Innovative entrepreneurs with a focus on food makes for a tasty event! Mass. Innovation Nights (MIN) is a monthly event that provides Boston area entrepreneurs an opportunity to showcase their new products. Last night was the ninth time the MIN event has focus on food. #MINfoodie9 was right here in my hometown of Woburn at…
Mystic Brewery Farmhouse Ale with Asparagus Salad
Yesterday I got to try out some of the beer pairing ideas I wrote about last week. Next Monday’s Social Capital Inc. beer pairing event at Mystic Brewery will start with their farmhouse ale. The tasting notes suggested this lighter style ale goes well with salads. We are doing appetizers for the event as opposed to a…
Beer Pairing Tips and a Chance to Try Them at Mystic Brewery
Readers of Cooking Chat know that I’m very interested in finding good wine pairings for the food we enjoy. Though there is little mention of beer on this blog, I do enjoy beer on a regular basis, too. In fact, I’ll often sip a bottle of beer as I cook, and save the wine for…
Budget Friendly #SundaySupper Preview
Eat well, spend less. That is one simple goal I’m sure many of us food bloggers share. Preparing most of our meals at home gives us more control over what we eat and it’s also a great way to save money. But how can we home cooks really get that food bill down while making…
#LanguedocDay Wine Tasting Notes and Food Pairings
Would I be interested in hosting a tasting event as part of #LanguedocDay 2014 on May 30? I had tried enough wines from the Languedoc region to appreciate that this is a source of great wine values. The opportunity to learn more about the region and sample more of its wine sounded like a great…
Bold and Smooth, We Enjoyed Our Chile Olive Oil
If you are of a certain age, you may recall the great “tastes great” versus “less filling” debates that raged on commercials for Miller Lite decades ago. Well, we staged a version of that in our home recently, but in this case the choice was between “Bold” or “Smooth” Chile Olive Oil. We had the opportunity…
Mass. Innovation Night: The Foodie Edition
I’d heard some good buzz about Mass. Innovation Night’s (MIN). When I met MIN founder Bobbie Carlton at last week’s Tweetup Woburn event, she told me this week’s MIN29 was the foodie edition. The calendar was open, so Jodi and I eagerly jumped at the chance to check it out. Social networking with foodies, what’s…