Good Cheap Wine Guide

It’s Our Patriotic Duty!
Ok team USA, your help is needed once again. We need to make yet another national consumer sacrifice in order to preserve the American way of life. The situation is dire! You can see the concern as it is expressed on the face of every TV commentator on every cable news broadcast. [...]

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Wine and Wine Club Gifts for Mother’s Day!
Every once in a while…I am a genius. I know, it’s hard to believe, but ask anyone (besides my wife. Is “Dip” a term of endearment?) After being bombarded with Mother’s Day ads for everything from pearl pendants to carbon offset coupons I hit upon an idea that [...]

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What is it about Sam’s? You go in there for a necessity like bulk cheese curls, then wait in a long line to walk out with a cart full of items that you just “had to have” . Just the same, this week we went “Sam’s Diving” looking for new wines for our [...]

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OK, it’s March Madness time!  Conference playoffs are going on.  Time for real simple fare that doesn’t take you away from the tube.  (Would a 60″ flat panel look good over the stove?…hmm)  Anyway, got a great red sauce that we whip up.  Go Illini!
Ingredients:
2 jars Classico Traditional Basil pasta sauce
1 8 oz. jar mushrooms drained
5 oz [...]

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Dirty Risotto
from:Giada De Laurentiis, Giada’s family dinners

Serve to Guests!
This is an AWESOME restaurant quality meal!
Ingredients:

5 cups reduced sodium chicken broth
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 ounces pancetta, chopped
6 ounces spicy italian sausage, casings removed (we use turkey sausage too)
3/4 cup finely chopped onion
1 cup chopped red bell pepper
4 ounces button mushrooms, trimmed and coarsely chopped
1 [...]

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