My post today over at the Houston Press is devoted to 10 Tips for Holiday Wine Shopping.

The one tip that they wouldn’t let me put in my post: don’t ever buy La Spinetta! (just kidding)

Seriously, I’ve been having a lot of fun posting for Eating Our Words and my editors are the best…

And over at the Cantele Wines blog, I posted my translation of a wonderful recipe for venison carpaccio and polenta medallions topped with braised pork skins and chopped walnuts by one of my favorite Italian-language food bloggers, Appunti Digòla.

I really loved the way author Stefano Caffarri composed this recipe and his humor. Great stuff…

Buona lettura, yall!