Easy Meatless Baked Ziti

Easy Meatless Baked Ziti

Two of us shopped off the same grocery list this week, so we had two huge bricks of fresh Mozzarella that we needed to use up, so baked ziti it was last night. It’s a 20-minute dish, super tasty and comforting that most will love. Ingredients: ½ pound ziti pasta, or other tubular pasta (I […]

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Easy Recipe for Two Cookies

Easy Recipe for Two Cookies

Having a sweets craving but don’t want to be at home with a normal batch of cookies in fear you might have more than a couple? Here’s a super simple chocolate and butterscotch chip cookies that makes just two large cookies! These will seems a bit strange as they’re more liquid (see photo below) than […]

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Open That Local Wine Night on Saturday March 28

Join Wineries Up and Down the East Coast and Midwest for “Open That Local Wine” Night on Saturday, March 28. Thanks to The Cork Report for alerting me of this nice initiative! See that team’s recommendations for how to folly enjoy this event: To take part in “Open That Bottle of Local Wine Night” all you need […]

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Amanti Vino Home School

One of my very favorite wine shop, Amanti Vino, is doing something fab to help wine afficionados learn and appreciate wine during this crazy COVID-19 period. The Morristown and Montclair, New Jersey locations can deliver all of the supplies of the Amanti Vino classroom to your home (or you can pick up in Montclair, Morristown […]

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Strong Women Make Big Bordeaux Bottles Takes on Manhattan

Earlier this month, and timed with Women’s History Month, the Bordeaux Wine Council organized a week-long event dubbed Strong Women Make Big Bordeaux Bottles. The event celebrated Bordeaux women winemakers and their lauded wine region by featuring specialty 3-liter bottles of Bordeaux wines. Over 65 New York City venues participated with limited selection of Bordeaux […]

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Turn St Patrick’s Day Leftovers into Delicious New Dishes

Turn St Patrick’s Day Leftovers into Delicious New Dishes

The Shannon Rose Irish Pub has shared three fantastic recipes geared towards using up St Patrick’s Day leftovers and I’m dying to make them!! The three recipes are: Irish Soda Bread French Toast – a delicious twist on a classic dish for the morning after St. Patrick’s Day parties Corned Beef Hash with Eggs – a popular […]

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NJ Pubs Celebrating Beyond St Paddy’s Day

The Shannon Rose Irish Pub will kick off its annual festivities in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day with leprechauns, rainbows and more at its Clifton and Ramsey, NJ locations. Both pubs have 17 days of entertainment and activities planned, including live Irish music, entertainment, glass dipping, green beer and Irish specials, whiskey tastings, trivia and more […]

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Spuntino Wine Bar Hosts Quattro Mani Dinner

Spuntino Wine Bar Hosts Quattro Mani Dinner

Spuntino Wine Bar & Italian Tapas will be hosting a dinner featuring a chef from Italy on March 5 at 7PM at its Clifton, NJ location. Italian for “four hands”, Quattro Mani is a collaborative dinner featuring Spuntino Wine Bar’s Chef Michel as he hosts Chef Alessandro Taras, resident chef of Italy’s Argiolas Winery in Serdiana, […]

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Ninth Island Non-Vintage Sparkling

Ninth Island Non-Vintage Sparkling

I had this lovely Tasmanian sparkling wine by the glass at a hot NYC restaurant and really didn’t know what to expect. I was taken aback by what a great wine this was for the price point. About Ninth Island Ninth Island is named after a small island located in the Bass Strait, just off […]

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Tickets on Sale for NJ Wine & Food Festival

Tickets on Sale for NJ Wine & Food Festival

The 12th annual New Jersey Wine & Food Festival at Crystal Springs Resort returns May 1-3 and tickets are now on sale for all events! About the Festival The Festival is a celebration of some of the world’s best wines and food from around the nation with events designed to allow food & wine lovers […]

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