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The Gourmet Highway – Wines For Thanksgiving: A Cornucopia of Flavors

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Thanksgiving is so deeply American. It combines homecoming with a feast. Goodwill reigns. It also signals the launch of the Holiday season when shopping, concerts, decorations, and seasonal music embrace all aspects of daily living. In keeping with the Thanksgiving traditions, why don’t we serve some of our own wines, mixing up what’s available to …

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Recipes From The Heart No. 35

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World Series Food and Drinks The World Series takes place in the middle of football season. For sports fans, this is prime time for flavorful food and palate pleasing drinks. Houston, a major center for the arts, has top restaurants notable for combining heritage with vision. Atlanta, home to acclaimed museums and performance centers, is …

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Recipes From The Heart No. 34

Recipes from the Heart / By Doc Lawrence

It’s Stone Crab Season! Stone Crabs, the perfect ready-to-eat seafood, are in season through mid-May. Most are caught in Florida waters, but they are harvested along the Gulf and South Atlantic coasts. Only the claws, which regenerate, can be harvested and egg-bearing females are illegal to keep. I can get them inland at the fabulous …

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Recipes From The Heart No. 33

Recipes from the Heart / By Doc Lawrence

BACK TO THE JACK Barbecue teams from coast to coast returned to the Jack Daniel Distillery, the hallowed groud of American whiskey, to smoke, season and sear for the 32nd Annual Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational Barbecue. The event held in historic Lynchburg, Tennessee is a wildly popular family-friendly festival. For 12 years, I served …

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Recipes From The Heart No. 32

Recipes from the Heart / By Doc Lawrence

Autumn dining suggests more red wines. The weather is gentle and almost instinctively, the preferred cuisine features heartier dishes. Perhaps some of this is in anticipation of the approaching holiday season when celebratory feasts are important components of ritual and tradition. These are delicious main courses, some could say they are quintessentially American. One is …

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Hook, Line, and Supper-A Masterful Guide to Fish and Seafood Enjoyment

The Gourmet Highway: Harvest Feasts and Football Food

Recipes From The Heart No. 31

Recipes from the Heart / By Doc Lawrence

Labor Day Weekend, Football & Great Food Labor Day weekend traditionally suggests that summer is winding down, albeit reluctantly. It’s also the first weekend of college football’s kickoff, with big games literally everywhere. I live among good people whose loyalties are different than mine. Quite naturally, they align with Georgia, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Auburn, Alabama …

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Recipes From The Heart No. 30

Recipes from the Heart / By Doc Lawrence

Tailgating Time 2021 The late Frank Spence was one of the most gifted raconteurs I ever had the pleasure to know. The ebullient Nashville native, deeply Irish-American, became a familiar face in professional sports with lofty positions as a front office executive with the Atlanta Braves and the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons. He was attuned to …

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Recipes From the Heart No. 29

Recipes from the Heart / By Doc Lawrence

Down South, the weather will remain hot for many more weeks. Food choices work best when balanced with the season. The excitement of autumn with harvest festivals and tailgating looms near the horizon, but for now, the lazy days of summer call for fresh seafood and chilled drinks. Really good seafood is available and creative …

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