Category Archives: Reading
Ahead of the Curve
A bit of tooting my own Fred horn, but loyal readers heard about it here first. In today’s food section of the WashPo guess what wine is listed as “excellent” and “a good value?” Why the one right below this post … Continue reading
Linganore Cellars
There was another nice article in today’s Frederick News Post about Linganore Winecellars. They must be paying them or something. Ostensibly it was about pairing the right wine with food, but all of the wines featured were from Linganore Winecellars. Honestly … Continue reading
Frederick News Post Rant (Again)
I interrupt my planned series of anniversary posts to bring you the following rant. Maybe I am just feeling cranky today, but another FNP article about food and drink irritated me. As mentioned earlier the Beaujolais Nouveau season is almost upon … Continue reading
Three Books That Should Be On Every Wine Lover’s Shelf- Part I
Those of you that read this blog regularly know that I am a big fan of the library. However there are some books you just have to own. There are three such books that have been invaluble to me in … Continue reading
Passion on The Vine
Continuing my summer reading I recently finished Passion on the Vine: A Memoir of Food, Wine, and Family in the Heart of Italyby Sergio Esposito which I picked up from FCPL. Every time I am in New York City I … Continue reading
Cook Through Blogging
I recently came across an article in the Wall Street Journal about an amazing phenomenon that I was unaware of. Its called cook through blogging, where a writer selects a cookbook and then works his way through every recipe in the book writing … Continue reading
The Billionaire’s Vinegar
Continuing my posts on books I’ve been reading: I just finished up The Billionaire’s Vinegar: The Mystery of the World’s Most Expensive Wine by Benjamin Wallace (also available from FCPL). It was an interesting, if a little dry at the beginning, read. Briefly … Continue reading
Quote of The Day (and brief history lesson)
Most of you may not know that one of the first food critics and publisher of a best selling guide in 1935, Called Adventures in Good Eating was Duncan Hines. (yes that Duncan Hines- he ultimately sold the rights to … Continue reading
A Great Read- Mediterranean Summer
I am in the middle of reading three food related books, which I will probably post about as I finish them. What do they have to do with Frederick? Honestly, nothing except that I got them all from the Frederick … Continue reading
Fred Foodie Ignored!!
There was an article (here) in yesterday’s Frederick News Post about Frederick area food bloggers. It failed to mention this site, yes loyal readers not a peep about Fred Foodie. Oh the horror! The humanity! The snub! I pity the next restaurant I review. … Continue reading
