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Exploring culinary culture through the lens of wine and food history, lesser-known wine grapes and recipes. Mostly Italian / Italian American.

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  1. Issue · Sep 26, 2026

    The Country’s Best Waffle House (opens the original)

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  2. Issue · Sep 19, 2026

    The Mystery of Mataòssu (opens the original)

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  3. Issue · Sep 13, 2026

    Life, Paired (opens the original)

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    In light of this week’s brouhaha in the wine writing world (I know, niche upon niche) — where the winner of the 67 Pall Mall award for best short-form article of the year was clearly AI-generated — I thought I’d share something I recently wrote (without the use of AI!) for another wine writing contest. (My entry for the 67 Pall Mall contest, btw, was my eBook on the Pecorino grape. It was longlisted in the long-form writing category.)Today, however, I’m sharing what

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