by Suzi | Feb 27, 2011 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Brian and I are working our way through Kim Haasarud’s wonderful 101 Champagne Cocktails. We’ve had good and great drinks so far, and then we had this one: superior in every sense. This is just an easy, delightful beverage. Champagne in a blender? Who has ever done...
by Suzi | Feb 26, 2011 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Brian and I miss France. Over the years, we’ve accumulate weeks in Paris and enjoyed traveling through the Loire Valley and Burgundy. The rest of France beckons. It’s not a place to rush. You want...
by Suzi | Feb 24, 2011 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary
Cava, from Spain, is the world’s best selling sparkling wine [Yes, French wine makers will dispute that!]. Spain actually has more land devoted to grape cultivation than any other country, but its yields are lower so that Spain only ranks third in terms of...
by Suzi | Feb 21, 2011 | Recipes
You probably don’t think of salmon as an Indian dish. Not India Indian. More American Indian. Like Alaska. Indians smoking fish. Grizzlies standing in white water snapping up salmon. Sarah Palin snapping up grizzlies. This dish has origins that go back over 60 years....
by Suzi | Feb 19, 2011 | News, Personal
Is there a good side to mold? Something beyond penicillin? Yes. Assuming you have access to the outdoors and live somewhere where winter is active. Or, if you have a freezer. Right now, we don’t have a freezer. The seal on our freezer failed. And there was...
