'wine' Category
of assorted fruit products
While writing about the pot roast I forgot to mention my other adventures for the weekend: On Saturday I made apple/pear fruit leather, and we visited a couple of local wineries. The fruit leather was basically the Best Thing Ever: easy to make, uses up a lot of those apples and pears we keep getting […]
the idiosyncrasies of description
Another wine posting up: Montinore Almost Dry Riesling. It’s actually kind of hard writing about wine, or really anything with a complex flavor (I think descriptions of coffee would be the same). Because of the complexity, it actually changes flavor as it passes through your mouth. Professional wine people have their own vocabulary, but if […]
Another wine entry s up
The two wines of this weekend. Also some notes about why and whether to hold a wine in your mouth for 30 seconds while tasting – warning, it can be unpleasant! Tonight we had roasted cabbage and beets with our steaks, as well as some bread baked for a dough we forgot and left here […]
Things I’ve learned about cooking
These are things I’ve picked up about cooking – one I learned from my mom way back, one I learned more about today, most somewhere in the last few years. What are some of yours? Always scramble your eggs before adding them to a recipe – just break them into a cup or small bowl […]