Wine & Cheese Pairing
Spaghetti with Bolognese Sauce Recipe
In the world of pasta sauce, there is the Americanized red sauce with meat... and then there is the Italian-style Spaghetti with Bolognese Sauce Recipe. In the Italian version, the meat is the star, and...
Whole Wheat Sourdough Bread Recipe
Sourdough bread is the holy grail of bread, and a whole wheat sourdough recipe is worthy of angelic choirs singing from heaven. Sourdough bread is both the most difficult to make and the most satisfying...
Healthy Chicken Marinade
Healthy Chicken Marinade Nothing beats the flavor of grilled chicken. But before you light the coals or turn on the gas, the healthy chicken marinade marinade can make or break the outcome of your...
Vietnamese Pasta with Cabbage Recipe
I love pasta, and although I adore my Italian pasta recipes, there are times I crave the flavors--and healthiness--of Asian cooking. Enter Vietnamese Pasta with Cabbage. It has all of the satisfying flavors and textures of pasta while packing in the green veggies,...
What Wine Pairs with Milk Chocolate?
What wine pairs best with Cadbury Creme Eggs? Cadbury Creme Eggs are a tradition you never outgrow. But this year, instead of gorging on eggs and dreaming of wine, go ahead and pair your favorite Easter treat with wine. You can call it brunch. I won’t tell. The key to...
How to Tell if Your Wine Is Medium or Heavy Body
How to Tell if Your Wine Is Medium or Heavy Body I hope you love experiments as much as I do. The video below is a fun way to get your wine palette into shape. Think of it as calisthenics for your mouth... or Wine-O-Stenics! To do the milk test in the video, you'll...
Morning in Quarantine
Quarantine Day 19: I love sunrise in Panama. I live on the edge of the jungle with views of the Pacific Ocean. I can see the ships lining up to get into the mouth of the Panama Canal. The birds are noisy--chirping and cawing to welcome the new day. We are fortunate to...
Homemade Pesto Recipe
It's so easy to make Italian-style Homemade Pesto that you’ll want to make it every single night. I'm not joking. Homemade Pesto really is one of the easiest things to make... ever. Pesto originated in Genoa, a town in Northern Italy around the 16th century. It blends...
Best Wine to Pair with COVID-19 Quarantine
I feel like Captain Kirk writing my Star Ship Enterprise log entries... not sure if anyone will ever read the blog but I want to preserve the data, just in case. Like many of you, my emotions have been on a vomit-inducing roller coaster since we first heard the words...
Italian Chocolate Liqueur
Italians have the right perspective about food—make it rich, make it right, and then enjoy the heck out of it. Chocolate Liqueur is no exception. It's rich, smooth, chocolatey and has the right amount of kick to let you know this isn't for kids. When you’re in...
Snickers Cake with Demi-Sec Champagne
Cake makes me happy. Actually, even the thought of cake makes me happy. And this Snickers Cake recipe takes happiness to a whole new level. I started baking when I was ten years old, and I’ve never stopped. I love the process of looking at recipes, and then modifying...
What Champagne to serve at Cocktail Parties
I was attracted to wine industry because I love parties. Sometimes I attend three or four parties a week. Because of this, I’ve become an expert at what champagne to serve at parties. The best champagne to serve at a party if you are on a budget Stretch your budget...
