I agree entirely! Don’t use an ingredient in cooking or mixing drinks that you wouldn’t eat or drink by itself. My go-to prosecco is Carpene Malvolti which runs about $16 a bottle, but is well worth it. My Italian friend from the Veneto in Italy said to look for “Conegliano Valdobbiadene” on the label to know that…

Because of you, LoveInTheTimeOfDysentery, I will be getting a bottle of Aperol tomorrow (all other ingredients are on hand) so that I can confirm for myself how well a spritz will go with the pizza I plan to make in my Ooni pizza oven the weekend. Grazie mille!

“the ice melts and dilutes things so you get a watered-down version of something that’s not even the best expression of the drink.”

This is right up there will the bar of soap made in 2005 from Silvio Berlusconi’s liposuctioned ass fat. This work of art was titled “Mani pulite” (“clean hands”), a pun on the major probe into political corruption in Italy in the 90s. The bar of soap sold for 15,000 euro at an art show.

Buy the Chick-Fil-A coffee, take the $20, subtract the cost of the coffee, and give the rest to an LGBTQ-rights group. Ha!

Here’s one Bostonian who is totally flabbergasted as to why Dunkin Donuts coffee is so popular. I’ve often thought it’s because the coffee is merely a mild flavoring to the Dunkin bots’ triple cream and triple sugar. Their donuts are awful too, ever since Fred the baker retired. I honestly hope he died so he doesn’t…

Brazil also produces shitloads of Robusta in football field-like farms used in the crappy brands you see in supermarkets. They do have some supposedly excellent high terrain Arabicas, sold through specialty brands. And yes, Italian brands are frequently a Robusta-Arabica blend, except for some higher cost varieties…

Most Starbucks I’ve seen use fully automatic machines making the espresso shot completely out of the “barista”’s hands. And anyone of their employees who makes dry foam should be summarily dismissed.

If all you want is the coffee effect, why not take No-Doz caplets? 18 cents each with the same caffeine as a 16 oz cup of coffee and no need to go into the store.

The moose blood lattes in that little hipster coffee shop outside of Denali National Park are awesome!

I just was at Logan Terminal B. I had the worst cappuccino in my life at the Starbucks on the way to my gate. The expensive-looking machine it was made on must have had vending machine guts inside because that’s what the capp tasted like it came from. I don’t know which was worse: the cappuccino or flying on Spirit.…

You go, toojayzee! The assault on vegans who dare to substitute riced cauliflower (a vegan food) for actual rice (another vegan food) is getting to the point where no 0ne should be sitting still! And with their spreading FUD on veganism, they don’t attack Rice A Roni. If only they knew that Rice A Roni Spanish Rice is…

Why not? There are fine people on both sides.

Yep. Just like gas stations that post a “credit” price that gives them the credit card fee plus a little more.

You’re in right! I don’t think credit card paying customers should eat the cost of cash paying customers either. You know, the cost of employees skimming the register, cash being counted incorrectly, incorrect change being given, and even a robbery. Give those credit card paying customers a break!!

“If I went to a restaurant that charged me a surprise fee, you bet your ass it would come out of the tip, and I would write that on the receipt.” Let me get this straight: the manager/owner adds a fee and you make the (sub-mininum wage) employee pay for it? Really? 

It could easily be argued that taking credit cards is also for the convenience of the business, i.e., less time spent counting cash and dealing with it, and more importantly for the benefit of the business: credit cards allow for buys that would otherwise be constrained by the consumer’s cash-on-hand, and even impulse…

Right on! I don’t have children so I shouldn’t have to bear the cost of the restaurant’s high chairs for them. Come to think of it, I prefer being in places that are a bit chilly so I shouldn’t have to pay the extra heating cost for everyone else to be warmer. I hate air conditioning too so why should I pay for that?…

I’m flabbergasted as to why anyone would ever ask Salty if someone should be tipped or not. You know what the answer always is. Has she EVER said, “No, you shouldn’t tip them”?

If they get snockered, they get snookered for more Bud Lights at $12 a cup.