Food tastes even better when it is the fuel for hours of conversation with family. Our Easter Sunday dinner lasted 4-hours. Time filled with stories, memories and laughter. Miticana De Oveja (Favorite Spanish Sheep’s Milk) and West Country Vintage Farmhouse Cheddar (English 2 year) Like any good family get-together, we started with some delicious cheeses, [...]
5pm. Finally, the weekend! It was beautiful and almost 80-degrees out. I thought about going for a run, but ultimately I wanted to relax and unwind. Because it is Friday, I decided to make myself an elegant and simple dinner.Pan-Seared Tilapia with a Balsamic Reduction. Wild & Brown Texmati Rice with Lemon-Dill Butter. Broccoli and [...]
Butter and Booze. The two things that made my dinner SO right tonight. Carnival Squash Stuffed with a Wild Rice Blend, Hazlenuts, Dried Cherries, and Bourbon Mushrooms. Arugula, Grape Tomato, English Cucumber Side Salad. Hefty glass of Russian Jack Sauvignon Blanc. Making this wild rice blend is a labor of love. It takes almost an [...]
Hi my name is Nora, and I have a minor obsession with the TV show Glee. I wasn’t always this way. One boring day I saw a re-run. I was hooked. It’s becoming a problem. A part of me wants to have “Sing-off Wednesday” to honor the season premier. I can’t sing but how fun [...]
Dinner: Lemon-Rosemary Marinated Chicken Breast. Lemon Scented Green Beans with Walnuts and Pecorino Cheese. Corn on the Cob. Russian Jack Sauvignon Blanc. I needed that wine more than anything tonight. While I was prepping dinner I dug into some hummus and carrots. The hummus had a few little pinkish spots that I scraped away and [...]
Rosemary-Balsamic Chicken Breast Mint-Fig Tabbouleh with Walnuts and Goat Cheese Russian Jack Sauvignon Blanc Whoa, BABY! My dream came true. Dinner tonight was wine-spired. After trying the Russian Jack Sauvignon Blanc I began to calculate elements for a meal to compliment. Creamy goat cheese and fresh herbs seemed to be perfect pair for this well [...]
Bread, cheese and wine. These are a few of my favorite things.I don’t think I can adequately describe how happy dinner made me tonight. It all started with a bottle of wine and a dream. When my dad came to visit last week he gave me a bottle of Russian Jack Sauvignon Blanc. I had [...]
When I come home, dinner is always a three-part production. Last night was exceptional and featured two new favorite wines!! The Russian Jack Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir have won me over. I tried the Pinot Noir last week. I was extremely impressed by the finish on both. The Sauvignon Blanc was nicely balanced and [...]
