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I often enjoy cooking with wine. The aromatic quality of wine enriches any meal. This dish of pork fillets sauteed with onion, sage and mustard is perfectly complemented by a dry white wine.
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So many different recipes for making “Sangria” especially down South close to the boarder. Sangria can be experimented with different combination of fruits and even wine. Many even use brandy, club soda, claret, and Bordeaux. I prefer the simply ve…
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Sweet and tart at the same time, no dessert stuns more with it's beauty than wine stewed pears! Just peel, stew and serve! From the Hip Pressure Cooking website, with permission.
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If you love mushrooms and wine, you have to try this recipe! It's quick, easy, cheap, and delicious, so if you aspire to be more handy in the kitchen, this is a good dinner recipe to help you cultivate your interest in cooking. It can be served as an en…
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These lovely and delicious fresh figs are filled with a small ball of fresh mozzarella and wrapped in a thin slice of prosciutto. They are then baked in an oven for a few minutes until golden and bubbly. After they are removed from the oven I drizzle a…
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Get restaurant-worthy acclaim for this quick-and-easy sautéed chicken dish that’s topped with a white wine reduction.
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We have been enjoying crab cakes for quite a while now, thanks to our New England friends. In the Veneto region of Italy polpette di tonno, or tuna cakes, have been around forever, but are sadly so undiscovered in the United States. Polpette di tonno are…
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A slow-cooked casserole of tender beef in a red wine and tomato sauce, with black olives and bell pepper.
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I love fresh salads, but I love salads that include fresh fruit even more. Crisp pears give this salad a fresh taste and crunchy texture. You can whip this salad up in a flash for a simple side dish, or even pair it with some soup and you have an entire…
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You have just created a most memorable meal. Enjoy with Lots of Love, Catherine
http://www.winetomatch.com/blog/
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Master Sommelier Jesse Becker, and the other publishers of the WineToMatch website and iPhone application share their thoughts and suggestion on food and wine pairing and life as a restaurant sommelier.
http://www.robertfranciswine.ie/wordpress/
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Enthusiastic Independent Wine Reviewer
http://timswineblog.blogspot.com/
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UK-based wine blog that focuses mainly on wines available in supermarkets and other popular merchants.
http://www.southbeachwineclub.com/
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We aren’t just another wine club - we provide our club members with everyday wines along with a daily blog full of great wine information. Our articles are full of wine news, pairing suggestions, restaurant reviews, and party tips designed to help…
http://wineinside.wordpress.com/
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A very unprofessional wine guide made by me and you!!
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I blog dedicated to the wine enthusiast. Find wine reviews, wine stories, wine education, and basically everything that has to do with the world of wine.
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The innkeepers of the Wine Country Inn discuss rates and specials, wine, wine country and small town life in Palisade, Colorado
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Winesworld is a friendly wine guide for amateurs, by amateurs. We do not proclaim to be experts, we just like wine and want to share our experiences with you.
http://www.innovativewine.com/wine-blog
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Innovative Wine is a journey of wine exploration. Join with us as we explore the wine making regions of the world.
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Celebrating and promoting the quality wine and beer produced in Washington state. Our passion is the alchemy of pairing beverages with food.
My Top Ten Chianti Reviewed One by One May be the most important characteristic of this wine is the capacity to be aged for a long time. I have tried some time ago this wine aged for 10 years and was still perfect, and this is not typical for (read full article)
It's Day 2 of our "5 Days of Cheese" series and today we're featuring Parmigiano-Reggiano, or Parmesan as we usually call it. Check out our tips and recipes below!Origins: Created in the Middle Ages, it is named after the producing areas in Emilia-Ro (read full article)
This main dish salad from Simply in Season makes a super quick dinner. Dressing: 1/4 C chicken broth 2 T red wine vinegar 1 tsp dried oregano (or 1 T fresh) 2 tsp olive oil 1 tsp sugar 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp pepper 1 clove garlic (minced) Directions (read full article)
The 2005 Girard Artistry is a proprietary blend of 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Cabernet Franc, 14% Petit Verdot, 9% Malbec, and 1% Merlot. The fruit is primarily sourced from vineyards located in the Oakville and St. Helena appellations of Napa. Th (read full article)
A very special occasion calls for an extremely special meal to celebrate. And what better way to celebrate than to have it all at Feringgi Grill @ Rasa Sayang Resort & Spa?! Simple table deco, nothing much. A huge plate / whatever you call it, (read full article)
So yesterday we had seafood - cod to be exact. So on Meatless Monday - or Red-Meatless Monday - what to have. So, we're going to have chicken breasts. But not the same 'ole mundane bird that is prevalent on most plates. Let's spice it up. Dried mushr (read full article)
Ease: 4/5 Kid-friendliness: 0/5 Taste: 3/5 Time: 4/5Prep: 10 minutesCook time: 8 minutesThis recipe isn't really kidlet friendly. Unless you have a really sophisticated toddler, most small kids probably don't (read full article)
If you're a fan of cheese, and if you've been following our "5 Days of ..." series, you're gonna love this week's theme: 5 Days of Cheese! It hardly seems fair to restrict such fabulousness to only five days, but we'll do the best we can to cover som (read full article)
Okay, so this is the time of year I start to get panicky about my herbs. I have these great whiskey barrels right outside my kitchen door, and every Mother's Day weekend I plant them full of basil and rosemary and parsley and thyme and sage and tarr (read full article)
A red wine cream is a real dessert delight and the recipe for our red wine cream is quite easy… Red wine cream is so delicious…so mouthwatering… but extremely addictive. ...Read more... (read full article)