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The (Food) Year in Ideas

By Guy Hand

The New York Times Sunday magazine came out yesterday with it’s 9th annual “Year in Ideas” issue.  The Times calls it a collection of “noteworthy notions of 2009 — the twigs and sticks and shiny paper scraps of human ingenuity . . .” Several of those notions involve food and beverage.  Though they aren’t Northwest... »

(Not) The Beer of Christmas Past

By Guy Hand

This time of year, brewers are brewing holiday ales. But those big, rich beers require lots of hops and barley, ingredients that are getting expensive and hard to find. That could change your next pint of holiday cheer. »