It's March here on the Kenai, and for a bit it seemed like spring was already here. Then last Friday we got another couple of inches of snow, which snarled traffic all over Anchorage and the Valley, so we'll have to put the spring planting on hold for a while yet. On the plus side, it gives us a few more days to enjoy winter activities like ski ...
Winter Makes a Brief(?) Comeback
March 15, 2016
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It’s March here on the Kenai, and for a bit it seemed like spring was already here. Then last Friday we got another couple of inches of snow, which snarled traffic all over Anchorage and the Valley, so we’ll have to put the spring planting on hold for a while yet. On the plus side, it gives us a few more days to enjoy winter activities like skiing and snowshoeing; haven’t been that many days this winter when you could do much of that.
First up this time, I’d like to start with a book review. The book is Beer Pairing: The Essential Guide from the Pairing Pros by Julia Herz and Gwen Conley. As you’d assume from the title, it’s focused on pairing beer with food. Ten years ago, when I started developing my college class on beer, there were very few books on this subject; in fact, the only one I could find readily available was Garrett Oliver’s classic The Brewmaster’s Table: Discovering the Pleasures of Real Beer with Real Food . However, in the last few years, more and more books on this su … |
Source: Drinking on the Last Frontier
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