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Some blogs I appreciate.

wine:

Eric Asimov (now subsumed into the general Diner's Journal Blog)
Do Bianchi
Michael Edwards' Bulles de Champagne
Le Blog d'Olif
OenoLogic (Thor Iverson)
Isabelle et Bruno Perraud
Saignée
Sharon's Wine Blog
Vinowire
Wine Terroirs
Wine Naturally

cuisine:


Chocolate & Zucchini
Barbra Austin
David Lebowitz

Maori Murota
Paris By Mouth

literature:

The Book Bench
Maud Newton
Quick Fiction
Paris Review Daily

politics:

Jonathan Chait
Ezra Klein
Paul Krugman
Dave Weigel
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