For a chocolate lover, a recipe featuring this dreamy ingredient is always one to try. And for some of us, the words chocolate combined with cocktail are like magic. So how could we pass up a chocolate martini recipe when it was offered to us? A fun chocolate martini cocktail featuring dark chocolate liqueur Many […]
Catalina Island is a popular Southern California destination for “escaping it all.” And although 2020 was a tough year for the Catalina tourism industry, the island is now open for business. The campgrounds reopened today. And Catalina Island camping just might provide the perfect escape for a romantic getaway right now. One of California’s Channel […]
An easy breakfast or snack cake This is truly one of my very favorite baking recipes. I wish I could claim it as my own, but my friend, Chef Sondra Bernstein gave me this gingerbread loaf recipe for my first cookbook, Fork Me, Spoon Me: the sensual cookbook.
We love highlighting exotic ingredients and sharing suggestions for how to use them. And although featuring recipes from commercial companies rather than chef-driven foods isn’t necessarily first choice, we jumped at the chance to share this boldly spiced star fruit recipe from Brooks Tropicals with our readers.
Let’s be clear about one thing form the start, my Bourguignon recipe is nothing like a classic, French Boeuf Bourguignon. Although this weeknight stew recipe is anything but traditional–bison and celery in Bourguignon (gasp! )–I love it. This Bison Bourguignon recipe is my winter, healthy version of comfort food. And any wine lover will appreciate […]
If you live close enough to enjoy California’s wine country, we’ve found a Napa Valley wine tasting with a twist we think you’ll want to try. It’s a wine and potato chips tasting from Shadowbox Cellars.
Woman on Wine with Amy Reiley This month I’m taking a new approach to my column. Instead of focusing on a wine style, region or grape, I’d like to take the time to talk to you about one of the most important and confusing wine topics, wine storage.
The creative team at Stoli thought we’d appreciate this vodka martini recipe. That’s because it puts a sensual twist it on mixology. We decided we needed to share this sexy cocktail recipe with our readers in time for Halloween. Check out our favorite Halloween dessert recipe. It’s now our drink of choice not only as […]
Your new “everything” sauce This Chimichurri sauce recipe is Chef Diane Brown’s go-to sauce, marinade and “everything.” You might know Diane as our dinner party columnist but she’s also the creator of The Family Farm Box, where she transforms deliveries of farm-fresh produce into fast, easy meals that make mouths water.
