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Miz En Place is your resource for the best in food, wine, art and travel. It's about having it all in one place for you to enjoy. Updated website coming soon!

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Cricket flour cookies #foodbytes conference today. Tasty (at Bluxome Street Winery)

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Back at one of my favorite places in SF the Occidental Cigar Club with an Avo and a Blantons Whiskey great way to end the day (at The Occidental Cigar Club)

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Talk about a great snack, these products from Zouq are out of this world. Unique flavors #glutenfree and very tasty. Eat as is or grind them up and use them in place of panko or breadcrumbs.

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Waiakea water, like no other. Taste the volcanic minerality in it. This ain't your typical bottled water. #mizenplace #bottledwater #fancyfoodshow

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Vanilla powder from Lafaza Co. They farm their own in Madagascar #mizenplace #winterfancyfoodshow #vanilla

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OMG Top shelf liquor inside chocolates, great flavor. Crunch from sugar capsule that holds the liquor. Made by Quintessential Chocolate Co, TX #mizenplace #liquor #liquor #chicolate (at 2014 Winter Fancy Food Show)

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Cooking steak on pink Himalayan salt plate #mizenplace #fancyfoodshow

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Back in one of my favorite places in SF. Good cigar paired with a Blantons Bourbon #cigar #mizenplace #sanfracisco #whiskey (at The Occidental Cigar Club)

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In case you're in the Mission first stop Wise Sons Deli hand cut pastrami and more. #deli #pastrami #mizenplace (at Wise Sons Jewish Delicatessen)

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Wining through the holidays – Hanukkah…

Wining through the holidays – Hanukkah…

Hanukkah, oh Hanukkah, come light the menorah. Let’s have a party, we’ll all dance the horah. Gather ’round the table, we’ll give you a treat. Dreidels to play with and latkes to eat.

And while we are playing, the candles are burning low. One for each night, they shed a sweet light, to remind us of days long ago. One for each night, they shed a sweet light, to remind us of days long ago. - Traditional…

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5 Alternative Wines for Thanksgiving

5 Alternative Wines for Thanksgiving

It’s that time of year again. The “holidays”. You throw a party, or you go to a party. For a huge meal. It could be a traditional roast turkey, accompanied by stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie. Or it could be roast goose or duck, or a Honeybaked ham. Or (shudder) a turducken.

Regardless of what you, your friends and family choose to share, it’s going to…

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Veal cheeks with smashed potato and portabello mushroom (at Odeum Restaurant)

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Linguini and clams un frickin believable, paired great with proseco (at Odeum Restaurant)

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Coming soon to Miz En Place winemaker interviews with @thegoddessofwine this one with Brittany from Dreamcote (at Dreamcôte Wine Co.)

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A Passion for Cheese By Barrie Lynn – The Cheese Impresario

A Passion for Cheese By Barrie Lynn – The Cheese Impresario

By Barrie Lynn – The Cheese Impresario

My passion for cheese came to me through being struck by Cupid’s Arrow. As a former advertising executive, I entertained my clients regularly. I took a client to a fundraiser for Slow Food, it was a cheese tasting. I tasted a cheese made by a small Wisconsin cheesemaker and it blew my mind. It was Pleasant Ridge Reserve, a cow’s milk alpine style cheese made…

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Vegetarian chili with cornbread at Ratmonds in Montclair NJ (at Raymond's)

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ALBARIÑO WINE FESTIVAL (FESTA DO ALBARIÑO)

ALBARIÑO WINE FESTIVAL (FESTA DO ALBARIÑO)

ALBARIÑO WINE FESTIVAL (FESTA DO ALBARIÑO) 

CAMBADOS 

GALICIA

SPAIN

  GASTRONOMIC FAIR

From the last week of July until the first weekend in August, the annual Albarino Wine Festival is held in the ancient Galician town of Cambados. The lush Paseo de la Calzada is the setting for Spain’s gastronomic fair that draws everyone from princes and presidents to show business glitterati. This wildly…

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