Pinot Gris is the same grape as Italian Pinot Grigio, though the two could not be any more different.  Italian Pinot Grigio is typically a light, easy-to-drink wine, and many of you may have seen the very common Santa Margherita on the menu or in...

A few weeks ago, I had a few people over for Austrian Wine Night, the second of a series of wine dinner parties to spotlight lesser-known regions that produce good quality wines. We served an apple butternut squash soup, and for dinner, we had Wiener...

As I spend more time in the kitchen, I am trying to do a better job reducing the amount of waste.   It is almost inevitable for me to throw away leftover rosemary, parsley, and cilantro, and to dump the remaining whipping cream for that recipe...

After all the trouble you go to, you get about as much actual "food" out of eating an artichoke as you would from licking 30 or 40 postage stamps.  ~Miss Piggy

Muscat from Alsace (technically and typically the Muscat Ottanel grape) is from the same family of sweet wines that some of you may have tasted, or at least have seen on the dessert menus, and these include the bubbly and refreshing Moscato d'Asti from...