Posted in Home Cooking, Joyce, Recipe, Seafood, Special Occasion, tagged Cured Salmon, Finlandia Vodka, Home Cooking, President's Choice, recipe, salmon, Vodka Citrus Cured Salmon on January 5, 2017| 4 Comments »
This holiday season we’ve had a few home-cooked meals, and we took the opportunity to make some new dishes. One of which we made, and we fell in love with, was cured salmon.
We followed a recipe from Emeril Lagasse on the Food Network website. The preparation is essentially the same but we modified the list of ingredients based on our size of fillet and what we had in our pantry. The result was amazing.
Posted in Christmas Series, Drinks, Home Cooking, Joyce, Product Reviews, Recipe, Special Occasion, Wine Pairing, Wine Series, tagged BC wines, Christmas, Cipes Rose, Falafel, Home Cooking, recipe, Rose, Sparkling Wine, Summerhill Pyramid Winery on December 19, 2014| 1 Comment »
Is it a holiday tradition at your home/party to pop open a bottle (or two, or more) of sparkly? To prepare for the holiday season, we had the opportunity to sample the Summerhill Pyramid Winery’s Cipes Rose. I remember trying the Summerhill Brut at the FBC 2014 conference back in October and I quite enjoyed it, so I was quite excited about the Rose. But should it be added to your list of party wines? Let’s find out.
According to the Summerhill website, the Cipes Rose is made with 100% organic grapes. The first 75% of juice was pressed after a 48 hour cold-soak on the skins. It has quite a pretty red hue, which would be fitting for Christmas.
As soon as we pop-opened the Rose, we were immediately hit by a sweet aroma. The amount of carbonation was just right, and there was a prominent strawberry note. It was light and refreshing, and easy drinking. Felt like a summer wine, but the bubbly would also make a great party wine. The Brut was drier, more crisp, and I prefer the Rose over the Brut.
The Cipes Rose would be great to pair with lighter protein such as fish, pork, chicken and turkey. We paired it with a tomato fish stew and the wine went quite well with the lightly spiced dish. In addition, we also prepared some Quinoa Crusted Falafel Mignon, a recipe provided by Summerhill. I thought I’d share with you here as well. (more…)
Posted in Coquitlam, Dessert, Home Cooking, Joyce, Mr., Special Occasion, tagged chocolate dessert, Home Cooking, home-made, homemade, ice cream, molten lava cake on February 25, 2010| 6 Comments »
Overview:
On V-Day, I had the pleasure of being treated to a delicious homemade dessert by Joyce. And yes, I’m referring to food (mind out of the gutter folks).
For us men, chocolates are simply bittersweet snacks that we sometimes choose over fruits. They have never been an important part of my life, and they will never serve as a substitute for anything else. So right off the bat, Joyce gave herself a pretty big challenge to overcome, not taking the easy way out to please a man.
Molten Lava Cake with Chocolate Ice Cream
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