Use your head, particulary the eyes and nose parts

by | Oct 2, 2009 | Good Food

I was reading an article in Food and Wine magazine the other day regarding corked wine which made me think about – of all things – fish. The author presented some stats regarding wine contaminated by chloroanisole (o.k.  science speak ends here), more...

Coming of Age

by | Oct 1, 2009 | Good Thoughts

Many of you may not know this but my first love was not always cooking, but in fact, the written word. Prose, as one would have it.  I remember my childhood fondly and have vivid memories of most of my  time as a chubby little girl.  I spent most of my afternoons...

Lovers may come & and go, but recipes…

by | Sep 22, 2009 | Good Food

Once upon a time, I fell hopelessly in love with… well, a bit of a cad.  Though the relationship fell apart and my heart was broken to smithereens I did come out with a few valuable lessons – the art of traveling in style, a heightened appreciation for great...

Full steam ahead?

by | Sep 19, 2009 | Good Wine

In our first installment of  how to build a winery and not lose your marbles, you may remember me flippantly using words such as fun and frivolous, but do you remember the operative word??? If memory serves correctly, it was daunting. Trust me on this one, daunting...