A Short One

Riedel, which many wine-lovers say makes the best wine glasses around, has always specialized: Bordeaux glasses, Burgundy glasses, even a special size and shape of glass for Zinfandel. Now it has an everyday glass (somewhat like the Zinfandel, actually) for any old wine. The Gourmet Glass (style 416/21) has the thin, polished rim of fine glassware, rather than the thick, rolled rim of the ordinary stuff, but it’s only 6 1/4 inches high, making it easy to put in the dishwasher. In department and specialty stores and wine shops; for a list of sources, phone (800) 642-1859.

Ants: The Ultimate Convenience Food

In Food Insects Newsletter, naturalist Alfred Wallace explains how to eat ants: “They are eaten alive; the insect being held by its head as we hold a strawberry by its stalk, and the abdomen being bitten off, the body, wings, and legs are thrown down on the floor, where they continue to crawl along.”