Making the Perfect Caprese Salad
I’ve made many caprese salads in my day. And if anything, I’ve learned that there are over a dozen types of tomatoes you can try including on the vine, pearl, heirloom, plum, cherry, grape, roma, and even yellow. The trick to a great caprese salad is
Great Wine Finds at Your Local Grocery Store
Wine does not have to be an extrodinary out of the way journey. It can be as simple as getting in your car and driving to the local grocery store. Let’s face it, on a weekly basis the average wine drinker doesn’t spend more than $10 on a bottle of wine. We call this “house [...]
Chicken Piccata and White Wine Pairing
Does a dish inspire a wine selection or does the wine inspire the dish? In this case, on my visit to Tablas Creek Vineyard in Paso Robles, the wine definitely inspired the dish and the chef. Grown and bottled on the estate, the 2009 Tablas Creek Esprit de Beaucastel blanc inspired my chicken piccata cooking frenzy this evening. [...]
A great white is better than a so so red
It never fails that when I’m in search of a perfect red wine to bring home with me, that somehow a white wine does a sneak attack on my pallette and blows me away. This was such the case this weekend in Amador and Calaveras Wine Country. Both Shenandoah Valley and Murphys offers some great small [...]