Root Beer Floats- May 24, 2008 Photo by Melissa Schneider. On Fridays, my company has a TGIF gathering: They bring in beer and food, and we play the latest video games on the HD television nearby. It’s a descendant of the “beer bashes” that technology companies had in the boom period of the mid-90s, company-sponsored thank-yous for the hard work the staff had put in during the week. Those parties ended as funds dried up in the bust cycle of the late 90s and early 2000s, but Maxis has kept a modest...http://www.obsessionwithfood.com/2008_05_01_blog-archive.html#3447694725832962805 1998 Michele Chiarlo "Cerequio" Barolo- May 7, 2008 Photo by Melissa SchneiderI planned the meal for five years. Actually, it only took me an hour or so. We had just bought a bottle of Barolo, the tannic wine of Italy's Piemonte, at a wine shop in La Morra. We knew precisely when we would drink it: April 25, 2008. Though it ended up being April 26. The wine would be 10 years old by then — just about coming into drinkability &mdash and we’d be celebrating our fifth wedding anniversary. Barolo is the Piedmont’s greatest wine....http://www.obsessionwithfood.com/2008_05_01_blog-archive.html#6958350002628460997 Post Slackage- May 6, 2008 I apologize for the slack in posting. I’m working a lot at my new job, which has not one but two looming deadlines. And Maxis has reawakened my videogame love, since the latest games are my office’s water cooler chatter. (In fact, if you’re on XBox Live, I’m oenoscribe.) So bear with me as I adjust to the new routine, and, as always, thanks for reading.http://www.obsessionwithfood.com/2008_05_01_blog-archive.html#2787608726600193635 |