Two weeks ago Friday night, we were looking for a lay low food that was delicious, hearty, warm, and downright good home cooking. We had a Kielbasa sitting in the freezer, and so I went looking for a recipe. I found many recipes, but they either wanted the stew to be beans and cream or [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Kielbasa vegetable stew and Four Gates Cabernet Franc
Posted in Food and drink, Kosher Red Wine, Wine, tagged Cabernet Franc, Four Gates Winery, kielbasa stew on January 31, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Bean and Rice soup, Roast, Meat Sauce, Roasted Vegetables, Rice Pilaf, and a bunch of wine…
Posted in Food and drink, Kosher Red Wine, Wine, tagged Cantina Gabriele, Four Gates Winery, Hagafen Winery, Hevron Heights Winery, Merlot M.S.C., Mount Hevron Red, Napa Valley, Sangiovese, Syrah on January 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On the weekend of January 8th, we had a Friday night party, with my nephews from Chicago and from around the Bay Area, and Benyamin Cantz. The meal started with a wicked cool soup that we made for the first time and then followed it with a roast, some meat sauce, brown rice, roasted vegetables, [...]
Herzog Wine Festivals on both coasts start next week!
Posted in Food and drink, Wine, Wine Tasting, tagged Herzog Cellar, International Food & Wine Festival, Kosher Restaurant & Wine Experience, Royal Wine on January 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This year, Royal Wines and its wine producing arm, Herzog Cellars, will once again be hosting wine festivals. For the past four years, Royal has had a wine event in New York, to showcase their wines before Passover, as that is one of the busiest times of year for kosher wine stores. Think of it [...]
Pepper encrusted Roasted Chicken and 2006 Hagafen Pinot Noir Prix Reserve, Fagan Creek, Block 38
Posted in Uncategorized on January 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On Friday Night, January 1st, 2010 amidst the noise of fire crackers bouncing off our roof top (seriously), bottle rockets firing off left and right, and a few star bursts to boot, we somehow found a way to sneak in some shabbos serenity. My wife made pepper encrusted roasted chicken, a rice pilaf, along with [...]
Friends, Spaghetti alla Puttanesca, and a lovely 2005 Ella Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cabernet Sauvignon, Ella Valley Winery, Puttanesca on January 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On the last Wednesday night of 2009, my friends from out of the country swung by house for dinner. So we made one of our favorite dishes to share with them, Spaghetti alla Puttanesca. It is an awesome dish that we have made many times before, and thank goodness this time was no exception. To [...]
Alcohol and Brown Sugar Braised Short Ribs and 2007 Beckett’s Flat Five Stones Margaret River Shiraz
Posted in Food and drink, Kosher Red Wine, Wine, tagged Beckett's Flat, Five Stones, Shiraz on January 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On the weekend of December 25th, we were north of Napa Valley hanging out at a lovely and quaint area called Clear Lake. Clear Lake is actually not the name of the city, nor is there a city near the famous Clear lake that bears its name. Still, if you tell anyone you were hanging [...]
Mollie Katzen’s Vegetarian Chili and the 2006 Four Gates Merlot La Rochelle
Posted in Food and drink, Kosher Red Wine, Uncategorized, tagged Four Gates Winery, La Rochelle, Merlot on January 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
On December 18th we had a slow weekend, so we looked for a fun recipe that we really love, no matter the effort required. To meet that wish, we made Vegetarian Chili from Mollie Katzen’s Moosewood Cookbook. The cookbook is a classic organization of vegetarian dishes that take the best of their carnivorous brethren, while not leaving [...]
Hanukkah Cheese and Wine party with Zinfandel, Viognier, and Bordeaux
Posted in Food and drink, Kosher Red Wine, Kosher White Wine, Wine, tagged Borgo Reale, Château Haut Philippon, Goose Bay, Hagafen Winery, Herzog Winery, Primitivo di Manduria, Special Reserve, Viognier, Zinfandel on January 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This past Hanukkah saw my friends and family gathering around for an evening of cheese, latkes, and wine. The main issue revolves around finding kosher cheese. There are many issues that revolve around cheese for observant Jews, as listed in the link. For some time we observant Jews were left with things like Muenster cheese [...]
Behind on my postings…..
Posted in Food and drink, Wine Tasting on January 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sorry, but I have been behind on my postings and have finally caught up with life. The postings that I will be putting up on line now, are from the past, but I hope the wine notes and information are still useful.
