by Risa Nye
Over the last ten years, Matthew Latkiewicz been offering eager readers his hard-won knowledge about drinking through his humor writing for McSweeney’s and New York magazine’s Grub Street. Continue reading
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Moviegoing as Memoir: A Review of Tara Ison’s REELING THROUGH LIFE
by Risa Nye
Tara Ison’s book, to borrow a line from Jerry Maguire (1996), had me at hello. Before I even looked at the first page of Reeling Through Life (via Amazon or IndieBound,) I imagined the dulcet, breathy voice of the late Don LaFontaine, inviting me into “a world” … where watching movies is a way of “inhabiting other realities, other lives.” Continue reading
A Shrub Grows in Berkeley
by Risa Nye
What throwback to the colonial days has both shaken and stirred the world of craft cocktails over the last several years? Continue reading
Grape Meets Bean: A Love Story
by Risa Nye
Quick word association: Valentine’s Day. Continue reading
Winter Fancy Food Show, Part Two: The People Behind the Products
by Risa Nye
One of the best parts of going to the Winter Fancy Food Show, produced by the Specialty Food Association: having conversations with people who abandoned first careers and day jobs (or hope to soon) to realize the dream of creating a product—and hearing what it feels like to see that product displayed in stores, or on TV, or called out as a favorite by a well-known person whose name starts with an O. Continue reading
Three Sweet Recipes From the Winter Fancy Food Show
“There was more than a bit of a Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory vibe,” Risa Nye wrote in her first piece about the Winter Fancy Food Show for EatDrinkFilms, noting the “brightly-hued candy” and desserts that dominated the displays. Continue reading
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