Tasting Wine - StumbleUpon Tasting Wine All About Wine Tasting There’s more to tasting a glass of wine than throwing it down your gullet. We’ll start slow. Colour Hold the glass over a white background, like a napkin or tablecloth. Swirl Swirl the wine to aerate it. Nose Follow yours. Taste Skip the sip. Aftertaste is what lingers after you swallow. Finish What was the body of the wine like? With Food Remember, red wine is not necessarily more sophisticated than white, and not necessarily the only choice with meat. By Region Regional wine qualities tend to reflect the specifics of regional cuisines. Here are some top wine picks in Europe: Northern Italy: Piemonte and the Veneto are greatly influenced by the rich subtelty of their butter-worshipping French and Swiss neighbors. Central Italy: Trendy cuisine from Tuscany and Chianti favors lighter pastas, vegetables and seafood. Germany: Wines that are high in acid provide a necessary counterbalance to the fatty, bland, carb-and-meat-centric northern European diet.
Summer Refresh: 10 Mojito-Inspired Recipes - KitchenDaily - StumbleUpon Southern Style Stuffed Peppers Ingredients 1 15-ounce can black beans drained 1 cup fresh cilantro leaves, lightly packed 1 cup fresh corn kernels 1 pinch salt to taste 1 pound chorizo sausage casings removed, crumbled ½ cup extra virgin olive oil ¼ cup chipotle in adobo both pepper and sauce, puréed 12 ounces queso fresco crumbled 3 limes juiced ¾ cup mayonnaise 6 Anaheim peppers split once lengthwise, seeds removed Instructions In a small saucepan, over a medium heat add the oil and cilantro. Credit Southern Ground Executive Chef Rusty Hamlin
Must Eats | Grilling.com idaho sunrise (baked eggs and bacon in potato bowls) I probably should have poured a nice stiff drink recipe for you all on this loveliest of lovely tax days. Especially for my fellow small business owners who just gave half of their revenue back to the government. Good grief, I won’t even go there. Instead though, I thought I’d offer my idea of a more comforting alternative. Pasta. When life is good, and when life gets crazy, I turn to pasta. And just as it has for years, this one hit the spot. Read more This past Friday night was meant for celebrating. The weather was sit-out-on-the-deck-in-the-cool-evening-breeze perfection. And a very special birthday girl turned the big 3-0. Friends, meet Stacey. Read more TGIF, friends. Hope that you all have had a lovely week, and that a relaxing weekend lies ahead. Read more Ever since my friends and I met for a tapas happy hour at our neighborhood Spanish restaurant a few weeks ago, I’ve had sangria on my mind. Read more Read more I’ve always said that I like a good balance of cooking and baking in my life.
Homemade Tater Tots I am a little in shock right now. I did something crazy. And it involved deep frying. My terrible weakness for over feeding people left me with a about a gallon of leftover mashed potatoes from Thanksgiving. When I thought about the many, many possibilities for leftover mashed potatoes, I couldn’t help but think about little fried nuggets of creamy goodness, because who doesn’t think about deep frying soft starch? While I made a big plate of these to eat by themselves in the middle of the day, these would be delicious in the summer with burgers or served with a hot slice of meatloaf on a cozy night! I personally made The lovely Ree Drumond’s Mashed Potatoes on Thanksgiving. You add some eggs and flour to bind the potatoes and then they are rolled in crispy breadcrumbs before being deep fried to a golden brown. Homemade Tater Tots, makes 4 dozen -3 cups mashed potatoes, chilled -2 eggs, beaten -½ cup flour -Kosher salt -3 cups panko bread crumbs -4 cups vegetable oil
50 Smoothies : Recipes and Cooking 1. Banana Blend 2 bananas, 1/2 cup each vanilla yogurt and milk, 2 teaspoons honey, a pinch of cinnamon and 1 cup ice. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Food Nutrition Facts - Healthy Living Tips at WomansDay Every child has heard the healthy-eating mantra "You are what you eat." But there may be a closer resemblance between good-for-you grub and your body than you thought. We found 10 foods that mirror the body parts they provide nutrients for—for example, brain-boosting walnuts actually look like a brain. 1. Slice a carrot in half crosswise and it's easy to see that the veggie resembles an eye—look closely and you'll even notice a pattern of radiating lines that mimic the pupil and iris. 2. The folds and wrinkles of a walnut bring to mind another human organ: the brain. 3. Long, lean stalks of celery look just like bones—and they're good for them, too. 4. The lightbulb shape of an avocado looks like a uterus, and it supports reproductive health as well. 5. Studies have offered evidence that clams, which bear a resemblance to testicles, are actually good for the male sex organs. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.