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coffeesnob3186. The Battle for Wine and Love (or How I Saved the World from Parkerization) by Alice Feiring
I have a love/hate relationship with this book. It is based on the idea that wine should taste like the place it comes from. That good wine always tells a story. That organic wine is infinitely better than processed and tinkered-with wine. That the farming practices should be healthy for the wine and winemakers.
I agree with all these things. That's the love part. I admit that she's right about wine. I would expect any proper wine snob to agree with her. It's very similar to how I feel about and choose my coffee.
She's also a good writer.
But I would have to declare bankruptcy to drink the wine that she suggests, at least as often as I drink wine. I can't afford to drink good wine. That hurts my heart a little.
Also, she hates my favorite wine. I admit it's not fancy. But again, I work in education in Texas. What do you expect from me?!?
And to add insult to injury, she calls herself a vegetarian. Last time I checked, though, fish is not a vegetable. That would be pescatarian. Not a big, big deal, I suppose, but Maggie has made me picky about the distinction. It's just not as cool to call yourself a pescatarian, I guess.
The wine lady - she makes good points - and I love an organic wine more than anything. But I love my Marques de Caceres. And tuna is not a vegetable.
7. The Female Thing: Dirt, Sex, Envy, Vulnerability by Laura Kipnis
I like this book. It was one big rant. It was as if I wrote it. I snorted coffee (or whatever I happened to be drinking) so many times in reaction to this book. I was very much in danger of drowning. What I particularly enjoyed about it was that it presents a rough overview of feminist theory but in readable terms.
8. I Love You, Beth Cooper by Larry Doyle
Cute book! It was a quick read. It was about the kind of graduation night that no one wants to have but everyone would like to tell the story of later.
I have a love/hate relationship with this book. It is based on the idea that wine should taste like the place it comes from. That good wine always tells a story. That organic wine is infinitely better than processed and tinkered-with wine. That the farming practices should be healthy for the wine and winemakers.
I agree with all these things. That's the love part. I admit that she's right about wine. I would expect any proper wine snob to agree with her. It's very similar to how I feel about and choose my coffee.
She's also a good writer.
But I would have to declare bankruptcy to drink the wine that she suggests, at least as often as I drink wine. I can't afford to drink good wine. That hurts my heart a little.
Also, she hates my favorite wine. I admit it's not fancy. But again, I work in education in Texas. What do you expect from me?!?
And to add insult to injury, she calls herself a vegetarian. Last time I checked, though, fish is not a vegetable. That would be pescatarian. Not a big, big deal, I suppose, but Maggie has made me picky about the distinction. It's just not as cool to call yourself a pescatarian, I guess.
The wine lady - she makes good points - and I love an organic wine more than anything. But I love my Marques de Caceres. And tuna is not a vegetable.
7. The Female Thing: Dirt, Sex, Envy, Vulnerability by Laura Kipnis
I like this book. It was one big rant. It was as if I wrote it. I snorted coffee (or whatever I happened to be drinking) so many times in reaction to this book. I was very much in danger of drowning. What I particularly enjoyed about it was that it presents a rough overview of feminist theory but in readable terms.
8. I Love You, Beth Cooper by Larry Doyle
Cute book! It was a quick read. It was about the kind of graduation night that no one wants to have but everyone would like to tell the story of later.
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Date: 2009-03-23 09:43 am (UTC)Jerky lady.
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Date: 2009-03-24 05:48 am (UTC)vegetarian
Date: 2009-03-23 03:54 pm (UTC)frustrating i know ;)
margarett
Re: vegetarian
Date: 2009-03-24 05:52 am (UTC)Anyway. Yeah, the author is of your mom's generation, so that's probably why she thinks that. That doesn't make it logical.
Re: vegetarian
Date: 2009-03-24 01:46 pm (UTC)What I think is funny, are the people that want to be vegan, but wont do it cause they love cheese too much...
margarett
Re: vegetarian
Date: 2009-03-24 11:10 pm (UTC)