Mastering the Art of Mad Cooking

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Musings from a Mad Housewife,
and some recipes, too.

Welcome to the Mad Housewife kitchen, your sanctuary from a mad, mad world. Enjoy a glass of wine, reflect on our mad musings, and try out one of our fabulous new recipes. Such a civilized way to unwind from the day.

Life can be simple and good.

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Recent Posts

Aug 13

Fabulous Food Festivals - Crab Salad Rolls

I experienced my first food festival in Sienna, Italy when I was seventeen.  I had just arrived, jetlagged, and couldn’t understand a word anyone was saying to me, but my Italian host family insisted on dragging me to a party, repeating Spas (read full article)

Mastering The Art Of Mad Cooking with Ruth

Aug 12

Two New Mad Housewife Events!

The Whole Foods in River Forest, Illinois is going to be the site of a Mad Housewife tasting today. We are celebrating that this wonderful wine is now available to Oak Park-River Forest folks. Come and sample and meet the Mad Housewife on Thursday, A (read full article)

Mad Housewife Tastings & Events

Jul 30

Dinner with a Cannibal - Bottom Round Roast with Portobello Mushrooms

Lying in a beach chair, a glass of Mad Housewife Chardonnay in hand, I opened Dinner with a Cannibal by Carole A. Travis-Henikoff, a gripping and surprisingly witty account of cannibalism through the ages.  I love a light summer beach read.� (read full article)

Mastering The Art Of Mad Cooking with Ruth

Jul 29

Hot Summer Nights In Fallbrook

Don't forget "Hot Summer Nights" this Friday in Fallbrook, CA (north San Diego.) Mad Housewife is the exclusive wine being poured. There will be 20 restaurants offering food and a hot blues band and vintage cars going up and down ma (read full article)

Mad Housewife Tastings & Events

Jul 28

Mad Housewife Event In Powell, TN

Come See the Mad Housewife on Friday, July 30.From 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Pop's Wine & Liquor 603 East Emory Road, Suite 109 (read full article)

Mad Housewife Tastings & Events

Jul 21

Guess Who Just Won 4 Medals At A Blind Wine Tasting?

We did, at the NextGen Wine Competition. Mad Housewife Chardonnay, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, and White Zinfandel all won a Bronze medal. It feels great to win with all 4 varietals. (read full article)

Mad Housewife News

Jul 20

Season 3 of Mad Men Begins July 25

Just a reminder to all you Mad Housewives out there. The season 3 premier of Mad Men airs on Sunday, July 25, on AMC. Make sure you have some Mad Housewife wine ready to be opened so you can properly enjoy welcoming back Don, Betty, Joan, Roger, P (read full article)

Mad Housewife Moments

Jul 19

Just Ask For It

We often get email from people who fall in love with Mad Housewife wine while on vacation or visiting family and friends but when they return home, they can't find it in their local store. We have distribution in approximately 43 states. So, th (read full article)

Letters To Mad Housewife

Jul 16

Is this a gorgeous, mouthwatering photo, or what!

Get the recipe here.  (read full article)

Mad Housewife Moments

Jul 16

Food Nostalgia for the Sixties – Cherry Sour Cream Coffee Cake

I thought to myself, Why not host a Mad Housewife Party to celebrate the premier of Mad Men's third season?  It starts on July 25th, so I have a couple of weeks to plan it.  I’ll invite guests to dress up in 60s fashion (read full article)

Mastering The Art Of Mad Cooking with Ruth

Jul 15

Mad Housewife Appearance in Maryville, TN

    There will be a fun Mad Housewife Event on Friday, July 23, from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at Brown's Creek Wine & Spirits. Come visit Mia, the Mad Housewife, and take advantage of some fun promos! Brown's Creek Wine & Spirits (read full article)

Mad Housewife Tastings & Events

Jul 09

Mad Housewife Chardonnay Remix

Thanks ViniCode. No wine ratings. Just the facts! (read full article)

Mad Housewife News

Jul 02

Hosting a party this 4th of July?

If you buy Mad Housewife wine for your party you can also get a free Mad Housewife T-shirt for yourself. Now, that's what I call a win-win situation! All it requires is a 6 bottle purchase. So save that receipt. Offer valid through 12/31/2010 (read full article)

Mad Housewife News

Jul 02

Love at First Bite - Lamb Chops with Roasted Figs

If you don’t live in California or in the South, you may have never seen a fresh fig.  These delicate fruits have a shelf life of a day.  You can pick an under-ripe fig in the morning, and it will be perfectly ripe by dinnertime.  (read full article)

Mastering The Art Of Mad Cooking with Ruth

Jul 01

Mad Housewife on Facebook

Are you on Facebook? Then you must stop by our Mad Housewife page. There are lots of fun entries, links, photos, fan postings, and event listings. This is a really active community of people who share a love for our wine and having fun. Right now w (read full article)

Mad Housewife News

Jun 25

Summer Traditions – Linguine with Scallops in Clam Sauce

Every small American town has its Fourth of July traditions—fireworks, parades, pie-eating contests, swimming, baseball, tennis.  Every small American town has its special Fourth of July foods—hamburgers (of course), hotdogs, cherry pies, (read full article)

Mastering The Art Of Mad Cooking with Ruth

Jun 23

The San Francisco International Wine Competition

Mad Housewife has won more medals! This time they came in the San Francisco International Wine Competition, the largest, most influential international wine competition in America. It is judged by a prestigious panel of nationally recognized wine (read full article)

Mad Housewife News

Jun 18

New Colors Available in Our T

Summer is here, so it's out with the Gray T-shirts and in with Plum and Indigo! And we've just extended our rebate until the end of the year. Buy 6 bottles of Mad Housewife wine and get a free T-shirt. Click here for the rebate form.  (read full article)

Mad Housewife News

Jun 18

Hot, hot, hot – Gravlax and Wine Spritzers

As I walked the dogs this morning, an angry red ball of spite rose above the hazy horizon.  It was hot, hot and humid, way too hot for six-thirty A.M., so hot the dogs put their tails between their legs and wouldn’t budge, so hot my T-shirt (read full article)

Mastering The Art Of Mad Cooking with Ruth

Jun 17

It never gets old...

...winning a medal in a blind tasting. Our White Zinfandel just won a Silver Medal at the Critics Challenge International Wine Competition. Thanks! (read full article)

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