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Wigilia in Florida
Wigilia is the traditional Christmas Eve vigil supper in Poland.
Interestingly, there is an entry for Wigilia on Wikipedia.org.
Traditions, customs and descriptions of the food can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigilia.
Every family has their own version of the traditions.
As we used to do back at our parents house, we started with (oplatek) Christmas wafer, followed by the [...]
Gabbiano Chianti
Another great Italian Chianti.
When it is on sale, you can get for about $8. It is the same price as my favorite Ruffino Chianti. This one tasted great in contrast to my food (unripened avocado and some low fat cheese). Recently I have seen it being recommended on FoodTV HD Pairings with Andrea Immer. She [...]
Beaujolais Nouveau 2007
It is the third Thursday in November – time for wine.
Not just any wine, it has to be Beaujolais Nouveau. You are not allowed, and it is illegal, to drink it before today. The wine is young, just 16 weeks ago it was grapes. I have been following this ritual for years. Today at Costco [...]
Ruffino Chianti on sale
One of the wines I like is still, as of this posting, on sale at Publix. You can have it for $6.49 which is $2.00 off of the regular price. When paying for it, I was asked by cashier if this is a sweet wine. Not really. It is rather sour and reminds me real [...]
Spaghetti Rigati for lunch
One of my favorite foods and wine.
Noodles cooked by Zbyszko, who likes to call himself a "cooker".
Edited.
I had to edit this post because I made two spelling errors using the tiny iPhone keyboard. My fingers are too big for it. One of the my suggestions for Apple is to make the iPhone keyboard work in [...]
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