The first day of winter, and the holiday season has arrived once again in the Land of the Bean and the Cod, where the Lodges speak only to Cabots, and the Cabots speak only to God. Granted the Cabots nor Lodges would enjoy the weather that blew in today, but I’m sure they’d talk...

Way back in medical school, I used to drink diet soda until it came out of my ears.  I liked (and still do like) all sorts of fizzy drinks, and hated drinking water.  After all, growing up in a doctor’s household, it was surely safe to drink, right? Never mind that saccharine (back...

I’m sure that many of you guys know that I’m, what I call, a “BBBB” kind of guy.  I’m not talking about BBB, though.  (That might be the “Better Business Bureau”, or “Bed, Bath, and Beyond.”) We’re talking about four of my favorite...

Happy New Year, everyone! Great news… For the 2012 Boston Wine Expo (Sat and Sun; January 21 & 22), I’ll be introducing the celebrity speakers before the seminars offered throughout both days! I hope to see you there, and details are listed here. Heck, back in 2009, this...

Sometimes, when I’m not slinging a cheese plate from the galley of my friend’s boat, I’m the ship’s bartender, and “so-called” doctor. This means that I dispense medicinal amounts of rum and I carefully titrate everyone’s blood-to-alcohol ratio. I...