it is easier and cheaper to produce, and ultimately produces a more consistent/ standard product (that lasts longer) and so is suitable for export and the very large domestic supermarket market....and of course if they can put...

of the American Cattle farmer lobby. In the beginning the Native Americans hunted grass-fed buffalo on the Great plains. That all changed with the creation of Indian Reservations for the Natives and the Scorched Earth policy for...

. On to the main, lamb cheeks with flageolets and olive oil. Wines included '89 Jaboulet La Chappelle Hermitage and '99 Copain Pisoni pinot. The cheese plate was creditable, if small. By the way, PP has stopped the free corkage...

of acceptable. American fares far worse on all counts of what makes a good airline and I never use them on my back and forths. They also have a lousy upgrade policy which United don’t S

to ag questions or that you have the current policies on tap?

it was OK for women to sit in public unaccompanied by men. The “parlor,” I guess, implied propriety and domesticity, as opposed to the male-oriented “tavern.” This is something that probably survives in...

When you enter CA from OR on I-5 or from NV on I-80, there are inspection stations. I’ve heard of plenty of people who had bought fruit at roadside stands who have it confiscated. This is also a domestic issue. Anyone...

If your home was the “Everybody Loves Raymond” set, hubby would deliberately mess up the kitchen so that in the future you would decline his offers to cook. Just a thought...you might want to agree on a policy of s/he...

-Greystone and French Laundry in Napa to name-drop some domestics) Table 1, or any table, would be JUST FINE. Too small a room to have a “bad” table. Overarching comments: The staff was superb, from our Roman sommelier...

fruit into Kraft Paper bags, closed tight. put into dark, cool place and they will ripen and keep for up to a week, but will finish them first. My policy if the fruit at any store dosen’t have a definate aroma or character...

Like they used to say in WWII, "there’s no reason for it, it’s just our policy".

with then (my local foodbanks have a strict policy of not accpeting any food donations that is not in the sealed orginal manufacturers packaging) I cam up with the idea of adding the excess to my mulck pile/lawn the idea would be...

in similar price ranges seem to be doing well (particularly in SF, where a strong foreign tourist industry has been offsetting domestic economic woes, at least to some extent). We only have the restaurant’s word for it that...

presidency, it has been the practice since the Kennedy Administration, for the White House to serve American wines at official occasions. French Bordeaux and Champagne and German white wines appeared at the Nixon state dinners....

the industry killer. A fantastic example of the law of unintended consequences. Not saying we shouldn’t do something about drugs, but no one considered the domestic fallout from this, or if they did they blew it off since...