Kitchen playtime – the catching up extended version

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Well, it’s been an interesting couple of weeks at the Dominic household. I haven’t done this column in a while because first I had a stomach bug and couldn’t stand to think about food. And then Hubby got some sort of stomach ickiness, and we passed it back and forth for a while. We were

Wine Professional Interview: Bob Manley of Hermit Woods Winery

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I’m super excited to welcome Bob Manley to the blog today to kick off what I hope will become a series of interviews of professionals in the wine industry. Bob is one of the partners at Hermit Woods Winery, and when you go to their tasting room, you’ll probably see him. He was my liaison

Oeno-fessions: I Drank Fruit Wine and I Liked It

The tasting bar at Hermit Woods Winery I was going to try and figure out how to do this overlaid with the lyrics to the Katy Perry song I Kissed a Girl, but alas, I just couldn’t make it work. In the wine world there are anti-snobs, or people who eschew snobbery and then get

Five Things to Love about the South Okanagan Valley

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Since the kids these days are all about lists, I thought I’d create one to discuss some of the highlights from our recent trip to the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia, Canada. Before you ask, no we didn’t see any of the Women’s World Cup soccer (futbol for those of you from outside the U.S.)

Kitchen Playtime: Summer Holidays

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Happy belated July Fourth and Canada Day! This post covers the food we made for both. Since Canada Day was July first, I’ll start with that one. I got caught in a hellacious rainstorm that afternoon while on a marketing visit, and so I was really happy that Hubby volunteered to cook that night while