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    Seasons Change
    
    How a Dundee anchor and Countryside newcomer keep their menus dynamic and their guests coming back
    
    A New Beginning: The Barrett Family Breaks New Ground With “The B”
    
    Barrett’s Barleycorn recently celebrated their 30th Anniversary at 4330 Leavenworth Street. Barrett’s has built a very
    
    Anthony Kueper Dedicated to Creating Memories at Dolce
    
    In four-and-a-half years, Anthony Kueper has gone from sous chef to executive chef to chef-owner at
  - Featured
    
    Our Favorite Patios Around Omaha in 2018
    
    With the break in the cold temperatures and spring making its appearance, patio season is
    
    Harvesting Food and Friends at Florence Mill Farmers Market, Where Agriculture, History and Art Meet
    
    The ‘Mill Lady’ is hard to miss at the Florence Mill Farmers Market on summer Sundays.
    
    2018 Happy Hour Map
    
    Everyone loves happy hour and we’re no different here at Food & Spirits Magazine. We’ve
  - Food
    
    The Dumpster: The Slow Cooker
    
    Millions rushed out to buy an Instant Pot, this year’s hot kitchen gadget. Many were disappointed
    
    Seasons Change
    
    How a Dundee anchor and Countryside newcomer keep their menus dynamic and their guests coming back
    
    Supper Club: Chaima’s African Cuisine
    
    The Supper Club is a part of Metropolitan Community College’s TriOmega Chapter at the Institute for
  - Spirits
    
    Menu Development 101
    
    I often write about the importance of understanding the gears of business. Of knowing, fundamentally, how
    
    The Myth of Fume’ Blanc
    
    Pouilly-Fume’: Noun: An AOC established in France in 1937, composed of around 1,200 hectacres, and best
    
    Our Favorite Patios Around Omaha in 2018
    
    With the break in the cold temperatures and spring making its appearance, patio season is
  - Columns
    
    The Ultimate Guide to Holiday Fun in Omaha – 2018 Edition
    
    The holiday season is here and that means it’s time to celebrate! There’s a lot to
    
    The Dumpster: The Slow Cooker
    
    Millions rushed out to buy an Instant Pot, this year’s hot kitchen gadget. Many were disappointed
    
    Supper Club: Chaima’s African Cuisine
    
    The Supper Club is a part of Metropolitan Community College’s TriOmega Chapter at the Institute for
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Jesse Becker

A native Nebraskan, Jesse Becker M.S. began his wine career at 21 when he took a position as a clerk with a small wine shop in Lincoln. Jesse moved to California’s Napa Valley in 2001 where he worked in the cellars of both Robert Sinskey and Miner Family wineries. During this time, he also poured some of Napa’s top wines for Michael Chiarello's Tra Vigne Cantinetta. Jesse moved to San Francisco in 2002 and worked for retailer K&L Wine Merchants. He then took the opportunity to work the harvest for Burgundy producer Maison Camille Giroud in 2004 and returned to the US and settled in Chicago. There he shifted his career focus from retail to hospitality, working as a sommelier with restaurants Charlie Trotter's and NoMI at the Park Hyatt. He committed to education and professional development and passed the Certified Wine Educator (CWE) exam in 2006.

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Back Labels: A Guide to Buying European Wines

Back Labels: A Guide to Buying European Wines

Jesse Becker March 1, 2010

There are thousands of individual wine producers imported into the United States each year. For the professional wine buyer, there’s always a rising star producer emerging from an up-and-coming European wine region, making the task of knowing all of them

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Food & Wine Pairings and the WineToMatch for the iPhone

Food & Wine Pairings and the WineToMatch for the iPhone

Jesse Becker October 1, 2009

After five months of work, WineToMatch, my iPhone App for food and wine pairing, is finally out and available at the iTunes Store for $2.99. For anyone who may have asked themselves what wine to drink with what food, we

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Gruner Veltliner has Arrived…

Gruner Veltliner has Arrived…

Jesse Becker October 1, 2009

Summer grilling and a garden salad is great with a cold Coors “Banquet Beer” but is transcendent with Berger Grüner Veltliner. Listen up: Grüner Veltliner has hit mainstream and for several years has been teacher’s pet of the wine industry.

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Understanding Burgundy: A Wine Primer

Understanding Burgundy: A Wine Primer

Jesse Becker April 1, 2009

My desire to have a career in wine began over ten years ago. I impulsively headed to Napa Valley to work the harvest and then a tasting room. Afterwards, I foolishly felt like I knew everything there was to know