Revelry Reverie

This past weekend, Bob and I took my parents to Canandaigua for a night. Our plan was to attend a wine and food pairing class at the New York Wine and Culinary Center on Saturday, spend the night at Belhurst Castle, and return home on Sunday. That’s more or less how the weekend went, but…

For New Year’s, Bob and I went to Niagara-on-the-Lake in Ontario for 5 days. “But Zandy, why on earth would you go somewhere colder on vacation?” Glad you asked. Because of the surrounding geography, there is a small area that has a very temperate climate. Due to the surrounding lakes and prevailing winds, the town…

Well I definitely haven’t blogged more. It’s a shame, because I have a really good post percolating, and I want to get it out there before it dissipates.  It will be all about Christmas and New Years, and what we did and what we ate, where we went and good wine. Tantalizing, no? Yes. So…

Our puppy Penny likes to help me cook. She’s always been a kitchen dog. When she was actually a puppy (puppy age), she would stand in the kitchen and whine at the oven if it was on and we weren’t in the room. She’s also always been a no-good scavenger. When we first brought her…

Half way done with the experiment, in other words. I hadn’t thought about it at the time, but I started the blog at the perfect time, so that half of the blog fell in one year, and the other half fell in a new year. What a great time for an evaluation and fervent vows…

*So sweet, they named it twice. Last weekend Bob and I made a trek up to Rochester (and surrounding areas) for the weekend. We drove up on Friday night, and checked into our hotel. We hemmed and hawed about where to eat, checking Trip Advisor and Yelp. Finally, we settled on JoJo’s Bistro and Wine…

I was one of those lucky people who had more than one Thanksgiving this year. I got three, if you count the actual day itself. Two if you only consider a big dinner with family as Thanksgiving. They were a week apart. First was Thanksgiving: The Prequel. It was at Bob’s parents’ house the Sunday…

A few weeks ago, Bob and I went to Buffalo (to see Mary Poppins at Shea’s!). We decided to stay overnight in Buffalo, so we could have a late night and not feel too tired to drive home. We ended up staying very near the theater, at the Hyatt. I was pleasantly surprised by the…

Tonight’s dinner was tofu parm with fire roasted tomatoes with whole wheat penne. Mmmm! The recipe is from Quick Vegetarian Main Dishes from Pampered Chef. Very easy. You take a block of extra firm tofu and pat it dry. Slice it into 8 equal pieces (I went the long way, but go whatever way works…

  I cooked an organic chicken for Bob today. This is the smaller of the two chickens I bought from Sojourner Farm, since it was just for Bob.   Started out by preheating the oven to 425. I quartered some small yellow potatoes (I’d guess they’re Yukon Golds, but they’re from the farm and weren’t…