This past weekend found searching for something we have not had in sometime. After searching the recesses of our minds for a dish that we liked in the past, we went with vegetarian chili from Mollie Katzen original vegetarian cookbook, which is getting harder and harder to find. We went with some honey, pepper, and [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Vegetarian Chili, Roasted Chicken, and Weinstock White by “W”
Posted in Food and drink, Kosher White Wine, Wine, tagged Chardonnay, Mollie Katzen, Chenin Blanc, Weinstock on December 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Cheese with Four Gates, Galil Rose, and Segal Cabernet Sauvignon Special Reserve
Posted in Food and drink, Kosher Red Wine, Kosher Rose Wine, Wine, tagged Syrah, Galil Mountain Winery, Pinot Noir, Segal Winery, Four Gates Winery, Rose, Cabernet Sauvignon Special Reserve on December 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This past week we had a cheese and wine party with our friends from around the area. The evening started with a mixture of hard and soft cheeses. We had a plate of Asiago, Swiss, and Cheddar cheese. Another plate of Muenster, Baby Gouda, Monterey Jack, Brie, and Chive augmented cheese as well. We had [...]
Spaghetti Bolognaise and Tzora Judean Hills
Posted in Food and drink, Kosher Red Wine, Wine, tagged Judean Hills, Tzora Winery on December 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This past weekend found me returning from the frozen tundra of Chicago, in search of warmth and unfrozen sidewalks and roads. So with an evening to cook, I opted for making some soup. We had frozen our previous week’s san fromage Spaghetti Bolognaise to make the transition back home easy. So an appetizer of warm [...]
Pineapple glazed salmon with Herzog Special Reserve Russian River Chardonnay
Posted in Food and drink, Kosher White Wine, Wine, tagged Chardonnay, Herzog Winery, Russian River, Salmon, Special Reserve on December 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This week found me visiting with family in Chicago and boy was it crazy cold. I did come prepared, but it was still a bit too frigid for my taste. However, I stayed indoors most of the time, and so life was quite nice, especially the time spent with my close relatives. This evening we [...]
Dalton Estate Cabernet Sauvignon and Spaghetti Bolognese
Posted in Food and drink, Kosher Red Wine, Wine, tagged Cabernet Sauvignon, Dalton Winery, Spaghetti Bolognese on December 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This past weekend saw me coming back to planet earth from my trip to Israel. This weekend, I was finally able to actually sleep through the night. What is so funny, is that the trip to Israel, and the return trip from it, showed no ill effects of jet lag. However, after having been home [...]
Mevushal Wine Tasting
Posted in Kosher Red Wine, Wine, Wine Tasting on December 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Thursday night finds me at a tasting of kosher mevushal wines, which were brought over by the Royal Wine Company. It was a nice meeting of friends around a bunch of bottles of wine, all the while getting a chance to taste some interesting wines. Most of them were wines I have tasted before. However, [...]
