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Green Chile Burgers piled HIGH with Avocados & Sweet n’ Sour Onions paired with In Situ Carmenere from Chili

If food is the body of good living, wine is its soul." Clifton Fadiman Game Day or ANYDAY-These burgers ROCK! While

PINK SPARKLING ITALIAN WINE for Your VALENTINE! Paired with Chocolate Shortbread Cookies with Cacao Nibs and Pink Himalayan Salt

‘All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt…’ Lucy Van Pelt, Peanuts How

Succulent Short Ribs Roasted with Pomegranate Molasses and Pears Poached in Riesling,Honey and Cardamom and a Perfect Chiroubles Beaujolais Wine...

“The success of the dinner depends as much upon the company as the cook."

Mussels,Clams and Shrimp in a Spicy Saffron and Fennel Broth and CLARIS PINOT GRIGIO ~Another PERFECT PAIRING! Brought to us...

"I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food!!" Weekend Cooking: Mussels,Shrimp,Clams,Calamari,Fennel and Saffron bathed in a

Greek Lamb Meatballs Stuffed with Feta,Kalamata Olives and Preserved Lemon Paired with LAMADRID RESERVA CABERNET FRANC

There is no love sincerer than the love of food and wine. ~George Bernard Shaw LAMADRID SINGLE VINEYARD RESERVA 2009

BABY IT’S COLD OUTSIDE! Warm Up with a Mexican Mocha with Olive & Sinclair Chocolate and Nespresso

"Love is like swallowing hot chocolate before it has cooled off. It takes you by surprise at first, but keeps

Exploring the Culinary Cuisine of Charleston, South Carolina DESSERT FIRST!

Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the Titanic who waved off the dessert cart. ~Erma Bombeck Lucky me!

Crushed Cauliflower with Noble Springs Dairy Goat Cheese,Roasted Garlic and Topped with Seasoned Parmesan Panko Bread Crumbs

Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all. —--Harriet Van Horne Goat

‘Tis the Season for Celebrating Friendship in Franklin,Tennessee

"Fate chooses your relations, you choose your friends." - Jacques Delille French poet. Celebration of the Season~Tables lined with platters

Old Fashioned Louisiana Style Bread Pudding with Vanilla Buttermilk Bourbon Sauce

Old Fashioned Warm Bread Pudding with Plump Raisins and Praline Pecans soaked in a Warm and Buttery Bourbon Sauce Mmmmmm....Just

Bite-sized Rosemary & Dried Cherry Biscuits with Brined and Smoked Duck Breasts with Black Garlic Aioli and Spicy Cherry Jam

November and December are the months of parties and if you have reached my blog,you are probably searching for a

Feast of the Seven Fishes: MANGIA NASHVILLE brings this Sicilian Christmas Eve Tradition to Franklin in TRUE Italian Style!

FEAST OF THE SEVEN FISHES MENU Get your Sicilian-ON at MANGIA NASHVILLE every Friday & Saturday night during the Christmas

Meet me at ~1799 & VINE WINE BAR~ located in the new Whole Foods on McEwen in Franklin,TN!

GROCERY STORE WINE BAR IN TENNESSEE A WINE BAR in Whole Foods in Tennessee? Yes. Really. Believe it! 1799 &

Le Beaujolais Est Arrivé! Beaujolais Nouveau, That is! Just in Time for Thanksgiving

Beaujolais Release Party! The 2011 New Beaujolais has arrived! Every year in November on the third Thursday at 12:01am bottles

SPARKLE with a BANG! Fancy-Up your Sparkling Wine with Local Gourmet Syrups!

Local Artisan BANG CANDY Company has helped make Nashville just a little sweeter! Not only have they cornered the market

Unique Boutique Italian Wines in Nashville: Fall in love with SIIR 100% Aglianico Del Vulture: WINE TO FIND!

Boutique Wines : For a few years now, I have happily watched and experienced Nashville's growing hip food scene and

Sunday Evening Noshing with Hip Wines, Artisan Goat Cheese and Charcuterie

Sunday evening gatherings have become a regular event with my group of foodie friends. It all started with TRUE BLOOD

Lisa’s Weekly Wine Pick: Votre Sante’ Francis Ford Coppola’s Luscious Pinot Noir

California meets Burgundy with Coppola's 2009 Pinot Noir. If you are a Pinot Noir fan, you will be pleased and

In the mood for a Sauvignon Blanc?

I bet for a lot of us Sauvignon Blanc has become that perfect go-to wine for dinner, cheese pairings or

THINK PINK for Rose’ Wines ~ A Weekend Wine and Cheese Pairing

WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU ENJOYED A ROSE' WINE? I'm not talking about that syrupy sweet pink mystery juice

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