Neat Thoughts About Food, Wine, Travel & More
I love Greek food and one of my favorite Greek dishes is Spanakopita, spinach pie. The pie is made using Feta cheese (another favorite) and spinach layered between sheets of Phyllo dough. Velvety on the inside, crunchy on the outside – it’s a perfect dish. Typically (and true of many dishes I make), I make […]
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I’m obsessed with desserts that feature berries. That’s been true since I was a kid as my family loves to pick fresh berries. Last weekend, I have a bunch of week-old berries (yes, my guy over-bought again!) so I decided to turn them into a cobbler that I baked right in my cast iron pan […]
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I’ve been a fan of Wilde Farm Wines for several years, ever since the New Jersey-based owners, Loren and Amy Grossman, started doing wine-themed dinners at local restaurants. It’s been incredible to have the opportunity to see the wines and portfolio evolve over the years, and this year, I’ve been enjoying the 2018 Wilde Farm […]
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I love cocktails with big lime flavors and the classic gin gimlet is one of my favorites. It couldn’t be simpler to make: Ingredients: 2 ounce good quality Gin, I used Aviation 1 ounce fresh lime juice 1 ounce simple syrup Lime peel (optional) Directions: Add ice to a cocktail shaker then all the ingredients. […]
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Found this 2018 Honig Reserve Sauvignon Blanc Napa Valley wine at a local store and it was great with bold flavors from the Semillon/Muscat that I wish I found more often in other Sauvignon Blanc. I’ve been a Honig fan for a long time and this wine is going in the cellar for summer grill […]
[Continue reading...]To honor and give back to local schoolteachers who have transitioned in-classroom teaching to online teaching over the past two months, The Shannon Rose Irish Pub will hold a Teacher Appreciation Week photo contest to recognize top schoolteachers in Bergen and Passaic counties* during Teacher Appreciation Week, as nominated by their students’ parents and other […]
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I’ve been meaning to try out one of the gazillion no-knead bread recipes on Pinterest since I’ve been on reduced work hours and home with no work trips and finally gave it a go last weekend. I started the dough the afternoon before I was going to bake since the rising time is sooooo long, […]
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We love soup at our home, and I try to make it most Sundays so we can have a bowl during the week. This past week, we’d bought a few packages of fresh hot Italian sausage to freeze, and before they went into the freezer, I grabbed a few links to put in my soup. […]
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