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Wild Mushroom Soup with Sherry and Thyme
A hearty Wild Mushroom Soup is the ultimate comfort food in our house. This recipe calls for both dried wild mushrooms soaked in sherry, and cremini mushrooms for a delicious, savory, earthy soup. This soup was also adapted from our very first cooking class we ever took, and in some ways launched our food and…
Smoked Salmon Dip
Smoked Salmon Dip is the perfect appetizer for smoked salmon lovers. This dip combines flavorful and tender chunks of hot smoked salmon (not lox, but you can use lox too) a mix of cream cheese and crème fraîche base, seasoned with a little dill and lemon. We have served this recipe at events throughout the Northwest…
Cowboy Ribeye Steaks with Coffee Ancho Dry Rub
These Cowboy Ribeye Steaks, or in this case thick cut bone-in Ribeye steaks, are packed with incredible flavor and great for feeding a crowd. Find out how to cook this impressive looking steak perfect every time to truly wow your guests! This post contains affiliate links, which means if you click on products, we may…
Easy Pulled BBQ Chicken Sliders — And how to smoke chicken!
Pulled chicken is one of the easiest ways to smoke and serve chicken for a crowd. Smoke a whole chicken (or a chicken cut up into quarters) and then finished as sliders is the ultimate Easy Pulled BBQ Chicken dish. We love preaching all things chicken. It tends to be an under-appreciated meat. Like a…
Grilled Peach Crostini with Mascarpone and Honey
Grilled Peach Crostini with Mascarpone and Honey is the perfect summer appetizer. Grilling peaches is a must during the summer months! Grilled peach wedges and baguette slices are grilled up, the bread is topped with some creamy mascarpone, layered with a grilled peach wedge, and topped with honey and a drizzle of aged balsamic and…
Apricot Glazed Grilled Chicken Recipe
Apricot Glazed Grilled Chicken is quick, easy, and oh so delicious. Add lime for a citrus pop and fresh diced jalapeño and you have a lip smacking dish for your next grill night. We can’t get enough grilled chicken recipes around here. It’s a weekly staple, and our kids love this healthy protein! This version spends a…
Grilled Chicken – How to Grill Perfect Chicken Every Time!
This easy Grilled Chicken comes out perfect every time! Follow these simple steps to get great flavor, crispy skin, and juicy texture for the BEST grilled chicken! Stop overcooking chicken and learn the tips and tricks that pros use! Grilled chicken can be a little intimidating for people. Too often people are afraid of under-cooking chicken,…
How to make a Spanish Carajillo…
How to make a Spanish Carajillo …or rather how I learned the proper way to order coffee in Spain, and a recipe for a Spanish Carajillo and other Spanish coffee drinks. On our second day in Spain several years ago, our group enjoyed a fantastic two hour long lunch at Loreto Restaurant in Jumilla with the…
Sparkling Wines of Italy — The wide variety you should know about
There’s a wide world of quality sparkling wine beyond Prosecco produced in Italy. If you’ve read much of this blog you’ll know that I am quite passionate about sparkling wine, and if not, now you know! This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of the Italian Trade Commission for IZEA. All opinions…
Grilled Chicken with Cherry Chipotle BBQ Glaze
This Grilled Chicken is seasoned and then grilled to perfection, and finished with a delicious sweet and spicy (and super simple) Cherry Chipotle BBQ Sauce glaze at the end. Cherry Season has never been so delicious with this cherry chipotle bbq sauce. Cherry Season is in full swing here in Oregon, and they’re everywhere! We…
Dry Brined Smoked Chicken with a Carolina Glaze
This Dry Brined Smoked Chicken is slowly smoked then finished with a Carolina style BBQ sauce glaze. If you’re looking for your next favorite chicken recipe then you’ve gotta try this! I don’t know about you, but I feel like chicken never gets enough barbecue love. At least that’s what life is like around here…
Ultimate Homemade Dry Rub for Pork and Chicken
A fantastic homemade dry rub that’s great on Pork and Chicken. We use this dry rub for ribs all the time and is great for other low and slow cooking like chicken or any pork cut. This homemade dry rub builds upon our our basic rub and adds more complexity and flavors to really provide…
Blackberry Aperol Spritz (recipe & video)
A Classic Aperol Spritz Recipe, with a Pacific Northwest twist. An Aperol Spritz is a light and refreshing Italian cocktail with the perfect balance of sweet and bitter. In this Aperol Spritz Recipe we give it new personality by adding some homemade blackberry simple syrup. Aperol Spritz, An Italian Cocktail Anybody who has been to the…
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…
FEAST Portland 2017 is Coming!
One of the annual culinary highlights of many a Portland foodie is coming next week. FEAST Portland!!!!! Feast Portland: September 14-17, 2017 What is Feast Portland? Now, in case you’re not a Portland foodie, or have just been hiding under a rock (like I was the first few years of the event), it is one…
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…
A Taste of Idaho Wines. Yes, Idaho!
Last fall I had the opportunity to discover a new-to-me region of wine, located just outside of my own backyard. It might be surprising to many, but the Idaho Wine Industry has a lot more in common with its well known neighbors than you might suspect. And it’s definitely a region I’ll be keeping a…
Vindulge nominated for an IACP Award!!!
Last week I found out some of the most humbling and exciting news of my blogging career. Vindulge was nominated for an IACP Digital Media Award for Best Recipe-Based Blog. IACP (International Association of Culinary Professionals) is an organization comprised of professionals from all aspects of the culinary industry, and a committee of industry professionals was…
Sparkling Wines to Welcome the New Year
A very bubbly list of some of the best wines to drink to welcome in the New Year. These Sparkling Wines are fantastic for New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day, or really any occasion for that matter! Bubbly is probably our favorite thing to drink around here, and (almost) every Friday you can catch my…
Milestones – ROCO 2013 ‘RMS’ Brut Sparkling Wine
Rollin Soles (the man behind Argyle Winery’s reputation for amazing sparkling wine) is back making bubbles with the release of the 2013 RMS Brut Sparkling Wine. Spoiler alert: it’s awesome! A legend. At least by Oregon sparkling wine standards that is. I’m talking about Rollin Soles; the man behind the first sparkling wine facility…
Feast Portland is Coming Soon!!!
One of the annual culinary highlights of many a Portland foodie is coming next week. Feast Portland! Feast Portland: September 15-18, 2016 What is Feast Portland? Now, in case you’re not a Portland foodie, or have just been hiding under a rock (like I was the last few years), it is, from what I hear…
Show me the heat!
Refreshing summer white wines It’s usually around this time of the year when you see articles about things to help you “beat the heat,” whether it’s drinks, cocktails, activities, you name it. We started the summer out on a hot note. In May and even early June we saw some high numbers here in Portland…
Judging at the 2016 Cascadia Wine Competition
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of being one of the judges at the Cascadia Wine Competition, held at the historic Columbia Gorge Hotel in Hood River, Oregon. I’m always excited to be part of events like this to taste new wines I may have otherwise overlooked. It’s also a great opportunity to…