A Food, Spirits & Wine Blog

Hosting Thanksgiving dinner for family and friends can be a daunting task for even the most experienced home cooks. I mean, we’re talking about a meal that includes a finicky bird, along with 4-5 side dishes and multiple desserts as well – talk about stressful! One way to simplify things and save time is to focus on making fast and easy, but delicious side dishes. Here are three of our favorites! I really enjoy hosting Thanksgiving dinner for family and/or friends! In additio

Strangely, and not for any good reasons, the Kennedy Center has been in the news quite a bit lately. As a result, it has brought back so many great memories of living in the Washington DC metro area, and taking advantage of all of the amazing history, fantastic restaurants, and vibrant cultural and arts scene. And the Kennedy Center? That’s the epicenter of it all! Here’s my tribute to the Kennedy Center, and the fantastic food, wine, and arts scene in our Nation’s capital! L

Most of the greatest, most sought after wines from France are red wines from Bordeaux, Burgundy, and the Rhone region. But France also produces fantastic white wines as well! There’s a winery in Paso Robles, CA that specializes in producing high quality wines that emulate the greatest wines from France, and they do it extremely well. Let me introduce you to the great white wines of France, by way of Daou Vineyards in Paso Robles! A collection of Daou Vineyards French varietal

I love sandwiches in all forms! Hoagies, po-boys, heroes, reubens, clubs, grinders, paninis, burgers, wraps – the list goes on and on! But I recently discovered tortas, which I always thought of as a cake or pie more than a sandwich. Here’s my new take on the classic Mexican torta! When a new sandwich shop opens in Sarasota, Laurie and I immediately start planning our visit – you can never have too many sandwich shops nearby! And the more ridiculous the sandwich the better! I

Last week we reviewed six restaurants/bakeries in the Sarasota area that Laurie and I have recently tried. This week we’ll round out the list with six more restaurants that we found worthy of our attention – let’s see if you agree! Our hometown - beautiful downtown Sarasota Eggsperience Eatery Eggsperience Eatery in Bradenton Vegetable Hash Meat Lover's Omelette Eggsperience Eatery is another breakfast/lunch restaurant tucked away in a slightly rundown strip mall off of 70