Charles Finkel

November 1, 2012 | It's My Round

From Wine to Beer

“Why did you switch from wine to beer?” “I graduated!” always gets a laugh. Though I’ve been commercially close to Gambrinus far longer that I was to Bacchus, I have never lost my taste for wine. Neither tipple is nobler ...

November 1, 2008 | It's My Round

Collective Memory

I can’t remember when I wasn’t collecting something. As soon as I learned to write, I wrote to English motorcar manufacturers requesting copies of their brochures. As a kid from Broken Arrow, OK, my shaky cursive probably revealed my inability ...

July 1, 2004 | Food

Great Food Beers

Instruction for pairing food with beer is a little like scripting sex. In both, “common senses” should prevail. Each is a lot of fun with little direction, yet The Joy of Sex and the Playboy Advisor vie in readership with ...