Kimberly Houston | August 7, 2010
Hello dear readers,
Tonight while catching up on food and wine blogs I read regularly, I found a super interesting post over on Dr. Vino’s wine blog about pairing BBQ with wine. In the post, Dr. Vino references our very own eastern NC-style BBQ. (I ask you, is there any other kind? But I digress.)
Dr. Vino does regular blog [...]
Kimberly Houston | July 19, 2010
I’ve been craving steak salad for weeks, and finally decided to get on with it and make one, fer cryin’ out loud. And I am very happy with the results.
This is another recipe that’s super easy to make, but will wow your guests. Now, I know I say that about most recipes I share with [...]
Kimberly Houston | June 17, 2010
What to Make When It’s Saturday Night and You Don’t Feel Like Cooking?
One recent Saturday night, I wanted a decent meal, but didn’t really feel like cooking, and I also didn’t want take-out. I wasn’t feeling a turkey sandwich or a bowl of wheat chex, either, two of my other usual staples when I don’t [...]
Kimberly Houston | June 12, 2010
Aaah, it’s finally warm to stay, so it’s time to break out the fresh and easy summer recipes, and this is one of ‘em.
I originally found this recipe in Glamour magazine, if you can believe that. (Sure, I read the occasional girly magazine.) It’s a Tyler Florence recipe; the original can found on the Food [...]
Kimberly Houston | March 11, 2010
OK, so it was pretty darn cold the day I made this recipe, as it has been for sooooo long here, so I said to a friend: “I want it to be Spring, I’m ever so tired of cold weather, so I’m going to make seafood and serve it with Sauvignon Blanc, just like I [...]
Kimberly Houston | February 10, 2010
o I learned something new today. You know how, if you read lots about wine and food pairing, you’re forever reading about how difficult it is to pair wine with chocolate? A few years ago before I knew what I know now, I assumed wine and chocolate were the easiest of pairings, and did pair [...]
Kimberly Houston | February 5, 2010
This is quite possibly the easiest thing to prepare in my (ok, limited) repertoire of recipes. It’s awesome-ness has to do with how simple it is to make, combined with how damn good it tastes. I make it frequently as a side dish, but on a rainy night like tonight, when I’ve had a bad [...]
Kimberly Houston | February 1, 2010
I love this recipe because it is so darn easy to make, takes virtually no time to prep or cook, looks beautiful, and tastes delicious. And, the clean up is a snap because you cook the salmon in foil. So, damn near the perfect recipe, right?
I considered making parmesan mashed potatoes to serve along with, [...]
Kimberly Houston | January 24, 2010
I’ve made this recipe twice before and it’s definitely a favorite. Sometimes I dream about it, then think about wistfully all the next day. Recently it’s been on my mind a lot, and I’ve been missing it like gangbusters, and since I had this bottle of Carmenere I thought would go nicely with it, I [...]
Kimberly Houston | January 9, 2010
I’ll be honest — I had plans to post about something else today, but as I’m still feeling under the weather, I don’t have the energy to produce something original. But, I did find a link to a nice little article from the January 5 edition of Wine Spectator’s online Sips and Tips e-newsletter I [...]
