Neat Thoughts About Food, Wine, Travel & More
My job had me on the road quite a bit in 2017 and while I’ve had many, many memorable meals this past year, I’ve tried to narrow down to the 14 best dishes I enjoyed during the past year. Here’s the list in restaurant name alphabetical order. Bellecour, Wayzata, MN – Paris Brest. Gorgeous pastry […]
[Continue reading...]Redux is closing. I come home from Quebec where I had wonderful holidays and the first restaurant announcement I read is about the upcoming closing of one of my very favorite local restaurants – Redux. I’m incredibly bummed by this news as Redux serves food I truly love and the staff, including owners Rob and […]
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Mumm Napa Brut Reserve NV. The holidays are right around the corner and that means popping corks on bottles of bubbly. With so many options on the market, it’s difficult to decide on what bottles to stock up on. Mumm Napa Brut Reserve NV is a great option in terms of price point and taste. […]
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My hubby fixed our Blue Apron dinner last night and our dish, pork chop with miso butter sauce was outstanding. What made the dish was the rich, slightly salty, umami-packed miso butter sauce. It would go great with steaks or chicken or vegetables or just about anything. Ingredients: 3 Tbsp. sweet white miso paste 1 […]
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The Jewish Festival of Lights calls for Kosher wine for many families. There are numerous Kosher wines available in the U.S. market but many are simply not great. This makes selecting the ‘right’ bottle intimidating because who wants to celebrate over bad wine? Here are eight Kosher wines to uncork on the eight days of […]
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Today’s National Cookie Day and I thought I’d share my blog’s top five cookie recipes with an international flair to help celebrate this sweet “holiday”. Koulourakia – Greek Cookies Dutch Butter Cookies Pepparkake – Spiced Cookies Pepernoten – Bite-Size Dutch Spiced Cookies Berliner Kranser Cookies What are your favorite international cookie recipes? Happy baking!
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Crystal Springs Resort is offering special events and activities throughout the holidays. Christmas Eve & Christmas Day Crystal Tavern’s three-course Christmas menu ($69, $98 with wine pairing) features starters such as the creamy Pheasant Veloute with root vegetables; House-Cured Salmon with black radish and salmon roe or Fried Mackerel with oyster mayonnaise and pickled cucumber. […]
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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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