Coffee adds great flavor to both a marinade and dry rub for a grilled New York Strip Steak. This recipe is easy enough for a weeknight, but indulgent enough for a special occasion. For years I used to give Sean a hard time for being obsessed with visiting Starbucks on a daily basis during work….
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Wine Travel: Discover Conegliano Valdobbiadene, The home of Prosecco Superiore
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Valentine’s Day Recipes for your Smoker or Grill
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Maple Chipotle Cedar Plank Grilled Salmon
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Winter Reds — January 2018
I like to review wines the way most people taste them, with food. Many of the wine reviews you’ll see on this site are accompanied by a recipe. When we test recipes we usually open a few different wines of various styles that we think will work, then write about the best pairing. But often…
Smoked Chocolate Pot de Crème (no bake)
Smoked cream adds an incredible smoky undertone to a classic Chocolate Pot de Crème. It’s silky, chocolaty, and absolutely indulgent. Check out the recipe and video tutorial for more. For the longest time the hubs would make me my favorite dessert, Pot de Crème, for special occasions (we now stick to one day a year…
Spicy Mango Jalapeño BBQ Sauce (no sugar added)
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Our Top 7 Posts of 2017
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NewAir Black Stainless Steel Wine Cooler — Holiday Gift for Your Favorite Wine Lover!
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Holiday Gift Guide for BBQ and Food Lovers
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Your First Smoked Turkey – Advice from the Pros and Joes
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Simplified Smoked Salsa Verde Chicken Soup
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Smoked Pulled Lamb Sliders
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FEAST 2017 Smoked! Photos
FEAST Portland — one of the culinary highlights of foodies, chefs, winemakers, writers, and well anybody who appreciates food and drink, both locally and nationally — is now long gone, but I can still taste it like it was yesterday. FEAST PORTLAND 2017 Not only is this a four day celebration of food and drink,…
![I don’t see hanger steak getting a lot of love these days.
It’s such a fantastic cut of meat. Super tender. Super flavorful! Super affordable compared to some of my other fav cuts of beef!🔥🙌🙌
It’s impossible not to like!
This one is grilled and finished with a decadent red wine reduction sauce!🔥🥩🍷 So. Darn. Good.
And the whole meal is so ridiculously easy to make!
It could even be a contender for V-day dinner❤️ (or simply a filling for your Tuesday tacos)... just sayin’ 😉
. [recipe can be found at vindulge.com] 🔥🍷](http://scontent-lax3-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/d6c69e85cdc4298f3c20c9e1c9bf3640/5CE3FD03/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/c0.135.1080.1080a/s640x640/50589200_629282010859182_115598722346345528_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-1.cdninstagram.com "I don’t see hanger steak getting a lot of love these days.
It’s such a fantastic cut of meat. Super tender. Super flavorful! Super affordable compared to some of my other fav cuts of beef!🔥🙌🙌
It’s impossible not to like!
This one is grilled and finished with a decadent red wine reduction sauce!🔥🥩🍷 So. Darn. Good.
And the whole meal is so ridiculously easy to make!
It could even be a contender for V-day dinner❤️ (or simply a filling for your Tuesday tacos)... just sayin’ 😉
. [recipe can be found at vindulge.com] 🔥🍷")
![When your body needs a temporary break from meat — (and for us that means a break from our meat-filled-cookbook-recipe-testing…. soooooo many meats!) —
You turn to your favorite vegan bbq soup recipe 👉 Smoked Mushroom and Lentil Soup. 🍲🍲🍲 Hearty. Flavorful. Soulful. Satisfying. And completely void of meat.
Your body will thank you tomorrow! (And then tomorrow you can go back to enjoying all the meats🙌🎉🔥)
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.
[the soup recipe can be found at vindulge.com]](http://scontent-lax3-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/8ff26901480df19d359bc20042526d91/5D2575B1/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/c0.108.1080.1080/s640x640/50676074_540748139662171_736534604546108152_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-1.cdninstagram.com "When your body needs a temporary break from meat — (and for us that means a break from our meat-filled-cookbook-recipe-testing…. soooooo many meats!) —
You turn to your favorite vegan bbq soup recipe 👉 Smoked Mushroom and Lentil Soup. 🍲🍲🍲 Hearty. Flavorful. Soulful. Satisfying. And completely void of meat.
Your body will thank you tomorrow! (And then tomorrow you can go back to enjoying all the meats🙌🎉🔥)
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.
[the soup recipe can be found at vindulge.com]")