Neat Thoughts About Food, Wine, Travel & More
On December 1, FAIR CookwareTM will be launching a Kickstarter project, utilizing crowdsourcing to help bring cast iron skillets to your local food banks. The Christmas spirit project aims to provide 350,000 high-quality and competitively-priced cast iron skillets to both consumers and people struggling with everyday essentials, based on a ‘buy one, give one’ philosophy. […]
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At the end of every month, I select 3-5 wines that were standouts throughout the month and share tasting notes with you. Here are some of the November wines I enjoyed. 2015 Alain Graillot Crozes-Hermitage This young wine was inky purple/red in the glass with dark berry aromas and hints of pepper and wet soil. […]
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On December 6th, learn how to make Spain’s national dish, Paella at Denville Meat Shop. This dish is a blend of ingredients and flavors from the sea and land that is great for any season and the best thing of all – it’s a one-pot dish. Our Chef answer all of your questions and will demonstrate […]
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Prosciutto Wrapped Maple Sweet Potatoes – come on, that sounds so good! I’m from Quebec so my side dishes often feature maple syrup. It’s just a perfect ingredient, that’s great in both sweet and savory dishes and I use it frequently. When I was asked to bring a Thanksgiving side dish recently, I wanted to […]
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Creamy chicken and rice soup has been a favorite of mine since my youth going to St Hubert restaurant in Quebec. St Hubert is a popular restaurant chain and the rice and creamy chicken soup it makes is pure comfort in a bowl. This week as I was prepping for my pot of Sunday soup, […]
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My guy is Dutch and every time we go to Holland (okay, The Netherlands), the one food item he has to have right away is a warm Dutch sausage bread, also known as Saucijzenbroodjes in Dutch. Every bakery and grocery store there sells Saucijzenbroodjes and they’re just as the name sounds – sausage stuffed into […]
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From November 1-30, Spuntino Wine Bar & Italian Tapas (http://spuntinowinebar.com) in Clifton will sell a specialty cocktail, the Rico Fascino, where a portion of proceeds from sales will be donated to United for Puerto Rico, an initiative created by the Office of the First Lady, Beatriz Rosselló, and a group from the private sector that came […]
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I was recently invited to Gayeon, an upscale Korean restaurant in Fort Lee, and loved my experience. The space is modern, elegant and sleek, the food is creative, beautifully-presented and the staff is helpful and welcoming. A full recap of my dinner was just published by Jersey Bites and here’s a link to it. If […]
[Continue reading...]Happy Wine Wednesday! Jersey Bites just published my article on Thanksgiving wine strategies. I thought I’d post it here for those of you (like most of us) who struggle with which wines to pair with Thanksgiving dinner. The Struggle is Real With so many foods being served on turkey day, it’s never easy to find […]
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Spuntino Wine Bar & Italian Tapas, specializing in small plates and world class wines, invites guests to enjoy its Gaja Wine Dinner at its location in the Clifton Commons on Wednesday, November 15 at 7:00pm. Chef de Cuisine Michel Desjardins has developed a five-course tasting menu expertly paired with wines from Gaja Winery, founded in 1959 by Giovanni Gaja, a local […]
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