Food and Wine

July 19, 2012 — Steven Hayward

The Bright New Light of Wine in the World!

Featured image Now that I’m anchoring the new Power Line West Coast Bureau as chief correspondent and head sommelier, I suppose I should get going on the wine beat.  I’m near the Paso Robles appellation, so this space will tend to be Paso-heavy on its coverage.  I have nothing against Napa, though it is pricey and crowded these days, and I want to be sure to mention that the Sierra Foothills, where »
June 4, 2012 — Steven Hayward

What? Hooters Girls Not for Hicks?

Featured image Looks like my favorite science and climate policy blogger Roger Pielke Jr. has been inspired by John’s beauty pageant coverage here on Power Line, because he’s got up on his fine blog a well-illustrated piece about the economic irrationality of Hooter’s: “Hooter’s Girls Are Not Hicks Neutral.”  Wait a minute—I thought hicks were the prime clientele for Hooter’s girls? Turns out I’ve got the wrong hicks in mind.  Roger means »
May 21, 2012 — Steven Hayward

The Smug Beach Diet

Featured image The biggest problem with vegetarians, and their most Puritan variation—Vegans—is not so much their holier-than-thou attitude (after all, most enthusiasts, from fitness freaks to fundamentalists, have the same attitude), but the barely concealed will to power to impose veganism on the rest of us.  It is another form of the totalitarian temptation. Social science is catching up with this perception.  A new study in the journal Social Psychology and Personality »
May 12, 2012 — Steven Hayward

Paul Ehrlich Was Unavailable for Comment

Featured image Remember how Paul Ehrlich way back when said food production would never catch up with population growth, that India was doomed, etc, etc?  (Lester Brown still says this every other week.) Check out this news story: Indian wheat rots in the open after bumper harvest NEW DELHI (AP) — In fields along a northern Indian highway, mountains of grain have turned black with mildew after getting soaked in the rain. The »
January 7, 2012 — Steven Hayward

One Last Holiday Musical Interlude

Featured image For all of our snow- and ice-bound readers, I thought you might want to see how Power Line’s Left Coast bureau passed a sunny and warm new year’s day, but even better is the excuse to intrude on Scott’s music beat, with this music video shot exclusively for Power Line at Poalillo Vineyards in Paso Robles.  Enjoy: »
November 25, 2011 — John Hinderaker

Thanksgiving Recap

Featured image I wrote nothing yesterday, a rare non-event. I actually started a couple of posts, but abandoned them as not worth the trouble–a standard that one hopes will not become permanent. We hosted some relatives for Thanksgiving, and my wife, who is a superb cook, produced her best-ever Thanksgiving dinner. Everything was marvelous, but the highlight was the turkey–a 22-pound Amish Heritage bird, which was sensational. As usual, she followed Martha »