Kimberly Houston | September 25, 2009
If you’re like me, after you’ve worked all week, you drag home on Friday around 5:00-ish, and you just want to sit.down.and.drink.some.wine. For days. And relax. Then there must be food, eventually. And maybe there’ll be a decent movie on, too. So you want good provisions for the evening.
If anyone (anyone at all — please!), [...]
Kimberly Houston | September 23, 2009
This is one wine I buy over and over and over again. I call it my “go-to” wine,” because it’s delicious and interesting (for the price, and even at twice the price, I think), it’s usually easy to find, and, I‘m totally into screw caps these days, which this wine has. I wonder why I [...]
Kimberly Houston | September 20, 2009
One of the great things about Sundays is the opportunity to sleep in, then mosey on down to brunch somewhere, have a cocktail — hey, it’s brunch, it’s OK to drink at 11:30 a.m.! — order some egg-related dish, then sit around and drink your beverage of choice, hang out, talk, and people-watch. Which I [...]
Kimberly Houston | September 19, 2009
As promised, here are a few excellent Rosés I tried this summer, with tasting notes, pairing suggestions, and approximate retail price.
Crios de Susana Balbo Rosé of Malbec 2007 (Argentina)
Tasting note: Because it‘s made with Malbec, this wine is richer and spicier than other Rosés I‘ve recently tried. I loved it immensely. (I mean, c’mon, Rosé [...]
Kimberly Houston | September 18, 2009
My original title for this post was, “5 Reasons You Should be Drinking Rosé This Summer,” but now that I’ve waited til the very arse-end of summer to write the thing, that seems a wee bit silly. I’m head-over-heels in love with Rosé (not everyone gets it), so I’d still like to share why I [...]
Kimberly Houston | September 2, 2009
This recipe has been haunting me since the beginning of August, when I saw it on “Everyday Italian,” Giada‘s show on The Food Network. I decided I had to prepare it. It looked so simple to make, yet so rich and delicious — and if it turned out well, easy to impress people with, you [...]
