Chez Nous – a Charleston food and wine treat
Exterior of Chez Nous – courtesy of the restaurant Charleston, SC is a scenic port city, founded in 1670, and located on the U.S. eastern seaboard. Charleston is distinguished by its coastal lowcountry, cobblestone streets, and antebellum architecture. This...
Strolling through Texas wine Hill Country
I love traveling. To hear my husband describe it, I have some seriously “itchy feet”. When the weather starts to warm up, I like to jump in the car, head for the Texas Hill Country, spend time exploring new wineries and visiting the old favorites. A lot...
Fiola Mare – Where Exceptional Wine, Food and Service meet
Fiola Mare – courtesy of the restaurant I’m an explorer who loves to seek out new venues to taste exceptional wine and food pairings. During a recent trip to visit one of my daughters in Washington, DC, I had the opportunity to enjoy 3 delicious wines each with...
Northeastern Thai meets South America
Today, I’m going to share a wine and food paring experience blending two different regions of the world. It was just about 10 years ago when I was first introduced to Thai food. I was instantly drawn to the complexity of the cuisine with richness in spice and texture....
Piedmont region Nebbiolo
How many wine lovers know that Italy is the largest producer of wines in the world? Italy is home to some of the oldest and largest wine producing regions. The Piedmont region of Italy hosts the largest production of the Nebbiolo grape in the country with the communes...
Perfect Chocolate Muffins
Guest Foodie Blog from BakedComfortFood.com The muffins are a little and I love these small individual cakes that could devour at any time of the day. With the return of the cold, I wanted a beautiful batch of these little chocolate chip delights. I went in search of...
Cajun and Italy come to dinner
The beauty in pairing wines and fish, is that both red and white wines can be enjoyed with most dishes. Our favorite chef – Q Todd Agnew II – prepared a Cajun tradition of Snapper with Pontchartrain sauce and Crawfish cornbread. The sauce is a Cajun...
Texas Honey-Rita!
As Mardi Gras and Cinco de Mayo approach, my thoughts turn to easy to make cocktails that feature easy to blend ingredients made more vibrant by the addition of sparkling wines. I recently had the opportunity to sample TX Honey Bourbon at my local Total Wine in Plano,...
Sparkling Wines and Food Pairings for the New Year
The 2018 Wine Blogger’s Conference, held in Walla Walla Washington this year, featured a new treat this year – learning to pair foods with sparkling wines and was aptly names “Bubbles and Bites”. Gloria Ferrer Wines (gloriaferrer.com) hosted the seminar which...
Lugana and the Turbiana grape
One of the highlights of the annual Wine Bloggers’ Conference (now appropriately renamed to the Wine Media Conference), is the opportunity to learn about wines from around the globe. 2016 and 2017 introduced me to wines from Alsace in northern France. 2018 brought a...