30-minute dinner: Simple flank steak with Spanish rice and red wine
A steak dinner doesn't need to be saved for a special occasion. This spicy flank steak goes from fridge to table in about 30 minutes — making it totally doable...
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Why you don’t need to spend money on a fancy wine opener
Sometimes I think about how crude silverware is — even the most modern, elegant Scandinavian-designed flatware. Forks, knives and spoons are primitive tools at their core. They're made of metal,...
Mexican-style scrambled eggs brightened by crisp white wines
Whether you have them for a weekend breakfast or a simple weeknight dinner, the well-spiced Mexican scramble calls out for a white wine with character and acidity, like the three...
Why I don’t collect wine, even though I write about it
Various people in my family collect roosters, turtles, dolls from around the world and ukuleles. I'm probably leaving a few out, but those are the big ones. And to clarify,...
Chicken-fried steak goes uptown with 3 wine matches
Today we bring a little comfort food nostalgia, the chicken-fried steak. How can something so humble go with wine, a beverage many consider more high-brow? Well, that type of seemingly...
Go all in with Latin flavors in a sofrito-coated steak — and wine
The flavors of sofrito, a blend of peppers, onion, garlic and in this case cilantro, anoint flank steak for a decidedly Latin result. Fitting, then, to pair it with wines...
7 ways to make your BYO wine experience better
Few three-letter abbreviations besides DIY and IMO are more USA than BYO. That's "bring your own" bottle(s) for those of you who are in not ITK. That's "in the know"...
Pizza is fun — the wine should be too: Here are 3 that deliver
A pre-baked pizza shell from the supermarket can be a lifesaver — or at least a dinner saver — on a busy night. On top of convenience, it invites you...
Primer on zinfandel, the all-American (OK, originally Croatian) grape
As a hard news reporter in the 1990s, skinny notebook in hand, I heard over and over that there was no such thing as a carjacking. At the time, it...
Why you should stop rolling your eyes at merlot
Everybody say it together now ... Not all merlot is lame. We're convinced, right? We'll give it another chance? And we'll keep an open mind? In the name of smart...