Pomegranate New York Sour. This tart and sweet whiskey cocktail features a red wine float and gorgeously pink, pomegranate-spiked base. It’s the perfect cocktail for Valentine’s Day, and while it looks impressive and professional, even a cocktail novice can whip it together. Well, it’s still winter– we’re only halfway through it, in fact– and we’re…
Antipasto Tortellini Pasta Salad
Everyone goes crazy over this Antipasto Tortellini Pasta Salad! It’s a flavor-packed potluck favorite, and leagues better than anything you can get from the grocery store. This loaded pasta salad recipe features multiple cheeses, meats, olives, peppers, and more to create a hearty summer side dish. It’ll definitely become your go-to pasta salad!  I’ve spent…
Skillet Red Wine Brownie
Chocolate and wine. Name a more iconic duo, I’ll wait. When it comes to heartthrob food pairings, dark chocolate and fruity red wine is the most sensual and simple combination that immediately comes to mind. Take a bite and then a sip, and it’s all bliss, baby. This is one Valentine’s Day cliché that I’ll happily…
Balsamic-Red Wine Roasted Chicken Thighs and Vegetables
Chicken thighs and I have had a rocky relationship throughout the years. My mom always avoided them in favor of the leaner breast meat, and because she shied away from them, I thought that there was something inherently unappetizing about thighs. I avoided them at all costs, up until my twenties when I realized that so many recipes…
Filet Mignon with Herbed Butter and a Zinfandel Reduction
First of all, let me apologize for not posting yet this week. Lately, I’ve been about as able to write a single coherent sentence as the characters on MTV’s Buckwild have been to speak one. Haven’t watched it? Don’t, unless you really love reading subtitles and you don’t mind dying a little bit inside. They…
