How to Pair Wine with Food By Leslie Radford When it comes to wine there are three basic rules: Pair red wines with red meat, white wines with white meat and sweet wines with desserts. But let’s take it a step further. All the flavors in the food have an effect on the taste of […]

Tips for a Fun Old-Fashioned Dinner Date  By Leslie Radford  It’s been months since you and your sweetheart have been on a date. Between work and honey-dos, you haven’t made time to just be together. You need a break from the kitchen making the same dinners night after night and an old fashioned dinner date […]

How to Embrace Meatless Mondays By Leslie Radford   A national campaign back in 2003 launched an initiative to get Americans to eat more fruits, vegetables and whole grains. Their survey concluded the U.S. was eating way too much meat – 222 pound of meat per person per year, which is double the recommended amount. […]

How to Drink Sake By Leslie Radford Sake is a fermented beverage that is often misunderstood by the American population. Often described as a rice wine, sake is actually brewed differently from wine. There are many ways to enjoy this beverage. What is Sake? Sake is a traditional Japanese drink that is made by fermenting […]

A Brief History of Sake By Leslie Radford Sake is a traditional Japanese alcohol made from fermented rice. Traditionally, sake is served during formal ceremonies, special events, and national holidays. It is typically poured from a tall bottle called a tokkuri and drunk from a sakazuki, a small porcelain cup. The correct way to pronounce […]