Eve Bushman

Eddie doesn’t eat leftovers.  I, on the other hand, raised by wolves, do.  Hence the dilemma: I am not going to toss a perfectly good tri-tip steak out the window to my dog.  Ridic.   So, in an attempt to also get the family to eat their veggies, I scour the internet for a steak…

Eve Bushman has taken it upon herself to attain a Level 2WSET training.  She will be writingabout her journey in fits and starts up to and including the classes that will take place on October 3rd and the 10th. (Sign up NOW for this class orthe next one by contacting DiMaggio Washington atDiMaggio@TheCellarWBR.com)  Her Day…

I’ve forgiven Bev Mo because of this wine.  Let me explain, I used to run their nickel sale dates in my Santa Clarita Valley Wine Calendar on this blog.  But when one corked wine lengthened to three or four, I had to chalk it up to poor storage.  Or what I thought was left-on-the-forklift-in-the-hot-sun-too-long-syndrome. Anyway,…

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If you’re anything like me you live by Murphy’s Law, “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.”  But, my 20 year+ tablecloths, with you-guessed-it, more wine stains than what should be humanly possible, weren’t what I could call broken.  Stained, torn and shabby – like a celebrity I can’t name or I’d be sued –…

This recipe didn’t give me toooooo much trouble.  The cooked chicken that it called for?  Well, you’d be surprised to learn I didn’t buy it canned.  Eddie had me use a Caribbean Jerk marinade for an hour and then bake it for 30 minutes at 350 degrees.  (But I didn’t shred it like the recipe…

I had an opportunity, as seems to be a welcome perk of this job, to be invited to try treats from two different sources in the same week.  And I was thrilled to find that both can be paired with wine!  (The wine below is complements of Vino 100 Valencia.) The full story will run…

EARLY 1900’s DOWNTOWN ROOFTOP EXTRAVAGANZA  AT THE LOS ANGELES ATHLETIC CLUB Discover  wines from pioneer regions born in the early 1900’s when vineyards started to stretch throughout California right before prohibition..  Explore other wine areas, which were simultaneously being protected by appellation systems, such as the French AOCs..Indulge  in tasty pairings with artisan ‘historic’ cheeses…