I’ll be cooking my favorite Corned Beef Hash this weekend…reminiscing about sitting in my favorite pub with my guy enjoying our hearty breakfast! Guinness Black Lager Corned Beef Hash Makes 6 hearty servings Place raw corned beef brisket (approximately 2 pounds) in a slow cooker. Cover with Guinness Black Lager (2 – 3 bottles) and sprinkle with…
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French Potato Salad
Spring is only 11 days away and warm weather always means “Potato Salad Season” to me. Love, love, love it!!! I was so happy to find this French Potato Salad recipe in our local Roanoke Valley Home Magazine. Thank you Marsha Gale for sharing your recipe! It has a lovely Dijon mustard, sweet and sour…
GUINNESS HAM CHEDDAR CHEESE CROQUETTES WITH HORSERADISH AOILI
Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day ~ this is a fabulous pairing ~ Guinness Ham Cheddar Cheese Croquettes with Horseradish Aoili and Guinness Blonde. Even if you are not a regular beer drinker, you will LOVE this pairing. To make this even more delightful, you and make the croquette batter today and fry them…
Champagne And Pizza!
Jean Vesselle Oeil de Perdrix Blanc de Noirs Brut Champagne. A lovely sparkly to begin our weekend before we delved into the serious business of eating pizza. Just a kiss of pink color in this rosé bubbly. Notes of tangerine and red berry fruits. $47 range. National Pizza Day was on Friday, February 9, 2018 so that…
Fun Recipe Contest ~ Applesauce + Champagne
I was writing an e-mail this morning (entering a recipe contest) and our landline phone rang, so I got up to answer it in the other room. When I returned to the computer this is what I found on the screen: eeeeeeeeeeeeeee521111111111111111111111111111110pppppppppppppppppppppppppppp——————————————————————–jmn And this is what was sitting on my computer chair: Apparently Ziggy the…
Holiday Appetizer Recipes + Fried Deviled Eggs!
Last week my bubbly friend and I attended a spectacular cooking class at the Shenandoah Club in Roanoke, Virginia. Chef Roger Light shared his favorite holiday appetizer recipes with us. Crawfish Cornbread This cornbread is a fabulous appetizer and would also be a delicious stuffing to serve beside your Thanksgiving turkey. 1 onion, diced…
Chilled Jumbo Lump Crab And Corn Bisque Paired With Uriondo Txakoli Bizkaiko Txakolina
Jumbo Lumb Crab and Corn Bisque 6 servings Place shallow soup bowls and soup spoons in freezer to chill. 3 tablespoons butter 1 small shallot, chopped 2 tablespoons Italian parsley 1 teaspoons Old Bay Seasoning 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 2 ears of corn, cooked and kernels removed from the cob (save kernels from…
Discover The Secret In The Sauce ~ Herb and Cheese Parisienne Gnocchi
Herb and Cheese Parisienne Gnocchi Zoe Campbell, Pastry Chef, demonstrates preparation of Herb and Cheese Parisienne Gnocchi during the Center Stage Catering Country French Culinary Workshop. from: http://www.ouichefnetwork.com from Thomas Keller’s cookbook – “Bouchon” Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups water 12 tablespoons (6 ounces) unsalted butter 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon kosher salt 2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted…
Gloria Ferrer Glorious Bites Challenge ~ Fun Times In Washington, D.C.
in 1982, José Ferrer purchased 250 acres in Sonoma-Craneros countryside in California and opened a vineyard that he named after his wife Gloria. Gloria Ferrer is the first sparkling wine house in Sonoma-Carneros. This lovely bubbly has been my “house sparkling wine” for years, so I was very interested in creating a “glorious bite” to pair…
