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Wine Combinations: November 2011
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Late Harvest Wine with Cheddar Apple Pie and Other Amazing Wine and Food. November 21, 2011. Squash Soup and a California Viognier. If you are still looking for a tasty soup as an appetizer for Thanksgiving, look no further. Try this fabulous Thai Red Curry Squash Soup. I happened to have the 2010 Cline Viognier. This was very close to a perfect pairing. As you can tell, I am already in love with this soup recipe all by itself, but the pairing with the viognier, which had just the right acidity and f...
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Wine Combinations: BLT Salad with OPG, um, Oregon Pinot Gris
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Late Harvest Wine with Cheddar Apple Pie and Other Amazing Wine and Food. August 17, 2011. BLT Salad with OPG, um, Oregon Pinot Gris. Who needs more recipes for their bumper crop of tomatoes? As a matter of fact, I do! So I decided to make this BLT salad. The ingredients and dressing seem a little bit heavy for a salad, but it is oh so good! Of course I used tomatoes from our garden again, and for the salad greens, I had baby arugula, which has a nice peppery flavor. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Wine Combinations: Back from La Rioja, Spain
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Late Harvest Wine with Cheddar Apple Pie and Other Amazing Wine and Food. October 16, 2011. Back from La Rioja, Spain. I have been away for a while, and to let the cat right out of the bag, I just returned from a culinary tour of the Basque region and La Rioja wine country in Spain! It was an amazing trip, and I am still in the process of digesting all the memories I have made. I do however want to share a few of the culinary highlights with you right away. Categories, which describe respectively longer ...
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Wine Combinations: October 2011
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Late Harvest Wine with Cheddar Apple Pie and Other Amazing Wine and Food. October 30, 2011. Moroccan Stew and Argentine Malbec. I love experimenting with unfamiliar ingredients. So when I saw a jar of preserved lemons at my grocery store, I just had to get it. Of course I had no idea what I would do with it. But as luck would have it, I own plenty of cookbooks with recipes from around the Mediterranean. Joanne Weir. S recipe for a Lamb Tagine with Artichokes. From the Mendoza region in Argentina. Thi...
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Wine Combinations: Smoked Brisket and Spanish Mencia
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Late Harvest Wine with Cheddar Apple Pie and Other Amazing Wine and Food. August 23, 2011. Smoked Brisket and Spanish Mencia. As in curing meats by exposure to smoke that is. So the other day, he smoked a beef brisket. At first he treated it with his secret spice rub, and then smoked it for about six hours over charcoal and wood chips. Is key here, he told me conspiratorially. Whatever. as long as it tastes good in the end. And that it did! The way I make my potato salad is basically a classic recipe.
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Wine Combinations: April 2011
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Late Harvest Wine with Cheddar Apple Pie and Other Amazing Wine and Food. April 27, 2011. Easter Ham and a Rosé from California. The perfect starch to go with asparagus is potatoes. I decided to make a potato gratin, with green onions and lots of cheese on top. This in itself would have been a festive meal, but I could hear my better half asking already. "Where's the meat? So add a smoked ham to that. I prepared a maple and mustard glaze. Next question of course, which wine pairs well with ham? Alternate...
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Wine Combinations: Squash Soup and a California Viognier
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Late Harvest Wine with Cheddar Apple Pie and Other Amazing Wine and Food. November 21, 2011. Squash Soup and a California Viognier. If you are still looking for a tasty soup as an appetizer for Thanksgiving, look no further. Try this fabulous Thai Red Curry Squash Soup. I happened to have the 2010 Cline Viognier. This was very close to a perfect pairing. As you can tell, I am already in love with this soup recipe all by itself, but the pairing with the viognier, which had just the right acidity and f...
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Wine Combinations: July 2011
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Late Harvest Wine with Cheddar Apple Pie and Other Amazing Wine and Food. July 27, 2011. Gnocchi in Tomato Sauce with Two Buck Chuck. A pasta sauce is just a great way to use up some odds and ends from the fridge, and at this time of the year, to make use of all the ripe vegetables from the garden! We are having a bumper crop of tomatoes, so no cans were required for this meal! I simmered all of that with some thyme sprigs for a while, and finally added some pre-made gnocchi. July 21, 2011. Well, the AC ...
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Wine Combinations: Moroccan Stew and Argentine Malbec
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Late Harvest Wine with Cheddar Apple Pie and Other Amazing Wine and Food. October 30, 2011. Moroccan Stew and Argentine Malbec. I love experimenting with unfamiliar ingredients. So when I saw a jar of preserved lemons at my grocery store, I just had to get it. Of course I had no idea what I would do with it. But as luck would have it, I own plenty of cookbooks with recipes from around the Mediterranean. Joanne Weir. S recipe for a Lamb Tagine with Artichokes. From the Mendoza region in Argentina. Thi...
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Wine Combinations: Polenta with Roasted Vegetables and Cabernet
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Late Harvest Wine with Cheddar Apple Pie and Other Amazing Wine and Food. September 12, 2011. Polenta with Roasted Vegetables and Cabernet. When thinking of red wine for dinner, people often think of pairing red meat with it. So I was intrigued to find a vegetarian recipe that suggested a Cabernet Sauvignon as the pairing partner. The dish is again from Jill Silverman Hough. S cookbook 100 Perfect Pairings: Main Dishes. The recipe is called Spinach and Parmesan Polenta with Grilled Vegetable Ragout.
