Wednesday, May 12, 2021
What s the Matter with Drizly? It s Telling Consumers Wines are Organically Grown When They re NOT
Featuring some Nielsen stats, and quotes from an all organic/biodynamic importer, it tells readers, By exploring data from across the Drizly platform, including the category’s top brands, retailers can tap into natural, organic, and biodynamic wine trends to maximize sales in the years to come.
But guess what. Most of the rest of the article goes on to quote data that is wrong AT LEAST 80 PERCENT OF THE TIME.
First of all, the data makes the elementary mistake of thinking that brands are organic. If a producer has an organically grown wine, then aren t all of their other wines also organically grown?
All week long
Now through Sunday, January 24,
State Fare Kitchen & Bar, 947 Gessner, 15930 City Walk, will be offering a new Craft Beer dinner in collaboration with local No Label Brewery. Any guests having dinner at either the Sugar Land or Memorial location will be offered the option of the three-course dinner from rustic arugula salad and andouille sausage to Southern surf and turf and berry shortcake with vanilla Chantilly, each course paired with a No Label brew for $40 per person (plus tax and tip). Reservations are encouraged.
Monday, January 18
Chef Chris Williams’ non-profit
Lucille’s 1913will donate 3,000 meals in Houston s Fifth Ward neighborhood and Fort Bend County on Martin Luther King Day. Beginning at 11 a.m., 1,000 individually packed meals and 500 Personal Protective Equipment kits will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis at the
Tuesday, January 12
Taco Tuesday Team-Up at Tacos A Go Go
Tacos A Go Go continues its Taco Tuesday Team-Up series with a new limited-time taco from chef Dawn Burrell. Every Tuesday this month, Burrell s Beef Cheek Birria taco featuring beef birria, adobo, Monterey Jack cheese, red onion, fresh cilantro pickled leaves and sliced radishes will be available at all Tacos A Go Go locations. A portion of proceeds from every taco sold will benefit I’ll Have What She’s Having in support of women’s health.
Thursday, January 14
National Hot Pastrami Day at Kenny & Ziggy’s
Kenny & Ziggy’s New York Delicatessen Restaurant, 2327 Post Oak, celebrates National Hot Pastrami Day with a Triple Decker Hot Pastrami Sandwich, available for dine in or takeout. The colossal sandwich is made with its own USDA prime beef, cured inhouse for 45 days and then triple-smoked at a low temperature so the flavor permeates the meat. Get it for $21.95.