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Wine Pairings for Dishes with Jujube as recommended by Karen Bonarrigo & Merrill Bonarrigo Wine & Jujube (Chinese Red Date): Dates do not grow in our area but Jujube’s do and dried jujube’s taste just like dates! Pit them just like dates before using in a recipe. Use them in any recipe calling for dates. […]
Print Date Nut Bread Recipe with Jujube (Chinese red Date) Ingredients 1 ½ cup dried Jujubes Red Chinese dates ½ cup Papa Paulo Port 2 ½ cups water 1 Tbsp baking soda 1 cup chopped pecans optional 2 cups granulated sugar 3 tbsp butter 2 eggs beaten 1 tsp salt 4 ½ cups all […]
JUJUBE – GARDENING TIPS FROM THE CULINARY VIEW as recommended by Michael Vidrine It is certain that August will be a warm month and possibly quite dry as well. Despite tough growing conditions, we will be harvesting one of our most hardy and somewhat unusual fruit trees – the jujube. The jujube (Ziziphus jujuba ) […]
Fete des Vignerons 2019 July 18th – August 11, 2019 Looking for something to do in the next 13 days? This may be the only chance of your lifetime! Vevey, Switzerland Don’t miss the show! Only happens 4-5 times per century since 1797. 2019 marks its 12th production. Organized by the Confrerie des Vignerons, the […]
Wine Pairings for Dishes with Southern Peas as recommended by Karen Bonarrigo & Merrill Bonarrigo Wine & Southern Peas: Why do they pair well with wine? They have a high level of protein and starch which give balance to acids in wines. When do you use them? In winter, try them in a curry sauce […]
Print Cowboy Caviar Ingredients 2 cups cooked black beans – cooled 2 cups cooked southern peas also known as cow peas or black eye peas- cooled 1-2 cups Fresh diced tomatoes 2 cups cooked corn kernels 1 small red onion diced 1 green bell pepper 1 jalapeno minced 1 bunch cilantro chopped S+P to […]
SOUTHERN PEAS – GARDENING TIPS FROM THE CULINARY VIEW as recommended by Michael Vidrine July is the first full month of summer and brings hot days and warm nights. July is typically our lowest rainfall month as well so the crops we are growing now need to be robust. Fortunately, there are many wonderful vegetables […]
Wine Pairings for Dishes with Blackberries as recommended by Karen Bonarrigo & Merrill Bonarrigo 5 Things to Know: Use blackberries fresh or frozen and in sweet or savory dishes. Blackberries are a common descriptor for wines, especially Bordeaux reds (Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec, Petit Verdot), Primitivo and wines with black fruit jammy flavors. These are […]
Print Ingredients 1 lb Fresh Blackberries hulled and rinsed 3 Tbsp sugar 3 Tbsp AP flour ½ cup MH port 2 cups rolled oats 1 cup flour 1 cup brown sugar ½ lb cubed cold butter 1 Tbsp cinnamon Instructions • In a bowl mix together the berries/sugar/ flour/port• In a separate bowl mix together […]
BLACKBERRIES – GARDENING TIPS FROM THE CULINARY VIEW as recommended by Michael Vidrine When I was a boy my family would go “berry-ing” this time of year. Each armed with a bucket and a stick we would pick wild dewberries. The bucket held the harvest and the stick was used to probe for unwanted critters […]
