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- Vancouver International Wine Festival – Taste Italia!February 27, 2016Taste Italia! Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016 Noon-2pm – Taste Italia! As the Italian’s say, a meal isn’t a meal without wine. Nothing could be closer to the truth than this. This event is was a must for the festival. Today’s Taste Italia! lunch, as you can imagine, is a celebration of the wines of Italy4 Comments
Vancouver International Wine Festival 2016February 26, 2016It was a busy week for wine lovers in Vancouver, BC and we were quite happy to join in the fun…at least for the final weekend of festivities. We were turned-on to the Vancouver wine festival about a year ago by our columnist and friend, Pam Miller. She’s been attending these, along with a group2 Comments
Single Malt Scotch Food PairingsFebruary 22, 2016by Steven 21 February 2016 A few weeks ago, Kevin brought home a dozen oysters from our favorite purveyor, Taylor Shell Fish. It was a dozen of our preferred, Totten Virginica. We decided to break into them before dinner. I had already poured myself a dram of whisky (OK, so it may have beenNo Comments
Hot Stove Society Food Photography ClassJanuary 23, 201623 January 2016 by Steven One of Seattle’s preeminent restaurateurs, Tom Douglas, has a program of classes and seminars that he runs out of a kitchen classroom in Belltown. He calls the program The Hot Stove Society. Today they put on a class in food photography to which Kevin had signed me up. We met7 Comments
Sunday morning Eggs Benedict in 15January 10, 2016Sometimes you have an idea for breakfast the night before that just must be made. Getting up my typical 2 hours before Steven does, gave me plenty of time to reconsider eggs Benedict, but thankfully I wasn’t dissuaded from my path by my own better judgement. Plus, I just can’t see spending the $16+ eachNo Comments
Hawaiian Vanilla CompanyDecember 10, 2015In Kevin’s article about making our Thanksgiving Cranberry Compote he mentioned our vanilla extract. This gave me the idea to write a quick note about it as well. As you may, or perhaps not, know that Kevin and I are fond of travelling to Hawaii when we can. Our favorite is the Big Island. It’sNo Comments
Pinot Noir Cranberry CompoteDecember 9, 2015I was looking for something new this Thanksgiving to add to the several condiments on the table. Typically, we have the ‘standard’ homemade cranberry sauce. Some years it does more toward chutney with the addition of mild peppers, some years straight up Midwestern with just some orange slices and zest for kick. This year though,No Comments