Food / Dining

Easy Guide To Choosing The Right Wine

Pairing the right wine with your meal can be daunting For all but the experienced sommelier, pairing the right wine with your meal can be daunting. This is further exacerbated by the rules we often hear: white wine with fish, red wine with meat. When selecting a wine with your meal, it is best to throw such restrictions out the window and follow your own tastes and preferences. Using these easy tips anyone can enjoy a great bottle of wine with their favourite meal. Visit specialty wine shops. Specialised dealers know their wines. Letting them walk you through the selection, and listening ...
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Lady J's Catering and Personal Chef Services

Lady J's is now providing meals to go and bag lunches. Meals to go is a delivered casserole or meal including salad and bread. Prices are varied depending on the number of people you need to feed. Bag lunches include great homemade bar cookies or Lady J's famous pie. Both services require 24 hour advance ordering. Lady J's also caters special events

CrossRoads Steakhouse & Lounge at the Veteran’s Memorial Golf Course

CrossRoads Steakhouse & Lounge is located at the Veteran’s Memorial Golf Course, 203 E. Rees, Walla Walla, WA 509.522.1200. CrossRoads Steakhouse provides the absolute best view of the Blue Mountains for diners as it sits just up the hill at the golf course. A new menu offering steaks, chicken, chops, seafood & pasta have proven to guests and visitors that it is worth the stop. We feature several Walla Walla wines and you will often see the CR brand on our steaks. Our staff is friendly and provides great service in an easy and casual atmosphere. Our patio overlooking the Blues is open ...
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Sugar free Easter fun

As a society we consume more candy and sugar on Easter than all other holidays, except Halloween. Something about the fasting and abstinence during the weeks leading up to Easter makes us more open to the practice of downing as many sugar-coated marshmallows and crème eggs as our insulin levels can stand, and usually guilt free. Of course, there are many people who can’t partake of the annual sugar infused ritual of tearing into a basket of goodies, and Easter should be no less enjoyable for them. Whether you’re watching your waistline or your blood sugar, here are some sugar free, fun alterna ...
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How to Make a Great Tasting Cup of Coffee - It’s Not Rocket Science

There is good coffee and absolutely abysmal coffee. Both may start with the same elements, but one cup can taste completely different to another. Freshness is the key to great tasting coffee. Here is the play by play smackdown of how to create a fantastic tasting cup of coffee. 1. Use good beans. Go to a local coffee roaster and buy only enough coffee beans to last you a week. Buying fresh beans is one key to good taste. When you buy beans make sure the beans are all relatively the same size and same color for even grinding and flavor. If you buy beans from the supermarket at minim ...
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Walla Walla Wine Woman - Through the Grape Vine

If you enjoy wine then you should enjoy the writings of a local Walla Walla Wine blogger. Precious Memories and Red Wine - How They Linger Last week I decided it was time to go through some of my "library" wines and open a few. I am reminded of an older couple I was visiting with one day. In the past they had been great collectors of wine. As they started reaching their senior years they stopped collecting as much and now mostly buy wines that they are going to enjoy now. Their reason was "why should we age wines that we may not be around to enjoy?" Not that I plan on going anywhere soon -- continued... Memories and Red Wine - How They Linger

Coffee Grounds & Your Future

Reading your fortune with coffee is a lot like taking a Rorschach test. You need to get the big picture and interpret the symbols correctly to know what lies ahead.Here’s the step-by-step guide to how to prepare to read coffee grounds: Use a white cup to get an accurate reading Grind your beans as usual. You can use espresso, but do not allow cream, milk or sugar or anything else to be added Heat water to a boil Make your coffee in a French press as usual Then add a large pinch of coffee grounds to your cup and pour the freshly made coffee over it. Then stir. Drink the coffee by hol ...
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Boot Camp for Coffee Drinkers

Ok, so we go to a local coffee house and we order cappuccinos, cafe mochas, lattes and espressos. It isn't the paper cups that make these drinks taste so good. It's the recipe and of course the prettiness factor. Baristas all have a style of their own and every cup will taste different because of the roast, the grind, the amount used, the water, the temperature and many other things. We have all tried to make these coffee delights at home the way we think they are made, but do we really know the real way they are supposed to be made to extract the enchanting flavors correctly? Here is a q ...
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How to Carve a Turkey

To someone who is just learning to cook, this topic may seem like one of the hardest meals you will ever have to prepare. Needless to say, if you’re having a turkey there’s usually company involved which means a number of hungry people are relying on you to prepare a great meal. This can be very intimidating. Luckily we have all the information you need, in order to ensure a great meal for you, your friends and your family. In order to successfully carve a turkey, you will need to have the following pieces of equipment: One warm serving platter A pair of kitchen scissors An electric k ...
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Cooking Lesson: Seasoning Cast Iron Like The Pros

In the days before we had non-stick cookware, we had the next best thing - seasoned cast iron cookware. While non-stick cookware has certainly outdone cast iron cookware in the non-stick category, cast iron pots and pans are still favored by many chefs, including the professionals because of their durability and ability to retain flavor. But, if you're not lucky enough to have a hand-me-down from Grandma, you may find yourself confused about how to become a cast iron chef. Have no fear - you can learn to season cast iron cookware with the pros and keep them in great shape for years to come. ...
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