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The French #Winophiles – Chicken & Chinon
French food is often deemed fussy and unattainable for the home cook. Rarely is it considered weeknight fare for the busy working family. Until now, that is. I’ve found a chicken recipe that cuts...
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The French #Winophiles – Getting Sideways with 2013 Domaine du Pré Semelé...
[The following is dialogue from Sideways that made only the cutting room floor] Maya: Miles, what do you think of Merlot? Miles Raymond: What’s my opinion of Merlot? What the XXXX do you think my...
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#ItalianFWT – The Aperitivo Hour with Orange Wine & Walnut Pesto
Sous Chef has finally accepted that in fashion Orange is the new Black and not just indicative of prison garb. Now I have the temerity to inform him that Orange is the new Rosé. His look of...
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#TourDeManger – Summer in Paris
The 103rd Tour de France has officially begun. In our home, this marks 21 days of Sous Chef religiously waking before the crack of dawn to make sure he watches live the full coverage each day of the...
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#WinePW – Amontillado & Ajoblanco
This month the Wine Pairing Weekend Group is exploring food and wine pairings with Sherry. Jeff from Food Wine Click is hosting this event, which will inspire you to experiment with Sherry as a...
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The French #Winophiles – Banking on Bordeaux
Thomas Jefferson and Napoleon III may seem strange bedfellows, but they shared a passion for wine and were instrumental in making sense of the Bordeaux wine industry. Their contributions have assisted...
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#ItalianFWT – Summer Sipping with Italian Rosé
The dog days of August are here. There’s nothing like a refreshing glass of rosè to get you through extreme heat, humidity and endless sunshine. With over 120 days of summer and sunshine virtually 365...
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#WinePW – Tasting South Africa
Sous Chef is a seasoned world traveler. He’s been virtually everywhere, with the exception of some third world countries which wouldn’t be quite his style. Often he regales dinner guests with stories...
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The French Winophiles are touring St. Emilion and its satellites on Saturday, August 20th. Don’t miss this virtual tour of the right bank of the Bordeaux region that is known for Merlot and Cabernet...
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The French #Winophiles – The St. Emilion Affair
Sous Chef frequently confuses our kitchen for a restaurant. For example, Saturday was the first pre-season NFL game that he was going to be home to watch and I asked what he wanted for dinner. The...
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The Last Fling & Caviar Pasta
“We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.” – Benjamin Franklin The weekend before California went into “shelter in place” aka lockdown, I traveled to Los Angeles for a last...
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The Ex Files & Thriving During Quarantine
Rule Number 1: Never call your ex during quarantine to check in unless you are fully prepared for the reality check and a swift kick in the caboose. (To which I am reluctantly grateful for.) I admit,...
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Spa Girl Twist on a Classic Cocktail
“Life gives you lots of chances to screw up which means you have just as many chances to get it right.” – Carrie Bradshaw Somedays the screw up ratio is 50/50 and others its more like 100%. Yesterday...
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Puglian Dreams in Quarantine
“Good food is very often, even most often, simple food.” – Anthony Bourdain Summer 2020, the summer of extreme heat, staying home and staying in the social distancing bubble. I think we can all agree...
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Summer Refresh with Ranch Water Cocktail
“I’m an Old Cowhand (from the Rio Grande)…..” I admit it. The heat does strange things to our brain. After two weeks of 110+ temperatures, humid swamp weather, rolling blackout warnings, and wildfires...
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#Winophiles – Back on the Rhone Again
Back on the Rhone again, making memories with all my friends, I just can’t wait to get back on the Rhone again….. Well, apparently this entire getting back in the groove of writing about food and wine...
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#Winophiles – Jura in the Afternoon
“There comes a time in every woman’s life when the only thing that helps is glass of champagne.” – Bette Davis I’m certain that if Bette Davis were to have said that quote in 2020, the glass would...
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Grilled Branzino for One
Another restaurant experience ruined. At this rate, I will have little reason to dine out other than for ethnic foods I cannot procure the ingredients for. Sometimes I hate myself for being an above...
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Wanderlust Files: Ojai Valley Inn
“I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” – Susan Sontag My list of destinations is everywhere and endless. I drive everyone around me crazy with all the reading and research I do, and mostly...
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Wanderlust Files: Exploring Ojai Part II
“Don’t look for love. Look for a good margarita!” – original author unknown, adaptation of margarita by yours truly I believe that the search for a good margarita is severely underestimated and more...
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