Continued from: Lost Maples Trip Report: Backpacking or Wine Tasting? Both! (Part 1) What do you do when life hands you lemons? Go drink wine. So when we woke up to thunderstorms after backpack camping, we realized our 8-mile day hike that we had planned for that day was not going to happen. As serendipity […]
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Galveston Food & Wine Festival (Part 2: The Grand Tasting)
Continued from Galveston Food & Wine Festival (Part 1: Pre-Events) As much as we frequent other food & wine festivals, attending Galveston Food & Wine Festival this yeas was a first. I was born on the Island (BOI as they say), so I’ll drive down to Galveston for any event. Before the festival were several pre-events […]
Galveston Food & Wine Festival (Part 1: Pre-Events)
As much as we frequent other food & wine festivals, attending Galveston Food & Wine Festival this yeas was a first. I was born on the Island (BOI as they say), so I’ll drive down to Galveston for any event. Leading up to the festival were several pre-events in Houston and Galveston leading up to the […]
A Mini Wine Trail in Grapevine
How much damage could I do in a half day on a mini wine trail? Oh, plenty! Recently my husband and I were in the Dallas area for a convention, and we had a half day to spare before the convention got started. Some people in this situation sleep in or read a book…I find the nearest winery. […]
Sugar Land Wine & Food Affair (Part 2: The Grand Tasting & Bistro Brunch)
Continued from Sugar Land Wine & Food Affair (Part 1: Sip & Stroll) This year in addition to attending Sugar Land Wine and Food Affair’s Sip & Stroll, we also attended The Grand Tasting on Friday night at Sugar Land Marriott Town Square and Bistro Brunch in the Town Square by the Marriott on Sunday. We had VIP […]
Sugar Land Wine & Food Affair (Part 1: Sip & Stroll)
If there’s ever a time to throw a diet out of the window, April in Houston is it! Every year my husband and I go to Sugar Land Wine and Food Affair’s Sip & Stroll held on a mid-April Saturday at an outdoor venue in Sugar Land, Texas. This intimate wine and food festival draws local restaurants and […]
VIPing at Houston Press Menu of Menus
I’ve been attending Houston Press Menu of Menus off and on for years. This event is a Houston foodie’s Disneyland. The food bites, the presentation, the wine! I really (really really) enjoyed it when the venue was at Houston Museum of Natural Science, but once it moved to Silver Street Studios, the event got crowded […]
Campside Chicken Arrabbiata
Arrabbiata is a spicy tomato sauce with garlic and peppers and literally means “angry” in Italian. I’ve made it at home from scratch and from a jar, and think its delightful paired with Chianti. From my experiences with Becoming an Outdoors Woman and my love for Pinterest, I’ve been inspired to cook real food campside. […]
The Judgement of Italy: a Homemade Limoncello Tasting
Continued from Homemade Limoncello: Italian Moonshine Of course we needed to taste all the limoncello we just made! We made two limoncellos with different lemon varieties and two limoncellos with herbs. Compare those four with two limoncellos from Italy and you’ve got yourself an impromptu party! Between the four of us, we tasted six limoncellos in […]
Homemade Limoncello: Italian Moonshine
I’ll take limoncello over dessert any day. Limoncello is a lemon liqueur made primarily in Southern Italy, and especially renowned from Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast. Italians drink limoncello as a digestivo, or after dinner drink. It’s fantastic and I tend to order it anywhere it’s available. Typically I buy limoncello at a […]