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Fresh (yes, fresh!) Eggnog

Believe you me: Eggnog you create your ownself is far, far superior to any of that crap you pour out of a carton.

Shipyard Smashed Pumpkin – Brew Review

Most beer drinkers I know wouldn’t be caught dead with a fruity beer with pumpkin-y spices. Most of the time that’s me, too. However, every October I need to get my pumpkin on; call it my weird obsession with Halloween.

Veal chop, roasted garlic mashed potatoes and grilled romaine – Lick my Lens

… because you need to have something to accompany the wine….

New Year’s Eve dinner with the McDuffees

A New Year’s Eve dinner of rack of lamb with berry pomegranate balsamic sauce … edamame and fresh basil risotto … roasted Brussels sprouts — all cooked, eaten and enjoyed with the help of our five year old.

Cline ancient vine zinfindel and dark chocolate: now that’s a Friday night

I don’t ask for much these days. As a mom of an almost-five-year-old who really, really likes me to put him to bed, I don’t get out much. So after a long week, when Friday night finally rolls around, I drink. I know what you’re thinking, but work with me here. I’m not talking vodka […]

Serving wine with turkey is easier than you might think

Our (apparently coerced) Guest-clacker today is Stephen Degon, a retired manufacturing and engineering executive whose hobbies include food and wine. That means he loves to cook, eat, and drink, but not write about it. Well, it’s that time of year again, when we all start to think about the perfect Thanksgiving feast. Thanksgiving is such […]

Ooh, Target boxed wine, you are so fine

I’m not a complicated person. I’m bad at hiding my feelings, and my life is pretty much an open book. So it should come as no surprise to any of you that I’m not what one would call… fancy. I wouldn’t classify myself as a foodie, and I am certainly not a wine snob. When […]

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