This recipe from the Nonna’s Recipes series is my mother’s “tater soup” that she wrote down for my grandmother in 1980. At the time, my 22 year old mother was newly graduated from cosmetology school and a single mom. So it makes sense that this is poor folk comfort food that we likely had very often. This cheap, […]
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Nonna’s Glazed Carrots
Taking a break from sweets, next in the Nonna’s Recipes series is glazed carrots, and easy side dish my grandmother Nonna copied from a friend in the 1970s. I have no memory of eating it, so this recipe was an experiment with a great outcome. I recommend serving these carrots with poultry and would be complimented with […]
Nonna’s Divinity (First Attempt)
Well, an attempt was made. Riding a high from the peanut butter fudge success, I successfully screwed up the second recipe in the Nonna’s Recipes series, my great-grandmother Mawmaw’s divinity that my grandmother Nonna made every Christmas. I remember her struggling with it when the humidity was too high, so living in Houston, I’m already set up […]
Nonna’s Peanut Butter Fudge
First in the Nonna’s Recipes series is my great-grandmother Mawmaw’s peanut butter fudge that my grandmother Nonna made every Christmas. I have fond memories of her making it (and divinity) and fuzzy memories of my sugar buzz after eating as much as possible. So this recipe was easy to recreate since I distinctly remember the […]
Nonna’s Recipes
My family has experienced a lot of tragedies this past year, including a monster hurricane damaging my grandmother’s home in Louisiana, and then losing my grandmother and my mother most recently. Because of the water damage following the hurricane, I couldn’t handle being in the house after the storm. Physically or mentally. But my mother, […]
Exploring Alentejo Red Blends Wine & Food Pairing
In this edition of Supper Club Sips, we explored five really stellar Portuguese red wine blends from the Alentejo region. We attended a wine sustainability program late last year and had the pleasure of sampling a couple of these wines already, but stacking five blends together in one sitting, plus pairing them with Valentine’s Day faire, was […]
Exploring Monte Velho Wine & Food Pairing
In this edition of Supper Club Sips, we explored two delicious Portuguese white and red wine blends from Esporao Monte Velho, and paired these wines with good ol’ American comfort food. Wines that we sampled: Monte Velho White 2019 Monte Velho Red 2019 Having a particularly rotten day, comfort food was on the menu, and this turned […]
Exploring Gaia Wine & Food Pairing
In this edition of Supper Club Sips, we explored two Gaia red wines on Winter Solstice (and the Great Conjunction of Satern and Jupiter) during a pandemic in a backyard setting. This most auspicious astrological event paired well with great weather, great friends, and great wines. Wines that we sampled: Gaia Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 Gaia Cabernet […]
Exploring Domaine Bousquet Wine & Food Pairing
In this edition of Supper Club Sips, we explored a lovely sparkling rose whilst celebrating Christmas during a pandemic in a backyard setting in the cold dead of winter. Odd as it all sounds, we really enjoyed ourselves. Wine that we sampled: Domaine Bousquet Sparkling Rose This beautiful and refreshing dry rose from Domaine Bousquet in […]
Exploring Portuguese White Wine & Food Pairing
In this edition of Supper Club Sips, we continued to explore Portuguese wine samples with two white wines. Portuguese wine has quickly become a house favorite and crowd pleaser when dinner partying with friends. And under $20/bottle, I’m more inclined to share anyway. [Related: Exploring Alentejo Whites with a Portuguese Wine & Food Pairing] Wines that […]