One of my favorite drool sites is Stef's Noodles and Rice blog. Since I'm a little challenged in the kitchen....er...okay, a lot! challenged in the kitchen, I mostly like to look at all her yummy Asian food posts, like this... Continue...

I naturally gravitated toward Spittoon’s August 9 Blog on pairing sparkling wine with food, being ... life was discovering that sparkling wine is probably the most versatile of all wines with food ... ’t hurt either. Recently, we’ve done some wine and food pairing events with the Napa Valley Grille ... course with sparkling wine–no problem, piece of cake (maybe almond cake). Lord help you if that 5-course...

I guess it is obvious that I'm trying to watch what I eat lately because I'm on a food and wine kick. At least I can look at the food even though I can't eat it! Mushrooms are one of... Continue...

While most people are shutting down their grills for winter, we are firing ours up more than usual because it's finally not a zillion degrees with a zillion percent humidity outside. For us, our favorite food item lately to grill... Continue...

I love spicy food, but admittedly, I don't often drink wine with spicy food because it's hard to find a vino that can handle the heat. If I'm not drinking alcohol, then a large glass of ice tea does the... Continue...

). And remember that the best pairing is one where wine and food are perfectly integrated without either losing their singular flavour." Search Tags: wine  food & drink  mushrooms  spanish wine ... they have a little advice on matching mushroom dishes with wine giving examples from their own range ... . Selecting a wine depends on both factors. In general, the gelatinous texture of mushrooms is better...

I know it sounds weird - What kind of wine do you drink while eating your (or your child's) Halloween candy? But, considering that some of us are busy handing out candy all evening to the kiddies, why not have... Continue...

—but it did! So I guess wine goes with just about anything (expect perhaps a pretzel dipped in mustard...

Pairing wine and food is easier than you think because they have a natural affinity. Nancy Hawks Miller, our Director of Education takes a common sense approach to creating wine and food synergy with some time honored techniques and some less conventional approaches too. Explore our recipe collection . Text: Wine and Food Pairing Download Standard Podcast...

We’re never too old to learn (Mark being a possible exception).   Anyway, we were asked by a client to do a wine and chocolate tasting, and so are teaming with NoKA Chocolate of Plano Texas to do ... these chocolates with wine went very well.  Bare in mind, these are not sweet chocolates, so while the rule of thumb is to serve a wine that is sweeter than the respective chocolate, we expect in this case to do...