Tonight if you want to try some South American vino, why not pick some up at the local, and pair it with a cook-up of Chilean empanadas and pastel de choclo (corn and meat pie).
Articles by Jane Nethercote 
Daily Proposition: Drink to the planet with biodynamic wine
It’s Thursday, time for a tipple if you’re that way inclined. Why not further your wine education and help the environment while you’re at it with some biodynamic wines.
Daily Proposition: Read First Dog on the Moon’s ebook!
Most days, Daily Proposition sends you off gallivanting into the world at large, to see operas and make Yiddish grandmother soups. But today, the suggestion is closer to home!
Daily Proposition: Five great articles to read from the couch
Since early last year, the Crikey website has prided itself on collecting really interesting articles from everywhere. In that spirit, here are five really great reads for tonight.
Daily Proposition: Play proper Scrabble while you still can
The very notion of Scrabble Trickster, a new version of Scrabble where proper nouns are allowed, does make one nostalgic for traditional Scrabble. Why not celebrate the game that hasn’t changed since 1938 tonight?
Daily Proposition: Sing Happy Birthday to Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim, the man who was taught how to craft a musical by Oscar Hammerstein II, turned 80 recently. So why not revisit some of his classic material — or get to know the man for the first time.
Daily Proposition: Election night cocktails — try the Rann-dy!
Given this weekend’s 2 for 1 election special, we thought we’d give you cocktails to watch the elections with tomorrow night, no matter what state you’re in.
Daily Proposition: Get ready for the Oscars (no gown required)
With the Oscars on Monday, we’re more excited than lil Orphan Annie the time when Grace and Daddy Warbucks suggested “let’s go to the movies”. Brush up on your Oscars film knowledge here.
Daily Proposition: Do something that’ll cost you nothing
The ABC’s Big Diary website is kind of like the chatroulette of what’s on across Australia. Plug in your location and see what it tells you to do. So what could you do for free tonight?
Daily Proposition: Treat yourself to the guilty pleasure of Gossip Girl
I knew one day it would come to this. The Daily Proposition well would run temporarily dry and I would be forced to write about one of my favourite TV Shows and guiltiest pleasures: Gossip Girl.
Daily Proposition: Enter Rome on a podcast
My new favourite podcast is The History of Rome. It takes a complex storyline and weaves it into the most engaging tale, from the start of the Roman Empire to the end.
Daily Proposition: Get thee to Adelaide for a feast of entertainment
People like to bash Adelaide. But if you can find a city with more to do in the next couple of weeks, I’d be surprised. Arts Festival. Writers’ Week. Fringe Festival. Womadelaide. It’s all happening.
Daily Proposition: Cook up a new signature dish
If you’re stuck in a food rut, why not branch out with something completely new tonight. And no, spag bol shouldn’t be your signature dish past the age of 25 and student housing.
Daily Proposition: Locate your inner musician
If you’ve been meaning to learn a musical instrument for a while, sort it out tonight. Take the time that you’d set aside to watch The Biggest Loser: Couples to advance your musical education instead.
Daily Proposition: Get a sneak peek at Pakistan Fashion Week
If getting to Pakistan for fashion week is just too much of a logistical hassle — not enough time/nothing to wear — then tonight we suggest you get a preview of the catwalk action at www.fashioncentral.pk.
Daily Proposition: Get your diary out for a world of Hurt
Sometimes, to see the best things tonight, you have to plan. Otherwise organised people will end up sitting in your seats, which is terribly inconvenient. On today’s agenda: STC 2010. Starring William Hurt.
Daily Proposition: Visit a snarky alternate universe
Crikey cinema buff Luke Buckmaster makes the decision of what to see/what not to see tonight at the movies pretty clear-cut. It’s a sad day for musical fans.
Daily Proposition: A book made of magazines
The first in our ‘Daily Proposition’ series of suggestions of fun things for the night ahead. Tonight, curl up on a couch with a glass of wine and a possible new favourite book, The Best American Magazine Writing 2009.
Wankley Awards: James “independent media” Murdoch
James Murdoch this week launched an attack on the BBC, announcing that it’s essential for the “future of independent digital journalism that a fair price can be charged for news to people who value it”. So, no free news allowed.
Crikey wrap: Yahoo + Microsoft = Google killer?
Yahoo has 20% of the search engine market, Microsoft 8% and Google 65%. So it was perhaps a no-brainer that Microsoft and Yahoo would eventually hook up to defeat their common enemy. Here’s what pundits are saying about the deal.
Harry Potter film #357: what critics are saying
Nourish your inner child — well more like your inner gawky, slow-blossoming teen — with Crikey’s gratuitous look at what critics make of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
The Obama perve that wasn’t
In a photo that made its way around the world, Obama appears to check out a woman with a lovely behind at the G8. It wasn’t really a true moment (as video later showed) but that didn’t stop news outlets.
Michael Jackson’s death: a media timeline
Michael Jackson’s death — how the media reports of his death unfolded on Friday morning.
