Today I got a bunch of mint from an Asian grower at a farmers' market near Boston. It’s not catnip – I can recognize the several catnip varieties common around here – but while it has a minty smell,...

test the skunkiness...if they are skunked beyond anyone’s conceivable palatibility, then throw them away...if they are merely crap wine without much heat damage, you could prob find someone in NOLA who’d enjoy...

I buy Swing’s dark roast and espresso whole beans at the Old Town WF and it’s always been fresh. I also buy at the downtown Swings occasionally; they taste identical. I’ve also bought WF’s house blend and...

! (Is the secret ingredient mashed plantains?) They also have a wondeful array of Jamaican soft drinks, including Ginger Beer and Ting grapefruit soda. My only complaint is that the beer selection is minimal and tends toward the...

the fact that I can taste a fair number of very good wines. I feel that the better wine bars do a lot of the foot work for you by cutting through the clutter, nixing the skunky wines and offering the ones that they feel will...

all that, mussels can be pretty persnikity, and you can get some that are skunky/nasty/vile tasting, and I have no idea how to get around that, I have had them arrive that way in restaurants, and in my own kitchen after I hand...

skunky wine, sent it back without a hassle and got a fresh bottle), food (spicy ravioli was great), and atmosphere. Not my #1 Italian joint in and around Boston but worth it and should come close to what you may be looking for.

a given area. Outlaying this much capital up front leaves some franchisees cash poor, hence the occasionally "skunky" meat, sloppy prep work, soggy fries, etc. I’d say give them a try. The problems we’re experiencing...

almost be described as "skunky." I’ve noticed this at the brewery, in the drafts sold on the Isle of Shoals “Brews Cruises,” and in the Smuttynose bottles available at supermarkets. I have given the place many...

frequently were skunky. I’d hoped the City Lighting crew would figure it all out. But the place never got better than mediocre. Good food would have drawn a steady clientele. Take a look at booming Franny’s.

Yeah, I feel the same way. I’ve eaten there a few times for brunch and dinner, and, while the food is fine, their prices WAY too high for food that’s just “fine.” The Sierra Nevada always tastes kind of...

underwhelming. And since it’s in green bottles, it’s bound to be skunky.

sorry to be contrary, janet, but Heineken in bottles is much worse than in cans. The glass color is green, and that allows in a frequency of light that reacts with the beer to produce an off, "skunky" flavor. That flavor is one...

in hops which interacts with light to produce a skunky flavor. Beer exposed to light (in essence, most of the beer you buy in those bright, glimmering deli coolers—which is why I ALWAYS reach back to the back of the cooler)...

BUT...Stella is skunky and SN Summerfest isn’t. (Big difference, IMO.) I agree that it may not be the best summer ale out there, but it is far from the worst. (Tastes pretty damn good after yardwork, I can tell ya.)