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Blog Post #65 – Education

  • Blog Post #17 – Food & Wine (main course)

    This week’s post is a common “one pot” meal, American Goulash. Not to be confused with its European counterpart (Hungarian Goulash), which is more of a meat and potato stew. This quick and easy meal is made from the following ingredients, which can all be purchased at the Clinton Hannaford: Hannaford Classic Elbow Macaroni, cooked…

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  • Blog Post #16 – Wine of the Month (December)

    As a “seasonal” treat, I have chosen Moet & Chandon Imperial Brut Champagne as the Wine of the Month for December. French Champagne is the undisputed “king” of sparkling wine. Besides being a very popular drink to ring in the New Year with (hence the seasonal), it also goes well with most appetizers. The issue,…

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  • Blog Post #15 – Education

    As promised, this post will contain useful “general” wine information. Hopefully, you will find most of it helpful. Much of the information shared will come from my Sommelier course notes from the National Wine School (NWS), unless otherwise indicated. When storing/ serving wine, there is a “general” rule of thumb, red wine should be at…

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