Last fall I bought a car that runs on the thunderbolts of Zeus. The fiery plasma at the core of a star is (roughly) the same thing that gets me to Starbucks and lets me stream Pandora while I wait…
I’ve been chastised by my brother for featuring “girly” beers on my blog recently. Well, excuse me for wanting to drink my beer from a miniature porcelain teacup featuring images of dancing Pomeranians wearing hats and booties! Excuse me for…
This is a great time to be drinking beer. I don’t mean right now, in the morning, I mean this year. The United States is in the midst of a beer boom, with more micro-breweries popping up every day. And…
They’re everywhere now, clogging the endcaps at your grocery store, pushing regular beers out of the way with gaudy orange and black signage: pumpkin beers. Most are regular beers with some fake pumpkin flavoring added. And let’s really dig into…
Here at Handmade I try to stay upper crust, pinky-lifted, East Hampton marble-mouthed. In that spirit I present the first (and possibly last) wine review. Being poured today is a lovely Trader Joe’s Central Coast Sauvignon Blanc. Upon the first…