So I did them a day later, but the mostly-local poached figs were wonderful. I sliced the CSA figs in half and poached them in some Touriga Dulce from Blackstock Winery in Dahlonega, with some Cinnamon Twist from Alpharetta Spice Company. Thus, mostly-local. The spices aren't grown locally unlike the figs and the wine's grapes, but it's at least ( Read more... )

It's been a weekend. Not incredibly clever or enlightening, but a fairly pleasant weekend nonetheless.

Yesterday, I went off on the Georgia Wine Highway's annual Wine Highway Weekend. Basically, I got a wiffy goblet for $10 and some free tastings at some wineries in North Georgia. Sadly, there was nowhere to spit the wine, so I had to imbibe ( Read more... )

So the Burns Principle came out in force yesterday, at least for me, after it seems to have visited other friends on Friday. (Robert Burns, not Montgomery. "The best laid plans of mice and men gang aft agley.") Instead of the winery trip across north Georgia I had originally planned and for which I had packed a picnic lunch, I ended up hanging out ( Read more... )

For the first time since I moved to this apartment, I have a nice, warm fire blazing in the fireplace. I'll get back to working on my tabletop game for tomorrow in a moment. Right now, after the stressful day at work, I just want to sit in the darkened room and sip wine while watching the flames dance ( Read more... )