Food & Wine

GrubHub’s Shady Practices

a plate of food with a tortilla and sauce

During the Covid-19 crisis, I started hearing a lot of restaurants complaining about GrubHub because of its fees and practices. At first, I thought these claims were a little overblown because a service can’t run without earning money in some sort of way.  I figured these were restaurants that newly …

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This Machine is Basically a Keurig for Cocktails

a machine with liquid in it

I’ve seen a lot of products promise to be the “Keurig for cocktails,” but the actual product hasn’t lived up.  I finally found one that I think does.  Unfortunately, this also means there’s a huge wait list for the product. Some very Keurig-like version have involved a pod, and the …

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Is Napa Regulating Out Small, “Startup” Wineries?

a sign in front of a vineyard

Walter Olson at Overlawyered wrote about an article on Napa Wineries.  His lead in got me: Regulation is helping make the Napa Valley “a weird museum for rich people†… Naturally, I was intrigued. He linked to an article on Coyote Blog that talks about the different regulations new wineries have …

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