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The Salad Bowl is a new series where we will pull papers with topics for discussion out of  a bowl and discuss.  These could be questions or they could be statements, we will read them then react and discuss.  

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Carter and I discuss the flooding of the bourbon shelves with craft and NDP bourbons.  We are seeing more and more of these on the shelves.  How do we know which are good?  Which are a good value?  What part does age play in a decision to buy craft or NDP bourbons?  These are some of the topics for this episode. 

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This episode I'm joined by Carter and Dave and we taste through some wines blind.  These are California wines, where we all started in wine.  We are had a different approach to this episode but what we were trying to do was each of us provide two bottles of wine.  One should be something from our past, where we started in wine and then one that we currently drink.  And lets see how the bottles we no longer drink stack up.  It didn't quite work out this way but give it a listen, still a lot of fun and some surprising results. 

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Carter, Dave and I discuss our Top 5 Allocated Bourbons.  

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This episode Carter and I talk about why you should cook at home.  Why you should host dinner parties.  We talk about not being intimidated by cooking, what are some of the essential cookware you  will need, some great kitchen gadgets and where to get some goods that won't break the bank. 

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Carter and I have talked wine and had wine pro's on the show. But we've never talked about getting into  wine, the basics.  In this episode we do just that.  

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Football Season is just around the corner and that means football watch parities and cookouts with friends. Carter and I talk about our love for Saturday's in the fall and the foods we like to enjoy.  There's the classic football foods but we also discuss some other foods that can be a hit when hosting a football watch party.  We then talk about the finger foods, snacks and dips that we think are all winners for an event, either hosting or something you can take to a party. 

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Cater and I discuss our Top 5 Candy Bars.  This brought back some memories of some classic candies we enjoyed as kids.  We also touch on how  good chocolate can be with bourbon.

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The Hotdog is a delicious and versatile food.  Dave and I talk about the Hotdog and how it is just an after thought, a filler, always a bridesmaid never the bride. A fun conversation about the hotdog and why we should make it the star of backyard cookouts more often.

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Chris Ruhland joins the show again for this conversation.  As a person who enjoys wine I am new to Riesling.  I have found that this grape is fantastic but there is a wide range of styles you can get and to be honest, it can be very confusing.  I have Chris on to kind of give me an introduction to this grape and wine and provide some understanding of what is in the bottle and ultimately in our glass.  I learned a lot and these are the reasons I love wine, the journey will never be over. 

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