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...Riedel family has never stamped its name on a single bottle of wine. But over the past 50 years, this Austrian clan of master glassmakers has done more to enhance the oenophile's pleasure than almost any winemaking dynasty. The Riedel revolution began in the 1960s, when the firm created the world's first line of wine glasses shaped specifically for different grape varieties. Now Riedel has designed a new set of lead-crystal decanters inspired by the bird life of Murano, the Venetian island famed for its glassware. The three decanters boast an avian grace: the Swan's swooping...
...clock on the evening of April 30, 1994, the door bell rang at 31 Willow Way, Woking, a commuter town near London that epitomizes southern England's suburban landscape. Karen Reed, a 33-year-old geophysicist who analyzed seismic data for a living, was enjoying a glass of white wine with a friend when they heard a man's muffled voice through the window. "Have you ordered a pizza?" Karen opened the door - whereupon the pizza deliverer drew a 0.38 pistol and shot her several times in the head with calm deliberation. The killer then ran back...
...House’s newsletter said that the College’s new alcohol policy stipulates that students are “no longer allowed to serve hard alcohol (whiskey, vodka etc.,) and must instead serve beer or wine...
...completely disappeared with the first bite of the cassata siciliana. This sponge cake soaked in Strega and dotted with chocolate chips was perfectly moist and not-too-sweet. I was sold: the North End, authentic or not, was delicious. The tour continued through a wine store and a green grocer before returning to the shops I visited with Giovanna Tognetti the week before—La Salumeria Italiana, Sulmona Meat Market, and Polcari’s Coffee, where plastic barrels of dried legumes lined the floor, glass jars full of licorice root stick teetered precariously, and the whole store smelled...
Know a good crossword hint for a “no wine situation?” Think you can find the perfect words for the corners of a puzzle? The Harvard Crossword Society gave these challenges a shot at yesterday’s “Make Your Own Crossword” in Sever Hall. Kyle A. Mahowald ’09, who has constructed crosswords for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and other publications, explained the basics of the crossword craft to about half a dozen crossword enthusiasts. Mahowald said this year’s Crossword Society...