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Creamy Pumpkin Bechamel Sauce

This flexible creamy pumpkin bechamel sauce gives an autumn flare to pasta, risotto – and even roast chicken.  by Erin Don’t let the word “bechamel” scare you. This rich sauce is actually dead easy to make, as long as you know how to stir. Adding pumpkin and fall seasonings just up the ante. Of course,...

Sunday Supper: Wine & Food Pairing of the Week

Pasta Puttanesca with Cabernet Sauvignon We know. Not the most obvious pairing in the world. Not even overly appealing at the initial thought of it. You’d think we’d go for something more classic, like a Chianti, to pair with this savoury, briny, salty, tomatoey pasta. Yes, you’d think we’d do that, but we didn’t. Related:...

Sunday Supper: Wine and Food Pairing of the Week

Orecchiette with butternut squash, Swiss chard and hazelnuts paired to Chardonnay This week’s recipe is inspired by Bon Appetit. Recently the gourmet magazine came out with an impressive piece on 30 Days of Butternut Squash. And, of course, we were all over it. Their recipe for orecchiette with butternut squash is the basis for our...

Pesto Pasta with Pancetta & Peas Paired with Pinot Grigio

Judging by that headline, it might be fair to say we’re a wee bit delirious with these early wafts of spring. After such a long, long, looong winter, we’re cautious that this could just be a coy tease from that saucy minx Mother Nature, but, weaklings that we are, we’ll yield to temptation and revel...