This chowder is a great “transitional” soup as summer and autumn battle it out for daily temperature highs and lows. (Don’t know about you — but it’s a weather roller coaster where I live.) The soup is studded with chunks of chicken and potato, with bursts of fresh, sweet corn, cilantro and avocado — and it’s [...]
Read more →Here’s a pairing that combines intense, bold flavors — perfect for injecting some warmth and brightness into a rainy, cool weather day. Take advantage of seasonal produce by serving mashed sweet potatoes alongside this sweet/spicy/savory dish. Torbreck 2008 Cuvee Juveniles Barossa Valley ($25). Intense, slightly jammy black raspberry, strawberry and plum flavors are slightly jammy [...]
Read more →I’m a Dievole fan, so when a sampling of their wines arrived, I was more than happy to taste through them. This time, the lineup included a new (new to me, anyway) $10 wine — good news in these bargain-hunting times. And I was struck by the range of prices of the whole line, offering quality [...]
Read more →Thanks to a combination of the efforts of a diligent PR rep (thanks Thea!) as well as a couple of happy coincidence moments, I’ve tasted a handful of Picpoul de Pinets lately. Pic what, you say? Picpoul de Pinet. PICK-pool de pin-AYE. (I’ve never been too great at that phonetic spelling business, but I think [...]
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