Be a Hipster With Pineau Des Charentes, Menu for Hope 3rd Prize

No it is not a spelling error, I did not mean to write Pinot, be it Grigio or Noir. Don't call Pineau des Charentes the poor cousin of Cognac though it is definitely a lesser known quantity. My 3rd Prize for Menu for Hope 5 is a set of 2 bottles of Pineau des Charentes (one...

Nut Butters for Grown Ups, Nothing Kinky, Menu for Hope 2nd Prize

What is Menu for Hope if you wondered?It brings bloggers the world over who use their combined power to raise funds for the UN World Food Programme. In last year edition of this doing good event, most of my prizes were of the cookie and chocolate kind  so this year, I...

Atlas of 21st Century Architecture, 16 Pounds of It

If it was a meal it would feed a party of 10. This 'plat de resistance', The Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century Architecture ($195) is indeed a big heavy tome. More than your average coffee table book, it covers over 1000 buildings that sprung up around the world since the year...