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Cigar Aficionado announces 25 best of 2010

Cigar Aficionado announced it’s annual top 25 list. Always an interesting read, whether you agree or disagree with the various cigar ratings. See http://www.cigaraficionado.com/top25/show for the list.

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Three knife setup for a man’s kitchen

While out the shopping the other day, I decided to stop into my local Williams-Sonoma.  I’ve always shied away from purchasing products at a place like Willams-Sonoma (I’ll save the diatribe of overpriced and over marketed kitchen supplies for another post), but I do admit that I love walking through the store for what I…

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How to cook the perfect steak

The perfect steak is tough to come by.  We’ve all been to backyard barbeques with steak related atrocities- burned up hunks of beef barely resembling a steak, let alone edible food.  When hankering for the perfect steak think simplicity. The Cut When it comes to picking a cut, I almost always reach for a ribeye. …

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Cigar education

I came across http://www.cigars4dummies.com/ this week and loved the web site. The site is devoted to being a comprehensive guide to cigar smoking and teaching things such as smoking basics, types of cigars, history, storage, etiquette, etc. I’ve been smoking for years, so I consider myself knowledgeable, and there were still things on the site…

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Ashton VSG review

I decided to relax and smoke an Ashton VSG robusto tonight in the cigar room while watching some football. There are a few things that jumped out at me about the cigar. The draw was very even and free, which produced a smoke with a lot of volume and thickness when blowing out. The smoke…

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The perfect short cigar

The shape, smoke and duration are unmistakable. It has great balance and is incredibly smooth. There is little doubt why the Arturo Fuente Hemingway Short Stories are such a popular smoke. When someone asks me what my favorite smoke is, I always ask what is the situation and what is my mood. If I’m short…

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