fiction set in India, Tasty music reviews, and music from Irish trad band Clannad
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Autumn is Here (A Letter to Anna)
- What’s New for the 29th of September: Louisiana’s Lost Bayou Ramblers, live music by Kathryn Tickell, Ottawa based urban fantasies by Charles de Lint, Norwegian saxophonist Karl Seglem, Gus on the Estate Kitchen garden and other Autumnal matters
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Category Archives: Food and Drink
Dark Horse’s action figures: Roald Dahl’s The Gremlins: The Lost Walt Disney Production
Dark Horse Books, a division of Dark Horse Comics, recently released Roald Dahl’s The Gremlins in commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the United States Air Force. In a slightly melodramatic and over-sentimentalized introduction, Leonard Maltin gives a nevertheless fascinating … Continue reading
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Kim Wilson’s Tea with Jane Austen
Books are a lot like meals: sometimes you want something long, drawn-out and filling, other times you want something light and easy, but with enough substance to make it worthwhile. I have to admit that my current diet of epic-length … Continue reading
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Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations: Iceland Special Edition
Joseph Thompson wrote this review. In January 2010 Anthony Bourdain may possibly have visited my favorite bar. I say “possibly” because his trip to Portland, Maine, won’t air on the Travel Channel until 12 April 2010, a few months after … Continue reading
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Anthony Bourdain’s Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook
Joseph Thompson wrote this review. Few things in this world highlight humanity’s truculence like the feast of Ortolan. This small bunting, force fed through manipulations of its diurnal cycle and then drowned in Armagnac, is eaten whole. With a cloth … Continue reading
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Chapon Chocolatier’s 100% Venezuelan Chocolate Mousse
Kelley wrote this for Sleeping Hedgehog. On entering the store at 69 Rue de Bac, the back wall covered in metal chocolate molds drew me in. The next thing I noticed was the gracious smile of the handsome young man … Continue reading
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Hammond’s Candies Double Chocolate Hot Cocoa
Hammond’s Cocoa was established in Denver in 1920 by Carl T. Hammond Sr. Hammond’s Candies has been in continuous operation ever since, priding itself on producing quality candies using ingredients and methods that harken back to the days of its … Continue reading
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Green & Black’s Organic Milk Chocolate, Organic Maya Gold, and Organic Bittersweet Dark Chocolate
Green & Black’s got its beginnings in 1991, when Craig Sams, founder of the English organic food company Whole Earth, was sent a bar of organic 70% cocoa dark bittersweet chocolate. Sams and his wife, Josephine Fairley, environment columnist for … Continue reading
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Lärabar’s Chocolate Peanut Caramel Truffle Bars
I had a snappy opening line all prepared for this review (“Move over, Trader Joe’s ‘These Peanuts Go On A Date’ Bars”) but it turns out I’m too late. As usual. First, there have been lengthy discussions on various forums … Continue reading
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Portland, Oregon’s County Cork Public House; Deschutes Brewery’s Jubel 2010, and Rogue Ales Hazelnut Brown Nectar
Kelley Caspari submitted this review. Saturday evening my friend Diane and I strolled down to County Cork Public House, our local pub. Last summer we had a standing date once a week there, but with the winter weather we started … Continue reading
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Tagged ale, beer, English pubs
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What’s New for the 29th of September: Louisiana’s Lost Bayou Ramblers, live music by Kathryn Tickell, Ottawa based urban fantasies by Charles de Lint, Norwegian saxophonist Karl Seglem, Gus on the Estate Kitchen garden and other Autumnal matters
Every good fiddler has a distinctive sound. No matter how many play the same tune, each can’t help but play it differently. Some might use an up stroke where another would a down. One might bow a series of quick … Continue reading →