An easy and tasty Mediterranean Grilled Chicken recipe is even better when paired with a Bandol rosé wine! This Mediterranean Grilled Chicken recipe definitely started with the wine. I sampled a bit of the current vintage of the Domaine Suffrene Bandol Rosé and it seemed to me the perfect expression of a good rosé. Ripe melon…
June Wine Values: 5 Picks To Get Ready for Summer
The calendar has turned to June and tells us summer will begin soon. The weather in New England has us skeptical that summer will ever arrive, as we have been mired in a cool, rainy weather pattern. But every now and then the sun peeks out and gives us a sense summer might really come….
Gold Medal Wines
OK, we’re well into the second week of the Olympics now, so it’s about time I posted with an Olympic theme. There are a lot of healthy recipes here on Cooking Chat, but I can’t quite claim any of these dishes to be a favorite food of an Olympic champion. I don’t have a single…
Fresh Tomato Salsa Pasta with an Italian Rosato
Tomatoes, basil and garlic quickly come together to top this Fresh Tomato Salsa Pasta dish. We paired it with an Italian Rosato from the Piedmont region of Italy, as part of the Italian Food, Wine and Travel focus on rosé wine from Italy. Summer time, and the cooking is supposed to be easy, right? Well,…
5 Summer Wine Values
Spending a lot of money on wine doesn’t seem high on anyone’s Fourth of July priority list! So I figured this was the perfect time to bring you some this list of 5 Summer Wine Values, rounding up some of the moderately priced wines we’ve enjoyed lately along with some food pairing ideas. Looking back…
Grilled Arctic Char with Pineapple Salsa #winePW
Grilled Arctic Char with Pineapple Salsa recipe, served with a rosé wine from Southwestern France as part of a Wine Pairing Weekend exploration of rosé pairings. Today the Wine Pairing Weekend group, hosted by Nancy at Pull That Cork, is sharing pairings for rosé wine. Certainly a great topic as we get ready for summer! Rosé wine…
Grilled Halibut with Parsley Pesto and a Rosato Wine
Grilled Halibut with Parsley Pesto is a simple and healthy meal to make on the grill. We paired it with a rosato (rosé) wine as part of the Italian Food, Wine and Travel group virtual visit to Lombardia. A tasty food and wine pairing for grilling season! This first time I grilled halibut, and served…
Easy Baked Tandoori Chicken
This Easy Baked Tandoori Chicken is so moist and flavorful, and a breeze to make for a tasty weeknight supper! Click here to jump down to the recipe or read on for more details, including the wine pairings we tried and a recipe variation with chicken thighs. Originally posted on 2/2/2015, updated with wine pairings and…
Lightened Creamy Penne with Broccoli
Do you like a creamy pasta sauce? If you’d like a healthier option than traditional alfredo sauce, you’ve got to try this Lightened Creamy Penne with Broccoli! When experimenting with recipes for my Collards & Kale Cookbook, I came up with a creamy pasta sauce that uses silken tofu for its consistency. Pureeing silken tofu with…
Provence Rosé for Veggie Orzo with Bacon and Pineapple
Round Two of the French Winophiles, started by Christy at Confessions of a Culinary Diva, takes us to Provence. This is a region of France I’ve got to get to one of these days–lavender fields, proximity to the Mediterranean, and of course, great food and wine. For now I’ll have to settle with the food and…