Category Archives: Food

Wine class continues and I have found my favorite country/region so far. I thought the light, delicate crisp wines of Germany made out of the white grapes that grow well in northern climates were going to be my favorite but lo and behold – Portugal, Catalunya and Spain!! Rich red wines high in alcohol contentContinueContinue reading “Rioja!”

Instead of my usual holiday cookie list, I said this year I’d tell a story about holiday baking. It’s a bit late in the coming, but come it has. This happened about 6 years ago. Before I began to blog. Wow. A long time ago. That year in a library school class a fellow student brought in aContinueContinue reading “Punkin’ Bread”

In week 2 of the wine class we were taught how to read a wine bottle. I failed at this lesson miserably. It’s all in FRENCH! and I can’t tell the difference between the producer and the name of the wine and additional descriptive words and required information. It’s terribly frustrating. Have I ever mentioned hereContinueContinue reading “Wine class continues…”

Hubby and I are taking an 8-week wine appreciation course through the alumni association’s evening college at Michigan State called Wines of Europe. It started on Valentine’s Day and ends at my birthday. Nice bookends. I grew up around wine. My father and his father both made wine; my paternal grandparents and parents are bothContinueContinue reading “Moscatel de Setubal”