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This is about half of my back yard. I’m not kidding. Look, I have a small raised bed and a patio with some nice new furniture. From the very beginning of the time that I can remember, my family has always had a vegetable garden. I grew up on a five acre farm in [...] One would think that when a wine enthusiast enthusiastically shouts ‘ROAD TRIP!’ in the middle of a discussion about wine, that friends would line up to jump into the back seat of her band wagon. One would think. But after years of suggesting this I am still stuck in my small town nowhere near the [...] white wine works well with shellfish Am I preaching to the choir when I advocate cooking with wine? Or is this something we would all like to be a little more confident in doing? For me, it’s something that I think I would like to do more often, but when it comes right down [...] This photo depicts Joyce (right) and me (middle) with our other dear friend Barb in (I think) 1988. Around twenty-three years ago I met this guy named Brian. He was dating my friend Joyce from Winnipeg and as I spent time with the two of them and got to know him a little bit, [...] I have about a dozen wine bottles in a pretty, wrought iron, marble topped wine cabinet in my foyer. Half a dozen handcrafted wine stems sit inverted on top of it. Some of the bottles have been there for years and they are covered with dust. Some of the bottles are new. All of the [...] by Rose Siemens
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Shiraz, oh prize fighter of grapes, no other wine can quite compete with your tooth staining consistency and your jammy complexity. I remember when we met; you were wearing a sassy bright bottle and me innocent, easily wooed by a label that beckoned so [...] The beautiful Tuscan countryside There are so many times after something has happened that I think to myself, ‘If only I had known, I would have done this differently’. The sad truth about it is that this is still as true today as it ever was and I make some of the same mistakes [...] Oh February. Is there any other month of the year that forces us to examine the depth and character of our romantic relationships (or perhaps the lack thereof) more closely than February? I expect this to happen every year, and while some Februarys have been full of joy and optimism, there have also been those [...] Quails Gate Chardonnay to go with Pear, Grilled Prawn, Toasted Pecan, and Parmesan Salad When is the last time you had a hallowed wine and food moment? You know the kind I am talking about. When you take a bite of something delicious followed by a sip of something divine, and it’s like there [...] My mother with the three girls… I'm the smiley one on the right Very recently my daughter said to me that I am the best cook in the whole entire world. I had been reading her a menu I have been developing for a future four course wine dinner I am preparing, and she [...] |
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