Word: karens
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Wine is not a drink normally associated with Texas barbecue, which is exactly why Karen MacNeil was at Cooper's Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que in Llano, Texas, pouring bottles of it for a group of ribs-chomping patrons. "Now, that's good. I can't believe that's wine," said a brawny man as he sipped a glass of California sparkling wine in place of his normal beer. MacNeil, author of the best-selling book The Wine Bible and host of a series on wine that debuted in the fall on public television, was delighted. Turning the average...
...Karen brings wine down to earth but is still serious about it. She demystifies and educates at the same time," says Doug Shafer, president of Shafer Vineyards in Napa Valley, whose Cabernet Sauvignon MacNeil has compared to the sensation of wearing "cashmere pajamas...
...Savor Karen MacNeil shows why wine isn't just for snobs...
...Castellani, head of the prestigious Business Roundtable, said the CalPERS attack on Buffett was "an absurdity." Then, when CalPERS targeted management at Safeway Inc., the grocer that took a hard line against Harrigan's union during a strike last year, conflict-of-interest charges rained down. "Harrigan overreached," says Karen Hanretty, spokesperson for the state Republican Party, which has publicly criticized him and CalPERS all year...
...play centers on upper-class society, but most of the powerful scenes take place in offbeat situations, like a secret meeting in the red-light district and a midnight cross-dressing spree in an outdoor produce market. It is the servant couple, played by Karen MacDonald and Thomas Derrah, who hilariously propel the plot through some of its most crucial twists and turns. Their second act tryst summarizes all the characters’ struggles between the forbidden desires, ethical dilemmas and stifling social conventions which they constantly confront in their lives...