Neat Thoughts About Food, Wine, Travel & More
I’ve been meaning to try out one of the gazillion no-knead bread recipes on Pinterest since I’ve been on reduced work hours and home with no work trips and finally gave it a go last weekend. I started the dough the afternoon before I was going to bake since the rising time is sooooo long, […]
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We love soup at our home, and I try to make it most Sundays so we can have a bowl during the week. This past week, we’d bought a few packages of fresh hot Italian sausage to freeze, and before they went into the freezer, I grabbed a few links to put in my soup. […]
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Okay, this isn’t really a ‘recipe’ but I thought I’d share as it was delicious and simple to make. Through this pandemic, we’re been doing so much pasta and Italian food that one day I decided we had to do more salads and put this baby together for dinner. I used ingredients I had at […]
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Two of us shopped off the same grocery list this week, so we had two huge bricks of fresh Mozzarella that we needed to use up, so baked ziti it was last night. It’s a 20-minute dish, super tasty and comforting that most will love. Ingredients: ½ pound ziti pasta, or other tubular pasta (I […]
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Having a sweets craving but don’t want to be at home with a normal batch of cookies in fear you might have more than a couple? Here’s a super simple chocolate and butterscotch chip cookies that makes just two large cookies! These will seems a bit strange as they’re more liquid (see photo below) than […]
[Continue reading...]Join Wineries Up and Down the East Coast and Midwest for “Open That Local Wine” Night on Saturday, March 28. Thanks to The Cork Report for alerting me of this nice initiative! See that team’s recommendations for how to folly enjoy this event: To take part in “Open That Bottle of Local Wine Night” all you need […]
[Continue reading...]One of my very favorite wine shop, Amanti Vino, is doing something fab to help wine afficionados learn and appreciate wine during this crazy COVID-19 period. The Morristown and Montclair, New Jersey locations can deliver all of the supplies of the Amanti Vino classroom to your home (or you can pick up in Montclair, Morristown […]
[Continue reading...]Earlier this month, and timed with Women’s History Month, the Bordeaux Wine Council organized a week-long event dubbed Strong Women Make Big Bordeaux Bottles. The event celebrated Bordeaux women winemakers and their lauded wine region by featuring specialty 3-liter bottles of Bordeaux wines. Over 65 New York City venues participated with limited selection of Bordeaux […]
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The Shannon Rose Irish Pub has shared three fantastic recipes geared towards using up St Patrick’s Day leftovers and I’m dying to make them!! The three recipes are: Irish Soda Bread French Toast – a delicious twist on a classic dish for the morning after St. Patrick’s Day parties Corned Beef Hash with Eggs – a popular […]
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