Food With Wine, Wines

What Makes a Wine Kosher?

I have heard Jewish friends mention kosher delicacies they enjoy, although some don't sound all that delightful to this girl, during their feasts and wondered why it is that I only hear jokes about Manischewitz when wine is mentioned.  Is there no other kosher wine?  #GirlsGoneWine want to know!  I sent my fingers flying across… Continue reading What Makes a Wine Kosher?

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Rules for Cooking with Wine

Wine can enhance the flavors of a dish and even bring out flavors you never expected, but if you don't know what you are doing when you cook with wine, you can easily ruin your whole meal.  Thankfully chefs are generous in sharing some very simple tips for cooking with wine so that home cooks… Continue reading Rules for Cooking with Wine

Health, Wines

You Can Drink Wine on the Keto Diet!

All of us, I assume, want to be healthy.  And most of us, at one time or another, are watching what we eat or trying to lose a few (or more than a few) pounds.  Usually that means making sacrifices in order to accomplish those goals, and one of those sacrifices is often giving up… Continue reading You Can Drink Wine on the Keto Diet!

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Amaretto Poached Peaches

PHOTO: Chelsea Kyle, PROP STYLING: Alex Brannian, FOOD STYLING: Dawn PerryI'm planning a weekend dinner party and love having a make ahead dessert that allows me to spend as little time during the party in the kitchen as possible.  Considering that it's peak peach season, and very few people have a strong aversion for them,… Continue reading Amaretto Poached Peaches

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Light Summer Sangria

Sangria is a great Sunday afternoon drink, but not the sangria that my parents used to make.  The sangria my parents made was a dark, sweet, heavy red wine (something from a jug made by Ernest & Julio Gallo or Inglenook, I'm sure) with sliced up oranges floating in it. In movies when you see… Continue reading Light Summer Sangria