Archive - Eat the World

Lincoln's Retreat of Emancipation, Grief, and Death

The little-known Lincoln's Cottage in D.C. will break your heart

Jul 15

June 2025

Vint Hill: Where Cold War Meets Chilled Wine

At this Virginia winery, drink in the story, not what's in the bottle

Jun 24

Cocktails, Built to Federal Standards

Before the recent unpleasantness, there was a time when bureaucrats made important contributions to American life. Whether publishing a guide to making…

Jun 10

May 2025

April 2025

The A Eye in Your Hotel Bed

Is that online hotel review written by a human or a soulless dark machine?

Apr 10

January 2025

This Approach to Wine Appreciation Stinks

My expensive misadventures with a kit designed to teach me the "deductive" form of wine education

Jan 25

November 2024

Cruising, with a Butler On Board

We cruised on a "ship-within-a-ship" called the Yacht Club. There is a serious risk of getting spoiled for life.

Nov 12, 2024

October 2024

Green Travel? That's Rich

At 1 Hotels, you can limit your carbon footprint while living high on the hog

Oct 20, 2024

Fess Parker's Very Small Donkey

In which I investigate the life and wine of the mid-century action hero while being eyed by a tiny equine critter with a bad attitude

Oct 4, 2024

September 2024

In which Pam and I re-trace the sodden path of Miles and Jack, the protagonists in the classic wine country buddy film Sideways. Trigger alert: Drinking…

Sep 14, 2024

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