Love-ly chocolate cake recipes for Valentine’s Day.
If you’re planning to dine at home with your Valentine, then you’re no doubt looking for a simple chocolate cake recipe; here are 2 really good ones.
Tag: wine
Wine of the Week: Columbia Crest H3 Merlot
We enjoyed H3 Merlot during a recent evening of downtown bar-hopping and then found it at several local shops. It’s a great wine and a crazy bargain.
A picnic in white.
Thanks to our connections at Edible Ohio Valley magazine, Rob and I managed an invitation to a unique dinner party in Cincinnati on Saturday. I was super grouchy about it. Dîner en Blanc began as a …
Wine of the Week: A to Z Rose.
Wine: A to Z Rosé 2011 Price: $12 Tasting notes: fresh strawberries; crisp, well-balanced, nice for sipping before dinner Story: If your idea of a rosé wine is white zinfandel, then you need to get to know …
Wine of the week: Creme de Lys
Wine: Crème de Lys California Chardonnay 2010 Price: about $8 Tasting notes: nicely balanced, with tropical fruit and vanilla flavors, not too oaky Story: Rob discovered this on a recent trip to our local wine shop, which …
Simple chocolate-red wine cake.
In my estimation, this wine-infused chocolate cake is about as perfect as a dessert can be: deeply flavored, not too sweet, moist, very simple to make. Perfect, right? I spotted a photo of this chocolate-red wine …
Wines of the week: Ridge.
Here’s a look at four great red wines we explored during the holidays that you might enjoy as well. (Fortunately, I took notes!)
Wine of the Week: Project Paso Old Vine Zin
Wine: Project Paso Old Vine Zinfandel 2009 Price: $9.99 Tasting notes: nicely balanced, with ripe fruit that doesn’t overwhelm Story: Very much in the running to be the new Mooth House Red, Project Paso’s Old Vine Zin …
Wine of the Week: A. Rafanelli Zinfandel
Wine: A. Rafanelli Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel 2005 Price: $45 Tasting notes: plush and full-bodied, with jammy fruit, caramel and not-too-sharp spice Story: One of our very favorite wines, and it does Rafanelli no disservice to say …
