Cocktails — Christmas Cosmopolitans Appetizer — Bacon-Wrapped Shrimp Salad — Green Leaf Lettuce, Beet, Goat Cheese, And Walnut Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette Entree — Roast Beef Tenderloin Sides — Scalloped Potatoes & Fast Buttery Peas Dessert — Bananas Foster Wines — Smoking Loon Viognier & Darioush Duel (All recipes from America’s Test Kitchen Family Cookbook) […]
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How To Open A Bottle of Wine with a Boot
Creating CultureForget your corkscrew? No problem. This works equally well with a shoe. A One Minute video.
An Introduction To Wine (Part 4): “Where It All Begins”
Creating Culture My WritingsThe Aspect of Agriculture Let’s start with my favorite wine quote of all-time: “Winemaking is agriculture’s highest art form” -Anonymous For all its complexity, wine is born of something utterly simple – a GRAPE. A grape is by weight: 75% pulp / 20% skin / 5% seeds (usually 2-4 of them) PULP is the soft […]
An Introduction to Wine (Part 1)
Creating Culture My WritingsI believe every person can be knowledgeable and comfortable in any social environment by understanding the basic aspects of wine. For the next six days I will write posts, each of which will cover a different aspect of this sacramental drink. Here is the introduction. On our first sojourn to the verdant hillsides of Tuscany, […]