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The Classicist: The History of Veuve Clicquot

Filed under: Spirits, Wine, The ClassicistThe history of renowned French champagne house Veuve Clicquot is told in a fascinating new book by Tilar J. Mazzeo, who reveals the young widow who brought it to fame and fortune. The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled...

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Luxist — 4 days ago

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Office Mouse Icons Set

Today we are glad to release Office Mouse Icons Set, a set of 15 unique icons, in .png and in the resolution 128×128px. The icons are designed by Niki Brown, especially for Smashing Magazine and its readers. Download the sets for free! You can use the set for all of your projects for free ...

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Smashing Magazine — 4 days ago

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Irish Coffee

Hair of the Dog is Cookthink’s Monday morning cocktail column by Rob Chirico, the author of the Field Guide to Cocktails. Read more about Rob here. Irish Coffee is merely a time-honored blend of noble vices: coffee, whiskey and cream. Pedigrees for many drinks are dubious at best, but the ...

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Cookthink — 4 days ago

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Sued Again! Arab Prince Wants $6.5 Mill From Wacko

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PerezHilton.com — 4 days ago

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Jessica Biel Takes That Stick Out Of Her Ass

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PerezHilton.com — 4 days ago

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Downward spirals

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Free exchange — 4 days ago

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GM Tries Making The Case To "Save GM" On YouTube [Save GM]

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Jalopnik — 4 days ago

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1960 Ford Pickup [Down On The Street]

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Since it's DOTS Truck Monday, let's have an old Ford! I found this '60 parked just across the street from the '70 Dodge Challenger and the '57 Cadillac, and...

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Jalopnik — 4 days ago

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Boss Hog (Jon Spencer) - ATP UK, Maxwells & Bowery too?

by Black Bubblegum If there's one thing that ATP is good at, it's a reunion. One gaze through the ATP Nightmare Before Christmas 2008 lineup and it becomes evident that the Melvins and Mike Patton haven't let us down with the addition of Boss Hog. The Jon Spencer/Cristina Martinez (husba...

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brooklynvegan — 4 days ago

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Cele|bitchy — 4 days ago

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The Consumer Economy We Know And Love Is Dead

President-elect Barack Obama won a historic election on a promise of “change.” James Howard Kunstler says Americans still have no idea just how big this change will be. He says we are heading into a “long emergency”, out of which a new, very different economy will emerge. ...

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Contrarian Profits — 4 days ago

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A Greater Depression?

The record drop in consumer spending in October is clear evidence of a profound weakening of the US economy. Even President Bush think thinks the situation is bad. At the G20 summit over the weekend, he said it was conceivable that the US “could go into a depression greater than the G...

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Contrarian Profits — 4 days ago

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Hold On There Volcker Fans, Don’t Forget The Past

Rumours continue to circulate that former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker will be Obama’s Treasury or Fed chief. Volcker’s hardline anti-inflation stance makes him an exciting prospect for Greenspan/Bernanke critics. But Andrew Carpenter says we should also remember the painful recessions t...

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Contrarian Profits — 4 days ago