Turkey Chili with Syrah Chilly days call for chili dinners. Sorry we just had to. This turkey chili recipe is one of our cold weather favourites: hearty, healthy, spicy and totally loaded with flavour, it’s stick to your ribs goodness, that won’t stick to your hips. Of course, like any chili recipe you can add a...
Bit By a Fox’s Fall Fig Cocktail Prairie Rose is back with another awesome tipple! She’s totally our cocktail crush, so if you haven’t checked out her magnificent blog, Bit by a Fox, you’re missing out on some utterly phenomenal cocktails that are as creative as they are delicious. Get up close and personal with your...
French Onion Soup and Cabernet Sauvignon A day late and a dollar short seems to be our mantra these days! We’re so sorry we didn’t get up this awesome post for our Sunday Supper yesterday, but what can we tell you? We’re human. Moving forward we have the best intentions to get everything up on...
Jackson-Triggs “Grand Reserve” Niagara Estate Merlot, VQA Niagara Peninsula, Ontario 2012 $24.95 winery only A gorgeously ripe wine coming out of the warm 2012 vintage, this merlot shows loads of ripe cassis, raspberry and cherry notes alongside aromas of vanilla, sweet spice and subtle cherry tobacco. Rich and concentrated on the palate with fine tannin...
Negroni *TWS note: we’re so sorry this week’s Thirsty Thursday post wasn’t up until Friday morning! It was done and ready to go, but, alas, we did not hit the “publish” button. Clearly, we drink for a living. It’s no secret around these here parts we’re big fans of gin. Gin and tonic, in fact,...
Q. What’s a “vintage” wine? A. A vintage is simply another word for year, so when talking about a vintage wine, we’re talking about the date stated on the label. Incidentally, the vintage refers to when the grapes for the wine were harvested, not the year when the wine was released. For a wine to...
Minestrone Soup with Chianti Classico It’s the Thanksgiving weekend here in Canada. But we’re not going to give you our recipes for the Big Feast (although you can get our favourite red cabbage recipe, a mainstay of all Henderson family holidays, from a blog we wrote at Christmas or two ago). Instead, we’ve opted to give...
The Wine Sisters’ Manhattan This week’s Thirsty Thursday is dedicated to our official cocktail of winter: the Manhattan. When the weather turns cool – and ooh, boy, it is nippy out in Toronto! – we exchange our beloved gin and tonics for the rich and smokey flavours of bourbon, vermouth and a few dashes of...
Q. Wine gives me headaches. Is that because of the sulfites? A. First off, we’re not doctors, we’re drinkers, so always check things out with your medical professional before relying on health advice from a couple of winos. But, that being said… we’re going with no. Sulfites are a naturally occurring substance found in all...
Moderately Boozy Chicken Pot Pie and Chardonnay What is it about fall that just makes us crave comfort foods? Is it the soul-warming indulgence of dishes brimming with gravies, sauces and creams, the security of a hearty meal filling a previously empty belly, the rich cooking smells that waft through the house offering a “welcome...
