Charcuterie 101

Forget the apple for teacher. This prof is into pork.

Chris is headed to Chef JJ's Backyard to teach a Charcuterie Class this spring. Can you imagine more delicious homework? Go online to save your seat in the tasting classroom and join us Tuesday, Feb. 22, starting at 6:15pm with beer and snacks.

Let's Goose it on, Sugar: Friday, Feb. 11, 5-7pm

All the sensitive people are invited to the Enoteca for sips, snacks, and Valentine's Day prep

You've been tryin' to hold back this feeling for so long. Now let the Goose help you set the mood with a wine tasting and heavy hors d'oeuvres in preperation for Valentine's Day.

So c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon on Friday, Feb. 11, 5-7pm, when we'll be popping the corks on bubbles, lipsmooching reds, and even dessert wines in the Enoteca. You know what I'm talkin' 'bout?

Between the dozen bottles open for sampling, Chris and the crew will be offering a menu of substantial snacks to help the spirit move ya. The entire menu--savory and sweet--will riff on the theme of chocolate so you can know how sweet and wonderful life can be.

We'll stop beatin' 'round the bush and announce the menu soon, but for now, if you believe in love, get a date and save the date!

Friday, Feb. 11, 5-7pm
$8/person but take $5 off the first bottle of wine you purchase that night!
no reservations, tickets available at the door

a stork at the Goose

The girls can keep their sugar and spice. Now we know what little boys are made of: frogs and snails and puppy-dogs' tails...and Batalis.

From all of us at the Goose, congratulations and lots of love to Mollie and Chris. These proud parents would like to introduce Waylon Christopher Eley, born happy and healthy on January 6, 2011.

Pin up: hot hogs for 2011

It's our favorite calendar of the year.

Check out the Bacon Rotation for 2011!

Members of our Bacon of the Month Club have sweet, sweet swine to look forward to on the 15th of each month. Jealous? Hungry? We can fix that. Join the club by stopping by or calling in.

photo by Gannett News Service: Chris' bacon persuasion and recipes

View the new year with rose colored glasses

On the Goose's twitter feed and facebook page we've been featuring a bubbly a day as we get ready to toast the New Year. Wine Club members get 10% off any bottle featured this week!

Today's bottle is the Bortolotti prosecco, a hand-harvested and truly artisanal bubbly from Italy's Veneto. And it's part of a refreshingly festive cocktail that will help us see the New Year in its best possible light.

We're looking at 2011 with Rose Colored Glasses thanks to Sence Rose Nectar, the not-too-sweet extract of Bulgarian roses. Leonardo da Vinci drank a similar brew, though we me never know Mona Lisa's new year resolutions.

While Bortolotti prosecco is interesting enough to enjoy solo, pick up a bottle of Sence at the Goose to ring in the New Year:

Rose Colored Glasses
1 part Sence rose nectar
2 parts Bortolotti prosecco
twist of lime

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2...

Start the new year right: a bubbly a day from the Goose

We're getting ready to toast the New Year and only the best goes in our glass. So the Goose will be highlighting a bubbly bottle each day through New Year's Eve on our twitter feed and facebook page. Follow and friend the Goose to get the day's feature!

Each different but each delicious, these are the sparklers to ring in the New Year with good taste...and a good deal. Wine Club Members receive 10% off their purchase of each of the featured Bubbly Bottles. Join the club--for yourself or as a gift--and new members can take advantage of the same discount.