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Cancer. The word rings fear in most all of us, but for the Odenbrett family it is a reality. Never has a word been so hated as the cruel disease that has robbed 11 year old Timothy of a good portion of his childhood. When Timothy was five it was discovered that he had Aplastic [...]
As a tropical bird, I am “wild” about sweets and sometimes I just have to be more exotic than traditional and pair up my dessert with an equally decadent wine. As a general rule you want to pair your dessert with a wine that is sweeter. Sparkling wine or liqueurs are also a good match [...]
High food prices getting you down? Aren’t these times difficult enough without the cost of our food increasing? Our budgets are stretched and yet the necessities of life sometimes are priced out of our reach. In November 2010, the Wall Street Journal quoted the United States Agriculture Department stating “food prices are rising faster than [...]
Today’s pick was inspired by an article I wrote for my site, WhatsWorthDrinking.com. In that post I reviewed a Sangiovese by what has become one of my favorite wineries in the Temecula area. Las Piedras is the private label of Steve Hagata, the winemaker at the Temecula Valley’s own Falkner Winery. Clinging to the slopes [...]
The Roving Wino achieved a new level of entertainment when she put together the latest Wine Therapy session with The Acoustic Groove playing. The sounds of Fleetwood Mac, James Taylor and Steely Dan permeated the air as guests were sampling Spanish wines from The Wine Company and eating Paella cooked from Sandra Serebreni from A [...]
Growing up I can remember the first time I took a bite of Chicken Marsala and I was hooked from then on. I do not know why with my love for the flavorful meal I make it but once in a blue moon. I love mushrooms and the way the wine gets soaked into the [...]
I recently read a quote that said something like, “Your body already truly and deeply loves vegetables, even if your taste buds don’t love them yet”. Too true! How ‘bout this one? “Food choices are a fork in the road that is always in front of you, where one way leads to discomfort and disease, [...]
This week’s ToT Meet and Greet was in Old Town Temecula’s Texas Lil’s. What a great place to mix and mingle in this western-styled saloon/restaurant. I was unaware that the owners Ron and Becky Walton owned the two year old Vail Ranch Steakhouse and also Texas Loosey’s, both in Temecula. The Taste of Temecula’s patrons [...]
The mild metropolis of Menifee came alive on Sunday when the Menifee Woman’s Club hosted a star studded lineup at Webb Hall in what the old timers still consider “Sun City”. Robbie Motter and her team of volunteers orchestrated theevent that benefitted the less fortunate citizens of the community. The $6.00 donation plus one non-perishable [...]
