Archive for the ‘Food & Wine’ Category

Starbucks Shows How It’s Done in Social Media

June 8th, 2010 | No Comments

Mashable.com reports thatĀ Starbucks Used Social Media to Get One Million to Stores in One Day. Starbucks is leveraging Facebook, Foursquare and Twitter to drive customers into their stores.

All Aboard for a Wine Adventure

April 28th, 2010 | No Comments

Our downtown train station is about to become a popular destination for fans of wine. Savvy Cellar Wine Bar and Wine Shop is expanding to downtown Mountain View from its original location in Redwood City.
Sommelier Jennifer Ayre and her husband, Brent Harrison, Savvy’s owners, are local residents who have been involved with Mountain View Schools [...]

"Perfect Turkey" Method #89

November 30th, 2008 | No Comments

OK, so maybe there aren’t THAT many “perfect turkey” methodologies, but this one REALLY worked at the dinner we attended this year.

Calculate total cooking time for the bird, as per your usual method.

Cook for one-half of that time.

Remove from oven, tent with foil, set aside for two hours.

Return to oven for ONE-HALF of the REMAINING [...]