Posts in Food & Drink
Stir-Fried Chicken with Asparagus and Mushrooms

It’s 5 pm and I have to think about feeding my family. Can you relate? Here is a quick and simple Stir-Fried Chicken with Asparagus and Wild Mushroom recipe I love to make because it’s fast and the kids love it!

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The Up-Styled Spanish Cocktail

On my recent vacation to the Costa del Sol region of southern Spain, I noticed both big and small differences in food culture. For this night owl, I loved how meals started later in the day and were set at a leisurely pace. And I loved this Up-Styled Spanish Cocktail!

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2016 Umino Pinot Noir Russian River Valley-Spell Estate

One of Spell Estate Wines 2018 Pinor Noir releases is from southwest of Sebastopol at the top of Blucher Valley in what is unofficially referred to as the Sebastopol Hills of the Russian River Valley AVA. For more information see Spell Estate.

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HArdYwood HAze

Marty Nopper’s home base is Virginia and I’m sure Bram, Marty’s “sudsy server for the evening,” at the Hardywood Brewery Park located in the industrial section of Richmond near The Diamond, won't soon forget his visit. So on August 3rd celebrate National Beer Day and guess where Marty might be…

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The Best of Summer

National Watermelon Day is 8/3. Zehorit Heilicher tips for choosing the perfect watermelon take us via childhood memories to Israel and a guy with a horse-drawn cart, laden with deep green watermelons; to a clever acronym PUCK by Brit, who goes by All Seeing Eyebrows on Reddit.

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