Recent Posts Tagged With 'food and wine'

• Wine Food Pairing ... Thanksgiving Cheer from Austria

  Posted on Wednesday December 9th, 2009 at 13:32 in food and wine, austrian wine, wine blog, wine food pairing, wine and turkey

  Wine food pairing is always best with family and friends. This year my husband was away in Austria for this "fowl" event so he sent me his Thanksgiving celebration, a real food and wine event, with some friends.I enjoyed this video with a plate of t...

• Wine Food Pairing - in Florida it is Hot, Hot, HOT!

  Posted on Thursday May 14th, 2009 at 13:14 in xango, food and wine, pinot grigio, wine and shrimp, grilling wine food pairing, thomas fish camp cocktail sauce

  Wine food pairing ... right now in South Florida, where I live, it is HOT ... up in the 90's already .. YIKES!!! Who wants to eat heavy food and sip on a full bodied red ... not me, anyway ...I barely can stay out of the sprinkler in the yard ... LOL...

• Wine Food Pairing - What will They Think up Next?

  Posted on Friday March 6th, 2009 at 14:23 in food and wine, wine and food, wine food pairing

  Wine food pairing ... I just ran across this article and What will they come up with next?By HANK SCHOUTEN - The Dominion Post | Thursday, 18 December 2008Chinese scientists zap wine-ageing processIt is not quite up there with the biblical miracle wh...

• Wine Food Pairing - Orzo Who?

  Posted on Friday February 27th, 2009 at 09:00 in food and wine, wine and food, orzo, wine food pairing, frontera carmenere

  Wine food pairing does orzo .... who the heck is orzo? I had never cooked with this Italian "rice" before and really didn't know what a tasty pasta this was. Made of a hard semolina wheat, it is quite versatile.I am always looking to broaden our ea...

• Wine Food Pairing Goes Raw - A Tasty Carpaccio!

  Posted on Sunday February 8th, 2009 at 14:54 in austria, food and wine, wine and food, carpaccio, wine food pairing, beef tenderloin, roemer wine glasses, louis jadot beaujolais

  Wine food pairing goes raw for a tasty appetizer ... what better way to serve some very special beef tenderloin than preparing carpaccio?BigAl picked up a PSMO at the Restaurant Depot. This is a bulk package of beef tenderloin. He proceeded to remo...

• Wine Food Pairing - It's Party Time for Wacko's!

  Posted on Friday February 6th, 2009 at 10:59 in wine blogs, food and wine, wine and food, wine food pairing, man arrested with blow up dolls

  Wine food pairing means something different for everyone .... for myself ... I enjoy a glass of wine, sitting in my lanai watching the dolphins play in the bay ... for this Wacko just north of us in Cape Coral ... well, I'll let the video tell the s...

• Wine Food Pairing - Fun with a Crazy Czech Chick!

  Posted on Thursday January 22nd, 2009 at 09:40 in wine blogs, food and wine, wine and food, mexican food, pinot grigio, wine food pairing, marco island sunset grille, czech chick

  Wine food pairing ... at the Sunset Grille on Marco Island ... one of the only eating and drinking establishments on the island that actually has a spectacular view as the sun sets into the Gulf of Mexico.It's funny that most of the time BigAl and I ...

• WFP - Yeah...the Bird Has Finally Flown the Coop!

  Posted on Sunday January 11th, 2009 at 12:04 in french wine, food and wine, wine and food, grilling wine food pairing, christian moueix merlot, smoke ribs

  Wine food pairing has had turkey in many shapes and forms over the last couple of weeks and all I can say is HOORAY! The "bird" has finally flown the coop!I almost had tears in my eyes when Aunt Patti and Brewski Bob invited us down to their house f...

• Wine Food Pairing - Pompano with a MOJO Momma Kick

  Posted on Monday January 5th, 2009 at 14:45 in food and wine, wine and food, mojo, wine blog, pompano, wine and bbq, fish grilling basket, grilling wine food pairing, marcus james cabernet sauvignon

  Wine food pairing is always looking for something just a little different than what we have done before ... after all ... how many times can you have the same old thing?Our neighbor, Jack, gifted us some wonderful Pompano fillets from a fishing trip...

• Wine Food Pairing - A Merry Christmas to All!

  Posted on Friday December 26th, 2008 at 09:53 in Florida, food and wine, champagne, wine and food, wine blog, rkatsiteli, isles of capri florida, wine and turkey, crane lake brut

  Wine food pairing celebrates Christmas with its own special traditions. Christmas in Florida is different than other parts of the US ... we look for ways to entertain ourselves that don't involve fighting snow and blizzards! A white Christmas for u...

• Wine Food Pairing - Munchin or Bust!

  Posted on Saturday November 29th, 2008 at 07:59 in austria, wine blogs, food and wine, munich, chianti, wine food pairing, wine and shrimp, wine and pasta

  Wine food pairing hits the road once again and this time we are going to make it to Munich .... we go by way of Grieskirchen, the small village where BigAl was born. Actually, the closest we got was the sign post, but all the same it was a trip down...

• Wine Food Pairing - Wine and Cheese Feast!

  Posted on Thursday October 16th, 2008 at 04:05 in Wine, austria, wine blogs, food and wine, wine and food, red table wine, wine and cheese

  Wine food pairing has learned a lot about the European customs of Austria. One thing I know for sure ... if you go visiting you always must bring something .... flowers, wine or a sweet treat. Of course, for me, I love it when someone visits us and...

• Wine Food Pairing - An Austrian Quickie!

  Posted on Sunday October 12th, 2008 at 06:30 in austria, wine blogs, food and wine, white wine, wine and food, wine travel, wine food pairing, wine and cheese, wine and sausage, bretienau austria

  Hahahaha! Wine food pairing serves an Austrian quickie! You guys must have dirty minds ... I would never write something naughty ...lol!The Austrian quickie I was referring to is a quick one pan meal .... onions and green peppers sauteed in EVOO th...

• Wine Food Pairing - Austrian Comfort Food!

  Posted on Thursday October 9th, 2008 at 03:53 in wine blogs, food and wine, wine and food, stuffed peppers, wine travel, heuriger, gasthaus trauchner breitenau, weingut tinhof, breitenau austriawine food pairing

  An afternoon with our good friend Hans Tinhof and where should we go eat? We are all ready for wine and food!A wine food pairing is always an adventure adventure ..... Hans' hueriger, Weingut Tinhof, is closed for the next couple of weeks and we are ...

• Oh My! Wine Food Pairing at Peischinger Dorfwirt

  Posted on Wednesday October 8th, 2008 at 07:32 in Wine, austria, wine blogs, food and wine, wine and food, wine travel, red table wine, wine food pairing, zweigelt, gasthaus puchegger, peischinger dorfwirt, peisching austria

  Wine food pairing ... a lazy afternoon in Austria.In a small village just a few minutes from our home in Breitenau is Peischinger Dorfwirt. This lovely Gasthaus is located in Peisching Austria .... Peisching has been around in Austrian history since...

• Wine Food Pairing Goes to Sooss!

  Posted on Friday October 3rd, 2008 at 01:33 in austria, food and wine, wine and food, wine food pairing, schwertfuhrer zweigelt, sooss austria, gebackenhendl, weingut grabner fuchs austria, schinkenfleckerl

  This time of year the heurigers are especially popular in Austria. The heurigen being a wine restaurant that is only open for a short period certain times of year. These delightful restaurants offer their own wines from their vineyards. Wine food ...

• Wine Food Pairing - Blaue Blunz'n in Moedling!

  Posted on Thursday October 2nd, 2008 at 01:10 in austria, wine blogs, food and wine, wine and food, wine travel, red table wine, wine food pairing, blaufrankisch, heurigen, blaue blunz'n moedling

  Wine food pairing goes to the town of Moedling for a grand wine and food experience with our friend Winnie. The Blaue Blunz 'n is a place that he has been coming to for years and it certainly lived up to its praise!Here are the boys ... toasting to ...

• Wine Food Pairing - My Breitenau Fave!

  Posted on Wednesday October 1st, 2008 at 10:46 in austria, food and wine, wine and food, wine travel, wine food pairing, zweigelt, wine and fun, bretienau austria, gasthaus zur gemutlichkeit breitenau austria

  Wine Food Pairing visits Breitenau Austria a couple of times a year. It is located about 30 miles south of Vienna and it is where BigAl grew up .... after his Mom passed we inherited the house and enjoy the Austrian lifestyle and local friends twice...

• Wine Food Pairing - Stelze Revisited on Election Day!

  Posted on Monday September 29th, 2008 at 01:26 in austria, wine blogs, food and wine, wine and food, wine travel, red table wine, stelze, wine food pairing, zweigelt, wine and fun, gasthaus trauchner breitenau, bretienau austria

  Wine food pairing takes a moment to revisit the Austrian delicacy of Stelze. I have posted about the "pig shin" it before, but because it plays such a large role in Austrian gastronomy ... well, what can I say?It is a Sunday here and an election da...

• Wine Food Pairing Kurbispuffer in Neunkirchen

  Posted on Thursday September 25th, 2008 at 02:01 in recipes, austria, wine blogs, food and wine, wine and food, wine travel, ocktoberfest, goulash, wine food pairing, zweigelt, pumpkin patties, kurbispuffer

  Wine Food Pairing went for a wonderful lunch to the next village. We visited the "Altes Brauhaus" in Neunkirchen. This way cool gasthaus was a brewery in the 1800's and in the 1920's became what it is today ... a terrific place to eat and meet with...

• Wine Food Pairing Visits the Pumpkin Patch

  Posted on Saturday September 20th, 2008 at 10:15 in recipes, Florida, austria, wine blogs, wine information, food and wine, wine travel, sturm, wine food pairing, pumpkin seed oil, wine and fun, kurbis-suppe

  When it starts to get chilly my thoughts turn to a nice hearty soup ... and for wine food pairing, what better way to welcome the autumn than by visiting the local pumpkin patch? Now as you know by now I am in Austria for the next few weeks, I haven...

• WFP - Hot Air Balloons and Kaiserschmarren!

  Posted on Thursday September 18th, 2008 at 00:21 in austria, wine blogs, wine information, food and wine, wine and food, wine travel, sturm, wine food pairing, hot air balloon world championship, kaiserschmarren

  Wine food pairing continues wandering around Austria. The 2008 Hot Air Balloon Championships have been on hold due to weather, some rain, but definitely the wind. They were hoping for a "GO" yesterday afternoon, but by 6:15PM they decided to black ...

• Wine Food Pairing Drinks Up a Storm .. er .. Sturm!

  Posted on Tuesday September 16th, 2008 at 14:52 in Wine, austria, wine blogs, food and wine, wine travel, farmers markets, sturm, wine food pairing, pumpkin seed oil, styria

  Wine food pairing just had the opportunity to visit Styria or Steiermark in Austria ... the first home of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. He was actually born in the hamlet of Thal bei Graz, about 10 km (6 mi) from Graz, the capital of S...

• Wine Food Pairing - Hans Tinhof Heurigen Austria

  Posted on Monday September 15th, 2008 at 14:14 in austria, wine blogs, food and wine, wine and food, wine travel, red table wine, wine food pairing, heurigen, wine and sausage, heuriger

  The Entrance of Hans Tinhof Heurigen is modest and only hints of the lovely garden and great wines waiting for you inside! Angelika and Hans Tinhof, our hosts ....Wine food pairing is having more great adventures in Austria! We stopped by our good...

• Wine Food Pairing 2008 Hot Air Balloon World Championships

  Posted on Sunday September 14th, 2008 at 06:59 in recipes, Wine, austria, wine blogs, food and wine, champagne, wine and food, wild mushrooms, wine food pairing, wine and sausage, hot air balloon world championship, wine and fun

  Wine food pairing is HERE!  Where is that .... Hofkirchen, Austria to watch the 2008 World Hot Air Balloon Championships!  The event begins on September 13 and runs through the 20th.We arrived in Austria the day before, but the opening festivities...

• Wine Food Pairing - Wien or Bust!

  Posted on Friday September 12th, 2008 at 09:11 in Wine, austria, wine blogs, wine information, food and wine, white wine, pinot grigio, wine food pairing, wine and fun, wine and pork

  Wine food pairing is making its way to Vienna (or Wien as it is called over there). A long flight, but we made it with no problem. Here are my "boys" sitting at the airport in Munich getting ready to meet our friend Rudy for a long "layover lunch"....

• 20 cookbooks for ONLY $20 !!!!!!!

  Posted on Wednesday September 10th, 2008 at 10:37 in recipes, wine blogs, wine information, food and wine, free e-book, wine food pairing, 20 cookbooks for $20

  Wine food pairing does not really spend anytime promoting any particular items for sale, but I just came across the AWESOME cookbook sale and it is just too good not to share! This guy, Ron Douglas is offering 20, that's TWENTY cookbooks for only $2...

• Wine Food Pairing Full of Hot Air or Hot Air Balloons!

  Posted on Wednesday September 10th, 2008 at 09:09 in Wine, austria, wine blogs, wine information, food and wine, wine and food, wine food pairing, pumpkin seed oil, hot air balloon world championship, wine and fun

  Wine food pairing is getting psyched up ... today we leave for 4 weeks in Austria ... and those weeks should be action packed and filled with excitement! I will keep you up to date with all the cool stuff that goes on, but first off you need to chec...

• Wine Food Pairing with a Summertime Classic

  Posted on Monday September 8th, 2008 at 11:13 in Florida, wine blogs, wine information, food and wine, white wine, sauvignon blanc, wine food pairing, fresh tomatoes, wine and cheese

  Wine food pairing with this refreshing summertime classic right out of the garden.I use this for an afternoon appetizer or sometimes a substitute salad in the summer.Find the reddest, ripest tomatoes that are plump and delicious and a fresh mozzarell...

• Wine Food Pairing and Sweet Corn "Porn" !

  Posted on Saturday September 6th, 2008 at 15:24 in recipes, Wine, Florida, wine blogs, wine information, food and wine, white wine, wine and food, pinot grigio, wine food pairing, basic wine knowledge, wine and fun

  Wine food pairing knows all about food porn .... WIKI says that Food porn is a sarcastic term variously applied to a spectacular visual presentation of cooking ....... well sweet corn porn is what I just took part in .... and let me tell you, it le...