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• Good Reads: “Spoon Fed: How Eight Cooks Saved My Life” by Kim Severson
  on Feb 9, 2012 in Good Reads food and wine books food and wine memoir Kim Severson memoir
  “ . . . food is the best antidote for anything life throws at you.” –Kim Severson I’d been wanting to read this book since it came out back in . . . . oh, April 2010, I believe. Kim Severson was a food writer for the New York Times for si...
• Canapé Pop-Up Volume 2, Unfortunately Cancelled
  on Nov 3, 2011 in Wilmington Eats and Drinks pop-up restaurants
  Yep, we’re on the cutting edge here in Wilmington — we have a pop-up restaurant, right here in our own charming little town. What is a pop-up, you ask? It’s simply a temporary, one-night-only kind of restaurant, often housed in a current re...
• Marcella Hazan’s Epic Three Ingredient Tomato Sauce
  on Oct 29, 2011 in Easy weeknight recipes Food and Wine Pairing Ideas easy pasta sauce Italian recipes Italian sparkling wine Prosecco
  Crazy-good tomato sauce, best tomato sauce ever, simplest tomato sauce ever, revelatory tomato sauce . . . I’d read so many superlatives about Marcella Hazan’s simple three ingredient tomato sauce, I nearly expected the stars to fall out of the s...
• New Favorite Value Bubbly: Ruffino Prosecco
  on Oct 24, 2011 in Sparkling Wine Uncategorized Wine Prosecco value-priced sparkling wine
  I was surprised to find this Ruffino Prosecco in my local Teeter, as I never even knew Ruffino made Prosecco.  Turns out they didn’t, until now. You’ve probably seen the familiar Ruffino label in most major supermarkets, usually on a bottle of C...
• Absence
  on Sep 17, 2011 in Uncategorized
  I visited the place where we last met. Nothing was changed, the gardens were well-tended, The fountains sprayed their usual steady jet; There was no sign that anything had ended And nothing to instruct me to forget. (from the poem “Absence,” by E...
• Crios de Susana Balbo Rosé of Malbec 2010
  on Aug 1, 2011 in Wine Rosé South American wines wines from Argentina
  This is hands down one of my favorite Rosés.  I had it couple of years ago at a tasting, bought a bottle, then for some reason couldn’t find it again. Which made me very sad. Then one recent Sunday, I’m ambling around World Market looking for a...
• Food and Wine Pairing: Cacio e Pepe and Graffigna Centenario Reserve Pinot Grigio 2010
  on Jul 19, 2011 in Easy weeknight recipes Food and Wine Pairing Ideas Recipe with Wine Match Vegetarian Recipes with Wine Match easy pasta recipes Pinot Grigio vegetarian pasta recipes
  (Cacio e Pepe, literally, cheese and pepper.  Think of it as fancy mac & cheese for adults.) I initially saw mention of this recipe over on Adam Roberts’ fine blog, The Amateur Gourmet, and was instantly intrigued. A mimimalist recipe with few...
• Choosing Wine for Your Wedding: 5 Tips
  on Jul 11, 2011 in Wine choosing wedding wine wedding reception wines wedding wines
   image by Andrew McMillan I don’t know how brides do it. Flowers, cake, invitations, reception hall, ceremony site, dress, choosing bridesmaids, photographers, videographers, transportation, caterer, wine, guests, and more . . .oh my! The number o...
• Best Wines for BBQ
  on Jul 4, 2011 in Food and Wine Pairing Ideas
  It’s 4th of July – Happy Birthday, America!! – so of course we have to talk about BBQ, and barbecuing.  And wine. Now here in Eastern North Carolina, when we say “BBQ,” we mean the good stuff – wherein a whole hog is slow-cooked for many...
• Great Wine for a Hot Saturday Afternoon: Ponga Sauvignon Blanc 2010
  on Jun 28, 2011 in Wine New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc value-priced Sauvignon Blanc wine to pair with salads
  Now this is a wine I really wish I could find in the market or the wine store!  I’ve had it locally at Circa 1922 and Caffe Phoenix, but never spied it on a store shelf anywhere. In any case, this a crisp, delicious Sauvignon Blanc from the Marlbo...

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