An incredibly flavorful way to use leftover Kettle chip crumbs (or other favored potato chip), or just to jazz up your next pork tenderloin with some great flavor! We have an unhealthy addiction to something in my household. I’m almost embarrassed to admit it, but we’re friends right? We have a Kettle chip addiction. But…
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Classic All-American Cheeseburger — With a Twist!
How to add another element of great flavor to a Classic All-American Cheeseburger. There’s something fun about an over the top gigantic burger with a million additions, but there’s something comforting about a classic. We’re doing a reverse sear method using a grill and wood chunks to give your burgers incredible smoked flavor and that…
Turkey Burgers with Bacon Paste – Jazzing up Turkey Burgers
How to add incredible flavor to boring turkey burgers. Turkey burgers can tend to come out dry and flavorless. Adding bacon paste to ground turkey adds not only flavor but great moisture lacking in most turkey burgers. I’ll be the first to admit, when I transitioned from a vegetarian back into a meat eater it…
February Wine Favorites
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…
Grilled New York Strip Steak with Coffee Marinade and Rub
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….
Wine Travel: Discover Conegliano Valdobbiadene, The home of Prosecco Superiore
Discover Conegliano Valdobbiadene, in the heart of the Veneto, in Northeast Italy, where Prosecco is made and thrives. Prosecco often gets lumped into one category — fresh, fruity, and innexpensive sparkling wine. But if you’re willing to look a little deeper, there’s so much more to Prosecco than it gets credit for. In this post,…
Blackberry Aperol Spritz (recipe & video)
A Pacific Northwest twist on a classic Aperol Spritz. Aperol Spritz gets a new personality by adding some homemade blackberry simple syrup. Anybody who has been to the Veneto region of Northeast Italy will testify to the fact that the Aperol Spritz is *the* cocktail of the region. Shoot, many will say it’s *the* cocktail…
Valentine’s Day Recipes for your Smoker or Grill
Avoid the restaurants this year and dine in. Here are 10 ideas for Valentine’s Dinner you can cook on your Smoker or Grill. I used to be one of the many Valentine’s Day haters. You know the ones. Those who harp on the day for being an overly corporate holiday. Hater’s gonna hate. I…
Maple Chipotle Cedar Plank Grilled Salmon
Cedar Plank Salmon is amazing when coated with a sweet and spicy dry rub, cooked on the grill giving it that smoked influence, and finished with a maple syrup glaze. Sweet, spicy, and absolutely incredible. And if you don’t have a grill you can easily do this in a hot cast iron pan and finished…
Smoked Tri Tip Mac and Cheese cooked on the grill
Smoked Tri Tip Mac and Cheese is made with perfectly smoked and tender tri tip, mixed with an ultra creamy cheese sauce and cooked on the grill. It is sure to up your mac and cheese game… by about a million percent. If a winery could be my spirit animal it might be Barton Family…
Red Wine Marinated Grilled Skirt Steak
A quick and easy grilled steak marinated in a savory wine sauce. Perfect for weeknight meals, or your next Taco Night. Since moving to the country we’ve had to get serious about weeknight dinners. Before, when we lived minutes away from several grocery store options, it was common for us to play it by ear,…
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…
Our Top 7 Posts of 2017
Our Reader’s Favorite Recipes of 2017 We’re wrapping up this year end with a look back to the top reader favorites of 2017. I know you may be sick of these kinds of posts right now (because they’re EVERYWHERE!!!). But I honestly love them. And I truly enjoy looking back at what people enjoyed on…
Sparkling Wines to Ring in the New Year!
10 Great Sparkling Wines and Champagnes to ring in the New Year With Y’all know bubbly is our beverage of choice around here, and (almost) every Friday you can catch my weekly bubbles toast over on Instagram. We love our sparkling wine here! And while we drink bubbles weekly, we also realize it’s the time…
NewAir Black Stainless Steel Wine Cooler — Holiday Gift for Your Favorite Wine Lover!
Let’s talk about wine fridges for a minute, since it’s the holiday season and this is the time of year the questions roll in. I get asked about wine fridges (also called wine coolers) and wine storage a lot but haven’t written about it much here on the blog. That’s because over the last three…
Smoked Meatballs in a Cranberry Pinot Noir Sauce (recipe and video)
Smoked meatballs braised in a sweet and savory cranberry Pinot Noir sauce is one of our all time favorite holiday appetizers. It’s always a hit at a party! Guess what? The mystery of the Cranberry Pinot Noir Meatballs has been solved!!! The first time I wrote about this recipe I told you about how we…
Champagne vs. Prosecco — What’s the Difference?
It’s that time of year. You know what I’m talking about. Time to pop to the bubbly. Of course regular readers of this blog know I drink bubbly year round (and every Friday night if you follow my Instagram feed). But for many who don’t frequently indulge in my favorite drink it’s this time of…
Holiday Gift Guide for Wine & Cocktail Lovers
This is part 2 of our Holiday Gift Guide. See part 1 here, all about ideas for BBQ, Grilling, and general foodies on your list. In part 1 I discuss my love/hate relationship with most gift guides and why we narrow it to 10 in each category, and why when it comes to our favorite…
Grilled Pork Tenderloin Medallions with Bacon, Apple, Onion Chutney
A delicious grilled twist on pork chops and applesauce. Grilled Pork Tenderloin Medallions with Bacon, Apple, Onion Chutney. Remember when I told you we moved to a hazelnut farm in the country? Well not only are we surrounded by four acres of hazelnut trees, but we also have tons of berry and fruit trees as…
12 Wines for Fall Sipping
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…
Reverse Seared Pork Chops (recipe and video) With Wine Pairing
These ain’t your mama’s pork chops! These reverse seared pork chops are smoked first for that awesome flavor, and then finished hot and fast medium rare for a perfectly cooked pork chop. Sometimes when I hear people turn their noses at the idea of pork chops, I can’t help but ask them why they dislike…
Smoked Pulled Lamb Sliders
Lamb Shoulder is slow smoked to perfection, and then tenderly pulled making incredible pulled lamb sliders. You are familiar with using a pork shoulder, which is usually slowly smoked to perfection and then used to make delectable pulled pork sandwiches. But have you tried the same method with a lamb shoulder, and using that elegant,…
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,…
The Move, The Barn, New Beginnings
If you’re here for BBQ recipes, you won’t find any today. But I promise you we have some exciting new recipes and videos coming up next week. Today is all about our big move. So if you’re ready to sit down with a cup of joe and see a ton of pictures, continue on… I’ve…
![Pork butt. What can I say. It’s the gift that keeps on giving. Smoke one up on the weekend, devour as much as your heart (and stomach) desires, then store allllll the leftovers for all the things throughout the week -- starting with pulled pork tacos (because Tuesday).
Then tomorrow morning for breakfast, use even more leftover pulled pork for the most indulgent pulled pork hash. That’s right. You’ll thank me in the morning! 😬
[Recipes for all the pulled pork love can be found over on vindulge.com]
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Then tomorrow morning for breakfast, use even more leftover pulled pork for the most indulgent pulled pork hash. That’s right. You’ll thank me in the morning! 😬
[Recipes for all the pulled pork love can be found over on vindulge.com]
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