Food and Drink

Special Black Wednesday BYCU Edition It's the biggest drinking nights of the year and possibly my favorite evening. Last year's festivities were squelched when I ran over a fire hydrant about two blocks from my house, on my way to pick up a friend to head

This ad captures my mood this week. Brutal days in the office. I should've been sneaking beer behind desk. BYCU I dig Wired magazine. I don't dig it enough to subscribe, so they hate me of course, but I do enjoy their stuff. Earlier this week,

Wines that Rock Seen earlier this week: "Joining The Rolling Stones 'Forty Licks Merlot,' 'Woodstock Chardonnay,' The Police's 'Synchronicity Red Blend' and Pink Floyd's 'The Dark Side of the Moon Cabernet Sauvignon,' the Grateful Dead's

BYCU I really like a good drinking glass, whether it's a big wine cup or a solid pilsner. For those enamored with comic books, these pint glasses looks pretty cool, though I can't believe the neo-Prohibitionists aren't going to scream "foul" on

Drinking Corner This a merciful thing: "Some of America's most famous beers have lost a tremendous amount of their national sales over the last five years. Mostly, they are full-calorie beers, and they have lost sales to lower-calorie products, as well as imports and craft beers. 24/

Football game in Battle Creek last night. No time for blogging, but I learned something new this week: The Lake Erie area is prime wine land. I never knew that, but this pleasant blog [http://ohiolakeeriewineries.blogspot.com/] is dedicated to the 40-plus wineries of the Lake Erie Appellation. Excerpt:

BYCU Yikes, that looks, sounds, and probably smells like one nasty beer. Merry Ole Brewers Congratulations to TDE readers from Michigan, Ohio, Oregon, and California. Brewers from your states have been selected to send brewers to England to engage in collaborative brewing efforts [http://www.cleveland.com/taste/index.ssf/

Useful Beer I've said it many times: Don't drink for the health of it. Drink for the hell of it. But that doesn't mean beer can't be useful. It turns out that beer can be used for more than just drinking and