One of the best things about my hometown, Roanoke, Virginia, is our neighborhoods. Wasena neighborhood is an up-and-coming area with fun restaurants. One of my favorite restaurants in Wasena is Bloom. Bloom recently hosted a International Women’s Day Brunch – featuring wine and food pairings. For our aperitif, we chose Apricot Mimosas. On their à la…
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French Herb Dip And Cameron Hughes Lot 631 Pinot Gris For Summer Sippin’ and Snackin’
My friends at Cameron Hughes sent me their Lot 631 (2017) Willamette Valley Pinot Gris to taste. I do enjoy a nice crisp Pinot Gris when it is 90 degrees + outside and I love to pair it with my favorite casual summer foods… Kettle cooked potato chips (I am partial to Martin’s Potato Chips…
Austrian Wine Dinner ~ Riesling, Gruner Veltliner and Pinot Noir
We were welcomed to the River and Rail Restaurant by Executive Chef Aaron Deal and Klaus Wittauer, founder kwselection Wines from Austria. Our first course was “Brettljause”/Kasekrainer, Alp Blossom Cheese, Fingerling Potato Salad and Smoked Trout Roe and Rye Flour Crackers paired with Anton Bauer, Riesling, Feuersbrunn 2016 – light soft yellow color. On the…
Celebrating Cava at Parés Baltà Winery in Spain
It is a pleasure to co-host Fiesta Friday with my co-host Catherine today. FiestaFriday.net. Please visit Catherine’s blog: https://kunstkitchen.wordpress.com. I’ll be sharing interesting tidbits from the Fiesta Friday link-up throughout the day on Pinterest, Instagram (bubblybeeboop), Facebook (bubblybee) and Twitter. “Bacchus opens the gate of the heart.” … Homer While visiting the Catalonia region in Spain…
My Favorite Recipe For Baba Ganoush
My wonderful husband presented a champagne tasting as a surprise for me this week…Champagne Dautel-Cadot Grande Tradition Brut NV and Dautel-Cadot Champagne Cuvee Prestige Brut NV. I love it when I walk in the kitchen and find this sitting on the island which means we are about to commence to tastin’… My favorite was the…
