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Steinbeck’s eden has moved east
Detroit Free Press - A couple of big salads, a large pizza and a good bottle of a local aglianco red wine cost about $60 for two. Restaurant meals throughout Europe are expensive compared to the United States, but the quality tends to be several cuts above what you’d get

Cloned beef: It’s what’s for dinner
Los Angeles Times - THE guests took their seats at the well-appointed table and began munching on grissini and sipping glasses of Bandol red wine. UC Davis animal geneticist Alison Van Eenennaam pulled out a photo of a stout, jet-black Chianina bull from Canute, Okla

A rock star of biotechs plans IPO
Boston Globe - Founded in 2004, Sirtris quickly ascended to near-celebrity status in the biotech world based on the extraordinary promise of its research, which emerged from a Harvard Medical School scientist who found that a substance extracted from red wine could

Entertaining in Full Bloom
Beatrice Daily Sun - If you’re a fan of white wine, the citrus flavors of Sauvignon Blanc make the perfect match for the Puttanesca’s pungent olives and capers. For red wine devotees, Sangiovese delivers the perfect amount of acid to balance the dish’s distinctive flavors

Lounge a study in intimacy
Los Angeles Daily News - The steak arrives in a red wine reduction with crunchy baby vegetables and au gratin potatoes. For beginnings, the kitchen makes a creamy corn chowder ($8) studded with shrimp, and there’s also a mix of baby greens in a balsamic vinaigrette ($8) with

Osteria 177
Baltimore Sun - Still, the braised veal shank in red wine with delicately diced vegetables was surely more elegant than you might think this ultimate comfort-food dish could be. A garlicky roast chicken with artichoke hearts in lemon butter was homey in all the

Trendspotting in Paris
Herald Tribune - Wine red; mallard blue; violet; mustard; orange; absinthe green. Neutrals: black; anthracite; gray. Fabrics: Plastic; nylon; laminated cloth; fake and real alligator; cashmere; angora. Fur and feathers: Sheared mink; plucked fox; astrakhan; mink or rabbit

Man jailed for date drug attempt
BBC UK - He was caught in June last year when the head waiter saw Spall putting a pill in the red wine of his companion while she was in the toilet. Prosecutors are considering appealing against the “unduly lenient” sentence. Officers searched his pockets

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