What better a way to celebrate Valentine’s Day than with great food and great wine? When I received a free bottle of 2005 Fratelli Recchia Ca’Bertoldi Amarone from Wine Chateau*, I immediately set out to create a menu that would pair well with it. As you well know, I like to create a menu plan …
The Best Mochas EVER!
Last night, I wanted chocolate – in a big way. I also wanted coffee. We also had some Strauss Dairy heavy cream that wanted to be used soon. I’d sort of intended to use it for ice cream, but I hadn’t yet gotten around to using it for that purpose. Instead, I had …
Blackened Snapper and Sweet Potato and Bacon Soup
Blackened red snapper is delicious. If you haven’t yet tried it, I highly recommend it. We enjoyed this meal with Meyer lemon martinis. In creating the blackened snapper, I wondered what I would pair with it, as I wanted something different from collard greens or kale. I came across the recipe for sweet potato soup …
Shepherd’s Pie
What do you do when it’s chilly out and you want something other than soup? My solution was to make a shepherd’s pie. This would be great with a general red table wine, although we enjoyed it with Sierra Nevada Crystal Wheat beer. The recipe was pretty easy once I got started. I adapted the …
GUEST POST: Insights on Preparedness: Cooking and Catering
This guest post comes from Alex White. It’s great advice for home cooks who would like to transition into catering. You’ve been cooking for most of your life and have decided to start your own small business. You figured you may as well make some money off the time and energy you put …
From Battlefield to Mexican Delight: The Story of Tamales
This guest post comes from D. Holdeman. The original purpose of tamales is ironic when compared to modern evenings at Mexican restaurants, eating tamales, and drinking margaritas. Tamales were first created to be used as war food for the Aztecs because they were easy to carry along on battlegrounds. Over the 5,000 years later they …
Chicken Breasts with Artichoke-Olive Sauce and Moroccan Carrots
Tonight, I made a dinner of chicken breasts with artichoke-olive sauce accompanied by a side of Moroccan carrots. The recommendation on Food and Wine’s website – pair with a Moscofilero – was absolutely a great recommendation. Of course, I could only imagine what such a pairing would be like. I would think that a light …
What Would You Pair With Gazpacho and Fruit Salad?
Last night, wining husband made an amazing dinner with the help of Tiger Boy: Gazpacho, garlic-dill crackers, and a tangy fruit salad. Even though we’re not currently drinking wine due to my pregnancy, we had a discussion about what we would pair with this meal. The gazpacho was spicy and filled with tomato goodness. We …
Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cookies (My Absolute Favorite!)
So, today I was sitting around writing and editing, and I thought about the peanut butter chips that have been hanging out in my new pantry. I’d forgotten I’d bought them. I don’t know about you, but I love chocolate and peanut butter together, and I was really excited to find Sunspire Peanut Butter Chips, which …
Cold Press Juicers vs. Centrifugal Juicer
So, someone has really done his/her homework and knows that when it comes to juicing it’s a lot more than a simple juicer, a simple sieve or the good old squeezers. Whenever it comes to comparison between two juicers, we can’t directly jump to conclusions as there are different people with different requirements, different tastes …
