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Cooking with Clive

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ABOUT CLIVE BERKMAN

Clive Berkman is known as the chef, manager, and owner of one of the finest restaurants in Houston. Under his guidance, the restaurant achieved many accolades, including The DiRoNa Award and Travel and Holiday magazine’s Dini…

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SOUTH AFRICA’S WINE INDUSTRY.

posted August 14, 2010 in Winesworld\'s Blog

South Africa is a New World wine-producing country that has deep Old World roots. The father of the industry was a 33-year-old Dutch surgeon, Jan van Riebeck. He was the first governor of cap, appointed by the Dutch east India Company to establish a (read full article)

What Would The Octopus Say About this?

posted August 12, 2010 in So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager

Have you heard about the octopus in Germany named Paul that picked the outcome on the World Cup soccer matches? Now there's Loki the octopus in Minnesota that thinks Bret Farve is finally going to retire from football.  I think I need an octopu (read full article)

Apple Potato Salad and a German Home with a Moroccan Flair

posted August 05, 2010 in Dinners & Dreams

I had heard of the wonders of the German kartoffel but didn't think it tasted better than any other. It did. It was smaller and more yellow. It was young and less starchy. It was new potato, harvested early while its skin is still thin and its size s (read full article)

Flat Breads of the Western World

posted August 05, 2010 in Frugal Antics of a Harried Homemaker

As promised, here is part two of an amazing list of Flat Breads of the World.  Who new?  It appears that just about every region of the world has their own version of a wrap.  Some end up being the base, with other foods on top.   (read full article)

My German Breakfast

posted August 02, 2010 in Dinners & Dreams

Breakfast can't get any better than this.I called mine a German breakfast. It was in Germany. But it could have been anywhere.Yes a breakfast of orchard apricots, backyard red currants under the shade of a pregnant cherry tree can't get any better.It (read full article)

Book review: THE NEAREST EXIT.

posted August 02, 2010 in Winesworld\'s Blog

This modern spy novel by Olen Steinhauer is not only intriguing, well conceived, and informative, but also interesting that the reader feels compelled to continue reading page after page. It involves many meticulously researched European cit (read full article)

Giving Back

posted August 01, 2010 in Sugar Pies

Photo from Tucson Weekly by Will Ferguson Recently, Sugar Pies fan and friend Mari Herreras covered a story for the Tucson Weekly about a woman who feeds homeless people in two local parks. Karin Elliott is not affiliated with a church or other org (read full article)

Happy National Cheesecake Day!

New York style Cheesecake with Strawberries In the United States July 30 has been unofficially declared National Cheesecake Day. Cheesecake is a dessert consisting of a topping made of soft, fresh cheese on a base made from biscuit, pastry or sponge. (read full article)

Uetze, Germany

posted July 28, 2010 in Dinners & Dreams

It was my first visit to Germany to stay with my cousin Charaf, a brilliant former belly dance and ballet instructor and his wonderful wife, Sylvia, in their late 1800's fach werk outside Hannover in a village called Uetze.I was picked up from the Ha (read full article)

Riesling Rendezvous Grand Tasting Review

posted July 27, 2010 in Wine and Beer of Washington State

Riesling Rendezvous Grand Tasting I considered myself extremely lucky when I received a phone call on Sunday afternoon  July 11th asking whether I’d like to cover the Riesling Rendezvous Grand Tasting for Bean. Of course I would! The weather was s (read full article)

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