peppers (yellows and reds were 2 / $1) 2.49- St Ives apricot facial scrub (14 oz) 99 cents – Love My Carpet (14 oz) carpet deodorizer 2.99 Salmon Harbor Merlot (Washington St)

'Acosta.Liceaga is easy to find and has tour groups coming through, even the obnoxious kind like were there on the Friday after Thanksgiving.The Liceaga tasting has a nice Merlot, chenin blanc, and the grappas are outstanding. I...

to each than they are to each other (with Scheurbe as possible exception)... They’re similar or on a similar flavor continuum to my palate as are Cabernet and Merlot, for example,... differences yes, but more similar than...

For the traditional turkey and ham dinner (I’m on a budget): Red: Definitely Pinot Noir (Sonoma or Monterey) and maybe Beajolais (not Noveau). I’m leaning toward buying two 'Noirs rather than one of each. I like...

-not merlot grate about 2 cups of gruyere/swiss or monterey and add a bit of mozzerella to your cheese -for string effect 1 french loaf cut into 2 inch slices brushed with olive oil and broiled for thick oval croutons –...

used eat in D.F., it just pisses me off. Somehow paying $3 a pound at TJ’s is a lot easier to swallow even if they aren’t the best around. From the Cheese Case... good quality Monterey Jack for $4 a pound makes a decent melting...

Chicken Sausage w/Roasted Peppers & 5 Cheese Blend, 3 lbs (15 links), $5.99, fully cooked, no nitrates, no nitrites, no MSG, no antibiotics, fully cooked, in a pork casing, 9 grams total fat per 3 oz. link. From Monterey Gourmet...

in the afternoon, we went light on the wine with dinner, settling on a 1⁄2 btl. of ‘04 J. Lohr Arroyo Seco, Monterey Chardonnay and a bottle of the ‘01 David Bruce Paso Robles Petite Syrah. I had looked at the wine list on-line,...

.99 – Anchor New Zealand butter 8 oz $2.29 Challenge or Cabot butter 1 lb $2.49 M & M Premiums $2.49 Celento VEGAN eggplant parmesan $2.49 Cedarland spinach and Monterey jack tamales and other Mexican dishes $2.99 Batth mixed...

the whole “beat the system” attitude upon themselves by pricing their wines unfairly. So I think it’s incumbent on them to try to address the situation. Okay, time to end this rant and try to figure out if we can...

and the truffle sauce, the eel seemed almost meaty. And the sweetbreads, meanwhile, almost seemed light, a rare achievement with this very rich, fatty piece of offal. Diane came by again with Craggy Range 2005 Te Kahu, a merlot...

Put out a big bowl of cherries, Witches of Eastwick. Choose a wine from Sideways...just not merlot. Split pea soup...made infamous by The Exorcist, though it wasn’t actually used as food. I would mention the food scene from...

’m not sure if there are enough … groceries. It is so hard to tell because the store is so massive that the grocery section might be dwarfed just by the sheer size. While there were about a dozen types of Agave syrups and merlot,...

No more Pear & Lemon – we only got 36 cases total. The Hayward, Newark, Fairfield and San Jose (on Monterey) stores also got it and should still have some. The Kettle Chips that BigWoodenSpoon (hi honey) mentioned are good,...

big fat plain bagels split in half douse with leftover tomato sauce, or marinara sauce add a great big ol shaking of dried basil left over bits of pepperoni left over cheeses – fontina, mozz, monterey- melting cheeses or use...