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by Katrina Rice on January 25, 2010
For Christmas I got my first full fondue set. To break it in, some girl friends and I threw a fondue party this past weekend. It was a learning experience in many ways but one of the best parts was...
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by Katrina Rice on January 13, 2010
Its a new year, I'm a year older (and hopefully wiser) and as I drank a cheap White Merlot in a Vegas hotel with a group of girl friends, I thought, "Maybe I should make some resolutions b...
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by Sandy Mitchell on July 12, 2008
Monday, July 14, is Bastille Day, the French national holiday that commemorates the storming of the Bastille prison in Paris, an act that led to the French Revolution and the end of the monarchy in Fr...
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by Sandy Mitchell on May 17, 2008
Wine and cheese are a classic combination, but there are so many different kinds of each, how do you know which ones will complement one another. It's easy if you follow a few basic rules:
Pair ...
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by Sandy Mitchell on March 10, 2008
From the people at DaVinci Wines, a recipe for roast lamb, a perfect idea for Easter dinner:Tuscan Roast Leg of LambPinch of fresh rosemarySalt and black pepperWine vinegarThree cloves of garlic2 1/2 ...
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by Sandy Mitchell on March 7, 2008
eWine Match Service, a joint effort between the FINE Design Group, a West Coast technology and design firm, and Foster's Wine Estates, a Napa-based premium wine company, is a new service that brin...
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by Sandy Mitchell on February 23, 2008
One of the most difficult types of food to match with wine are Asian foods, particularly sushi. The delicate texture of these dishes is overpowered by many wines and the exotic seasonings used in sush...
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by Sandy Mitchell on February 13, 2008
Are you looking for a romantic meal to serve for Valentine's Day tomorrow. Consider the classic French chicken and red wine dish, Coq au Vin. Below is the recipe, courtesy of CD Kitchen. Serve the...
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by Carol Bancroft on January 14, 2008
It's funny that I have so much trouble pairing up my two favorite indulgences: wine and chocolate. I've learned that Banyuls pairs incredibly well with dark chocolate, as does a Brachetto d...
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by Carol Bancroft on December 24, 2007
Have you made your plans for New Year's Eve yet? In my younger days I loved going out to First Night celebrations (I lived in Boston at the time), but these days I prefer staying in, away from the...
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by Carol Bancroft on December 23, 2007
If you've never tried mulled wine, I can't think of a better time of year to simmer up a big pot and enjoy it with friends and family. The warm, spiced wine is a nice change of pace from cider...
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by Carol Bancroft on December 10, 2007
Usually I consider sangria a summer drink. I remember sitting in a restaurant looking out upon Arcachon Bay on my honeymoon, eating oysters and drinking sangria and soaking in the delicious June sun. ...
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by Carol Bancroft on November 27, 2007
Saturday night my husband and I had the opportunity to go out to dinner... by ourselves! Now, you have to understand that we have two small children (ages 2 and 5), so typically our restaurant choices...
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by Carol Bancroft on November 1, 2007
Come on, tell me the truth. You love Halloween just as much as the kids for the exact same reason: candy. And lots of it. I admit it - last night after he had fallen into a candy coma, I found myself...
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by Carol Bancroft on October 4, 2007
Food and wine pairing can be intimidating, can't it? It's not always easy to pick out the "perfect" bottle to go with your braised short ribs when you're staring at hundreds of ...
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by Carol Bancroft on September 18, 2007
Southern fried chicken and French Chardonnay? Gasp! Some might be aghast at pairing up greasy American food with french wines, but I say - why not? Marketwire had a piece on pairing up these comfort ...
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by Carol Bancroft on September 10, 2007
It's on. And Jim Koch, founder of The Boston Beer Company and Samuel Adams beer is calling it. Okay, maybe I'm exaggerating a bit, but he is arguing that beer deserves a little more respect - ...
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by Carol Bancroft on August 30, 2007
Last week, Kathleen who blogs at Wine and Stories from the Vineyard had asked me about what wines I might pair up with sushi. I admit that I am pretty boring here and either go for a sake or a sparkli...
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by Carol Bancroft on August 15, 2007
It's hard to believe that August is half-over. I know that technically there is more than a month of summer left (well, in the Northern Hemisphere at least), but to me it seems that fall really is...
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by Carol Bancroft on August 11, 2007
I don't have much experience with Thai food, so when someone asks me for a pairing reccomendation, I usually go the safe route and suggest a Riesling. When I read this article about "bucking ...
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by Carol Bancroft on July 14, 2007
I love pairing food and wine. When I'm doing it for other people, I take it very seriously, but when I'm doing it for myself, I make it more of a game and try to have fun with it. Friends and ...
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by tammy on June 25, 2007
I reported awhile back about a company called Wine Cellar Sorbet. They have figured out a way to transform the flavors of vino into a yummy cool dessert. I see that they are expanding, with stores in ...
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by tammy on May 1, 2007
Time to kick off your shoes and enjoy the outdoors. Picnics, barbeques, patio parties - all are great opportunities to enjoy good food and wine.
Around this time of year, though it's been warm d...
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by tammy on April 25, 2007
I'm sure I'm not the only wine lover who has had her vino turning into salad dressing accidentally. However, some people actually do this on purpose, and that's the case with Milo's Wh...
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by tammy on April 4, 2007
When the husband and I go out for a really nice dinner we expect to also taste a really nice wine. For the most part, we are rarely disappoint nor we have trouble finding a number of wines on the wine...
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by tammy on March 21, 2007
I'm not much of a cook, but luckily, my husband is a wonderful cook. Even still, I'm a foodie and love to taste and give my two cents on the subject. He has now and then experimented with usin...
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by tammy on March 18, 2007
Bettie is not a person in this instance; it's a super yummy, super sweet dessert. A member of the pie slash cobbler family, brown betties have a wonderful crumbling top on them. Often the topping ...
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by tammy on March 8, 2007
As you probably already know, Riesling is a sweet wine, so it tastes great with foods that may have a lot of seasoning going on, such as Asian food. But, cooking with it? I hadn't thought of that ...
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by tammy on March 5, 2007
I have always loved to drink wine and eat chocolate. They are two of my favorite things, so how can they not be good together? It's like peanut butter and jelly! The go together sometimes. However...
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by tammy on February 14, 2007
Today was so not the day to start counting calories again for my never-ending diet! Seriously, I really started doing that today. Then my sweetie husband handed me a box of chocolate and informed me h...
