$650 for New Year's Eve dinner?

$650 for New Year's Eve dinner?

From Salon.com, a mini-interview on the extravagant cost of New Year's Eve dinners.

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New Year's Drink

This is the last day of the western calendar year, and many will be celebrating with various fizzy or sparkling drinks. Tonight, we'll probably open a bottle of Barboursville's great brut sparkling white wine, made predominantly with pinot noir grapes and some chardonnay. Another recommendation for a fantastic, toasty, yet not overly wrought sparkling white from the US is Domaine Meriwether's brut. Both are wonderful and far less expensive than equivalent Champagnes.

Happy New Year to one and all!

Good Cheese

Good cheese is remarkably hard to find, only complicated by food safety regulations here in the U.S. (and no, I am not arguing for abolishing food safety standards, but for a recognition that they limit our ability to enjoy some foods that people have safely consumed for hundreds of years). The NYTimes had a nice piece this week about one man's attempt to create a better Camembert without contravening these regulations. You'll find the story here.