Before that trip to Ridge this past Sunday, BK and I headed over to Cupertino to help bottle the Bonfire Vineyards Chardonnay. I tasted it before we got everything set up and was quite impressed with what I found: apple, pear, coconut, pineapple, and light butter. In fact, it seemed familiar to me, so I […]
On Sunday, we were down in the Cupertino area for bottling wine (post to soon follow), and I discovered that BK had never been to Ridge. Well, we were right there! As I mentioned before, my plan had been to visit Testarossa due to my recent Pinot Noir obssession, as I definitely am not suffering […]
The other night I wanted to make something quick and easy, as we were a little pooped from camping and hiking. I had some lobster ravioli (courtesy of Trader Joe’s) that I pulled out with the thought of making a cream sauce. That meant I wanted some Chardonnay, so I also got the 2005 Grgich Hills […]
Here are the last few scenes from my trip back to Mississippi.
Celebrating the holidays twice really gives cause for guilt about calorie overload. When we had the fried turkey, my mom made all my favorites: macaroni and cheese, broccoli rice, asparagus casserole, and cornbread stuffing. You know—comfort food—full of butter, cheese, and mama’s love. As […]
The lovely scene in that picture is completely thanks to BK, who fixed dinner one Saturday night while I was finishing up at Rosenblum. Previously, I wrote about my dilemma when working on my Jackson Free Press column on crab and Chardonnay in that I wasn’t sure which oaky Chardonnay to suggest to go with […]
I’m sitting here working on my Jackson Free Press column, which is going to center around crabmeat and Chardonnay. The recipe that didn’t make the cut is there on the left: macaroni and cheese with the addition of lump crabmeat and green onions. Sadly, when I made it, I didn’t have any Chardonnay, chilled or otherwise. […]
BK was counting down the opening of Dungeness crab season for weeks. The first day, he and the cellar rat went out on the pier in Pacifica and later to Half Moon Bay with their traps and their lines. By the end of the day, they had six or seven rock crabs each, as the […]
From Brooklyn Guy’s Food and Wine Blog, Neil urged us to explore the more affordable coast of Burgundy. Rather than going for the Côte d’Or, we were instructed to examine the Côte Chalonnaise and the Mâconnais. Since he did such a good job explaining the nuances of the different regions, I’ll dive right into the […]
My last post reminded me of another meal that was thrown together out of slight desperation. When I had planned to make lamb to go with the Twisted Oak Spaniard–to no avail–I had to regroup and rethink. Without much else in the fridge, I opted to grill up some chicken and apple sausages. With an […]
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