Ever wonder what you could do with a miniature 3.5-inch cast iron skillet? Here are 17 Genius uses for that teeny tiny miniature cast iron pan! This past Christmas my mom gave me one. A super teeny tiny miniature cast iron skillet. It is small. Really small. Like 3.5 inches wide small. It’s just like…
Friday Favorites
Love
There are many who harp on Valentine’s Day for being a “Hallmark” holiday. I listened to several people on OPB this morning going on and on about how much they hate this “commercialized” day. I get it. The same could be said about any holiday really. But what if, just for once, we ignore the Hallmark stuff and…
Friday Favorites — Arizona Edition
A weekly roundup of the “best of” the week in wine, food, and travel. The votes are in. Friday Favorites stays… for now anyways. According to my reader survey survey, a majority of the votes wanted FFs to stay. So I will continue to post them when it seems appropriate. And it seemed an appropriate…
Friday Favorites — Scandalicious wines, fall foods, and pizza parties
A weekly roundup of our favorite finds from the week in the categories of wine, food, and travel. FAVORITE WINES This week’s wines are from all over the map. Literally. From France to Argentina, and a couple from the U.S., we’ve got some fun recommendations to share. Crus Bourgeois It’s been awhile since I…
Friday Favorites — California wines, supermoons, and fire.
A weekly roundup of our favorite finds from the week in the categories of wine, food, and travel. WINE With the exception of our lunar eclipse wine (bottom) we spent this week focusing on California wines. For someone who spends a good deal of her time focusing on Oregon Pinot Noir I did tend to…
Veneto and Puglia (Italy) — Photo Preview
Just two weeks ago I had the honor of traveling to Italy to explore two incredible regions — Veneto, in Northern Italy, and Puglia, in Southern Italy. I’m still in total awe of the beauty of these vastly different regions and the warmth of the people I had the pleasure of meeting. I can’t wait to begin…
Friday Favorites — BBQ, breakfast, and stellar sunsets
A weekly roundup of my favorite things from the week in the categories of wine, food, travel, and occasionally lifestyle. Since we took last Friday off, this covers the last two weeks of July. LIFESTYLE Favorite Moment — Cooking for Counter Culture! I’m still pinching myself that we even got invited to cook at such…
Friday Favorites — tasty treats and upcoming BBQ fun
A weekly roundup of my favorite things from the week in the categories of wine, food, travel, and occasionally lifestyle. This week we have a mix of some cool wines, a recipe I’ve been obsessing over for the last few weeks, and some awesome upcoming events you don’t want to miss. WINE Forgeron Cellars…
Friday Favorites – It’s BBQ competition time… almost
A weekly roundup of my favorite things from the week in the categories of wine, food, travel, and occasionally lifestyle. FOOD BBQ Competition Prep This is it. We’re down to the last week before our first major barbecue competition — The 8th Annual McKinley Springs BBQ Showdown & Benefit — next weekend and we couldn’t…
Friday Favorites – Northwest Wine Summit edition
A weekly roundup of my favorite things in the categories of wine, food, travel, and (occasionally) lifestyle. TRAVEL Timberline Lodge Earlier this week I traveled to the south side of Mt. Hood arriving at Timberline Lodge, about 60 miles east of my home in Portland. The lodge, which sits at about 6,000 feet elevation was…
Friday Favorites – Malbec, Drunk Meat, and Rosé, Rosé, and more Rosé
A weekly roundup of my favorite things in the categories of wine, food, travel, and (occasionally) lifestyle. FOOD AND WINE Have you heard? It’s Malbec World Day. That means you need to stop what you’re doing and go buy a bottle of your favorite Malbec and celebrate with the rest of the world. True…
Friday Favorites – Summer in Portland… in March
A weekly roundup of my favorite things in the categories of wine, food, travel, and (occasionally) lifestyle. So, it’s been awhile since I’ve written one of these “favorites” posts, but this week has provided too many great items not to share. The weather over the last few weeks has been simply phenomenal! Sunny, gorgeous, WARM!…
White Wines to Drink During the Polar Vortex
Yesterday I posted about rich slow cooked winter foods and hearty red wines to pair, so I only thought it fair to talk about some light white wines I’ve had lately to even the scale. I know it also seems counterintuitive to be talking about white wines when most of the country is in a…
Friday Favorites – Fall Drinks Week ends as Sicily travel begins
A weekly roundup of my favorite things in the categories of wine, food, travel, and (occasionally) lifestyle. FALL DRINKS As fall drinks week comes to a close I wanted to give a shout out to The Heathman Restaurant & Bar’s new fall cocktail menu. The Heathman, in collaboration with renowned Bar Chef Kathy Casey…
Friday Favorites — still rocking the rosé wines
A weekly roundup of my favorite things in the categories of wine, food, travel, and lifestyle. WINE I’m still drinking rosé and it’s a great time of year for it. We have had a damn near perfect fall season so far. With the exception of some light rain a few days in September the weather has…
Friday Favorites – Travel edition (Neskowin, Oregon)
A roundup of my favorite things from the week in the categories of wine, food, travel, and lifestyle. TRAVEL About two weeks ago we decided we needed to get out of town for a weekend. We have not had a vacation in what feels like forever and I needed to get the heck out…
July Favorites
A roundup of my favorite things from the week in the categories of wine, food, travel, and lifestyle. It’s been awhile since I posted my weekly favorites. This month was a blur, involving lots of travel, visitors, and toddlers who aren’t in preschool for the summer (eek!). So here are a few favs from the…
Cahors, France — a photo preview
This week’s “favorites” are dedicated to my week in Cahors, France. Cahors, France Cahors, located in southwest France, hails claim to the birthplace of Malbec (the grape Argentina gets all the credit for). I was there for “Cahors Malbec Days”, a four day symposium and trade event focusing on all things Malbec. While there…
Friday Favorites – more simple summer wines and Cahors prep
A roundup of my favorite things from the week in the categories of wine, food, travel, and lifestyle. FOOD I’m still coming off a high watching hubs help cater his first event with the new smoker. 320 pounds of pork butt were slow cooked to perfection by hubby and Matt Johnston of Boda’s Kitchen…
Friday Favorites — The new Wine4.Me Wine App, strawberry madness, and summer wines
A roundup of my favorite things from the week in the categories of wine, food, travel, and lifestyle. WINE Wine4.Me Free Wine App Has Launched I’m so excited for the hardworking team at Wine4.Me on the launch of an app that has been four years in the making. For full disclosure, I have consulted…
Friday Favorites – Sunny days are here again
A roundup of my favorite things from the week in the categories of wine, food, travel, and lifestyle. Happy Friday! This has to go down as the greatest week (weather wise) we’ve had all year (that is if you’re okay with temperatures spiking into 90’s, which I totally am). It was gorgeous. To make matters…
Mini-Vacation Spotlight — Sedona, Arizona
In lieu of a “Friday Favorite” post this week I’ve decided to highlight favorite finds from our recent vacation in Arizona. For Mother’s Day two years ago my husband asked what I’d most like. I told him I wanted Sedona. I wanted to go somewhere warm, quiet, beautiful, serene, and most of all peaceful. I…
Friday Favorites – Touring Oregon Wine Country
A weekly roundup of my favorite things this week in the categories of wine, food, travel, and lifestyle. Since returning to Oregon I’ve tried to immerse myself in Pacific Northwest wines, specifically on understanding the intricacies of each wine-growing region. This week I had the opportunity to spend some time focusing on two different regions…
What we’ve been drinking
I recently attended two fantastic events showcasing Northwest wines. First, at Taste Washington in Seattle, and second (and closer to my own backyard) the Columbia Gorge Winegrowers Grand Tasting in Portland. In addition, I’ve opened several standout wines at home recently that I’ve wanted to share. So I decided to highlight some of the best…
