An award-winning recipe for Marinated Smoked Tri Tip from our very first BBQ competition, made with a wine marinated Tri Tip and smoked slowly to perfection. Serve alone or with a delicious chimichurri sauce. Scroll to the bottom for the the video. We have learned a lot about smoking tri tip over the years. It has…
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Smoked Bloody Mary with Smoked Bacon (the Video)
Smoked Bloody Mary with Smoked Bacon is an absolute must try for your weekend brunch. It’s even better made with fresh summer tomatoes! Since we first created this smoked bloody mary recipe back in 2014 it’s become a staple at any brunch we host. The original recipe includes smoked ice, which is definitely worth the effort, but…
12 Wines for Spring 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…
Smoked Tri Tip and Wine Pairing
A fool-proof recipe for easy Smoked Tri Tip. Tri Tip is an easy, quick, and affordable alternative to smoked brisket. Learn the secrets to perfectly smoking this lean and delicious cut of beef from a BBQ caterer. Bonus is this recipe comes with perfect wine pairings! We’ve said it once, and we’ll say it again. We absolutely…
Oregon Sparkling Wines for the Holidays on KGW Portland Today
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. And by that I obviously mean it’s the season for bubbly! Wohoo! And speaking of bubbly, I got to talk about my absolute favorite wine topic on KGW Portland Today this week!!! Champagne and sparkling wine are certainly available year-round, and I drink bubbly weekly (usually on Fridays,…
Weekend Wine Love – Fall Wine Finds
Well this post is a bit overdue! Originally intended as my “September Wine Highlights” and then look what happened. It’s now nearly the end of Oct-friggin-ober. How did that happen?! That being said, it’s never too late to share some great wine finds, and I’m sure most of these wines are still hanging around waiting for…
Summer 2016 in Photos…
… And some words. And also some emotional mom confessions. First, the fun stuff! Smoked Steak Skewers, served at an Ember and Vine event earlier this summer. The steak was smoked, then we cut it into chunks, skewered them, and finished them off on the grill for char! So good. Small bites paired with Bells Up…
Smoked Mexican Burgers with Chorizo and Smoked Poblanos
Our secret to smoking burgers with incredible smoky flavor and moisture with the perfect char on the outside. Plus a recipe for Smoked Mexican Burgers with Chorizo and Smoked Poblanos. Burgers. Oh burgers. I’ll be honest; I was never a huge homemade-burger-at-home kind of gal. I used to reserve those for restaurants that are known for…
8 Rosé Wines to Kick off Spring
‘Tis the season for rosé! Now let’s be honest, I love love love me some rosé year-round. I drink it while cuddled by the fire, alongside my Thanksgiving dinner, eating grilled steak, and even while shoveling the snow off my driveway. Just kidding, I live in Portland. It snows barely once a year here (but…
TV Appearances
Below is a list of TV appearances Vindulge has been featured on. Click on any of the links to view the videos. Kid Friendly Taco Bar on AM Northwest (July 2018) Barbecue Sauces on AM Northwest (June 2018) Cooking up Brisket Chili on AM Northwest (September 2017) Smoked Marinara on AM Northwest (August 2017) How…
Reverse Food & Wine Pairing: Sbragia Cabernet Sauvignon with Flank Steak
More often than not when it comes to food and wine pairing it’s just that — food, and then the wine. “We’re having this killer grilled salmon for dinner, what wine should we pair with it?” But sometimes you find a wine (or in this case two) that is so interesting that you create a meal…
Hosting an Elegant and Easy Oscar Party on AM Northwest
We were back on AM Northwest! I still pinch myself each time we get the incredible opportunity to share our food with an audience like the awesome folks and viewers of AM Northwest. It’s so surreal!!! This is seriously a dream come true for us, and no matter how many times we go on I…
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…
Recent Articles — Prosecco Risotto on Palate Press
… Or how I learned how to make a unique and unforgettable risotto recipe from a Prosecco producer in Italy. “I’m not a trinket person. I don’t spend much time in gift shops looking for souvenirs to bring home. While bottles of wine purchased in a region can bring back great memories, once they’re gone…
Friday Favorites — Different Shades of Oregon Pinot Gris
A weekly roundup of my favorite things from the week in the categories of wine, food, travel, and occasionally lifestyle. Alright alright, so it’s not always “weekly” but you get the idea. As summer wraps up (wipes sad tears from eyes as she puts on socks for the first time in months), I refuse to…
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…
IPNC 2015 — Photo Preview
IPNC, the International Pinot Noir Celebration, has been on my bucket list since I moved to Oregon in 2006. I finally got to attend this year! This three-day event, held every year in July on the campus of Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon, lived up to its hype. The event is described as a “mecca…
Cooking Segment on AM Northwest
We were on TV! Sean (often referred to as “The Hubby”) and I were invited on AM Northwest to cook up our award-winning Smoked Beef Brisket Nachos. We had so much fun! Click HERE to watch the segment. If you’re new here, welcome! Let me give you a little background. My name is Mary and…
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…
Sparkling Wines for The Holidays
Let’s pop some bubbly! It’s that time of year folks. The time of year where store shelves are stocked high with sparkling wines the same way they are inundated with rosé in the summertime. And while I drink bubbles year-round (heck yeah, even in a blizzard!), I do recognize that it’s this time of year…
Celebrating Four Years of Parenthood with Berlucchi Cuvée 61 Rosé Brut
Something special happened over the weekend. The twins turned four! How did that happen?!? I know I sound like a cliché parent, but just yesterday (seriously, yesterday!) they were just infants. Now they’re little boys who like to remind me that they’re not babies. Let’s get one thing straight kids; even when you’re towering over…
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…
10 Fourth of July Recipes and Wines for BBQ
If any holiday gets me more excited about cooking than Thanksgiving, it is, hands down, 4th of July. 4th of July in my Portland neighborhood is… well… Picture 4th of July in Mayberry. It’s pretty darn close. Combine the charm of a close-knit neighborhood with an adorable parade and neighborhood-wide BBQ. It’s pretty darn perfect….
Different Styles of BBQ Sauces
A rundown of the major styles of BBQ and regional sauces and what they are good for. I love being asked what my style of BBQ is, for a couple reasons. I find it an opportunity to gauge how much that person really understands styles, and why it matters (or doesn’t). To be candid, if…
