Neat Thoughts About Food, Wine, Travel & More
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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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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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 […]
[Continue reading...]The New Jersey Big Brew Beer Fest, will take place on Saturday, February 29, 2020, at The Morristown Armory (430 Western Ave, Morristown, NJ 07960). About the Event Two great sessions filled with 200 styles from 70 Breweries including over 40 New Jersey Based Breweries, awarding winning food vendors, hatchet throwing, live music by local bands, […]
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This creamy prosciutto and tomato pasta was super easy to make and delicious. It was in my Blue Apron box this week and I keep thinking about it. My favorite part was the topping of the pasta with breadcrumbs toasted in brown butter – what’s not to like!? My second favorite part was the addition […]
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Listen up mac & cheese lovers – Mac & Cheese Mahem is coming to Morristown, NJ Saturday, January 25, 2020 from 11:00am – 8:00 pm at the Morristown Armory. There, you’ll be able to try different variations of mac and cheese and experience gourmet, chef-inspired twists on your childhood favorite. Local chefs and restaurants are […]
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I love warm dips. They’re tasty and I like that serving them at a party brings everyone together. Over the holidays, my fabulous sister made this awesome warm dip that we crushed…..soooo good! The dip follows the idea of a jalapeno popper but is placed in an oven-proof dish or in a bread bowl to […]
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Cline Cellars is a family-owned and operated winery in Sonoma, California founded by Fred Cline, one of the original Rhone Rangers, in 1982 in Oakley, California. Cline’s original vintages from Mourvedre, Zinfandel and Carignane vines dating as far back as the 1880’s. In 1989, the Clines acquired a 350-acre horse farm in Carneros and moved […]
[Continue reading...]Here’s another entry my growing list of “there’s nothing to eat in this house’ recipes. This is a one pot wonder (unless you want to boil the pasta in a separate pot while you make the rest of the recipe) – pasta recipe with Italian sausage and arugula. The hot Italian sausage was sitting in […]
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Mici also known as Mititei (Romanian for “small ones”) is a Romanian dish of mini sausage-shaped grilled ground meat made from a mixture of beef, pork and sometimes lamb blended with various spices, including smoked paprika. This recipe is from my friends Jeff and Iulia Orel. Iulia hails from Romania and her American husband, Jeff […]
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