This guest post comes from D. Holdeman. The original purpose of tamales is ironic when compared to modern evenings at Mexican restaurants, eating tamales, and drinking margaritas. Tamales were first created to be used as war food for the Aztecs because they were easy to carry along on battlegrounds. Over the 5,000 years later they …
Do You Incorporate Interval Training into Your Workouts?
Whenever I’ve begun a running regimine, something I’m taking a break from due to an injury and pregnancy due (doctor’s orders…), I use interval training as a great way to get back in shape and increase my stamina. What I wasn’t expecting was to read the article “Interval Training Makes You Efficient At Work” at …
Chicken Breasts with Artichoke-Olive Sauce and Moroccan Carrots
Tonight, I made a dinner of chicken breasts with artichoke-olive sauce accompanied by a side of Moroccan carrots. The recommendation on Food and Wine’s website – pair with a Moscofilero – was absolutely a great recommendation. Of course, I could only imagine what such a pairing would be like. I would think that a light …
Event of Interest: Protest in Detroit over Black History Book Dumping
It’s never a good thing when books are burned, but what about when books are dumped out of a school district’s collection? In a city neighboring Detroit, recently, there were protests sparked over the dumping of Black History books. Evidently, a Detroit-area school district dumped thousands of historic works – more than 10,000 volumes that covered Black …
What Would You Pair With Gazpacho and Fruit Salad?
Last night, wining husband made an amazing dinner with the help of Tiger Boy: Gazpacho, garlic-dill crackers, and a tangy fruit salad. Even though we’re not currently drinking wine due to my pregnancy, we had a discussion about what we would pair with this meal. The gazpacho was spicy and filled with tomato goodness. We …
Event of interest: Disabled Girl Denied Access to Museum in Savannah, GA
On a recent visit to the Ship of the Sea Maritime Museum, an 11-year old girl was denied access because the docent surmised that her wheelchair would dirty the carpets. You can certainly understand the outrage of the family who visited this Savannah, Georgia museum. The girl’s family did receive an apology letter, which they posted here on Facebook. The …
Get Involved: Petitions – Starbucks: Change from Plastic to Biodegradable
I love my coffee fix as much as the next person, but what I don’t love is the amount of waste grabbing coffee on a daily basis creates. Sure, I try to remember to bring my reusable travel mugs, however, sometimes I forget and I’m burdened with the guilt that I’m contributing to the large …
Wines Aged Under Water? Have You Tried Any of These?
In an article at Snooth today, Wine Under Water, the art of aging wine under water was the topic of discussion. The idea is that instead of aging wine in barrels or in a cellar, certain companies are aging their wines under deep water (think off the coast of South Carolina). These wines sell at …
Now Accepting Guest Posts
If you’ve always wanted to write about wine, or if you have your own wine blog, perhaps it’s time to think about guest posting on Wining Wife. Guidelines for posting can be found here. Even if you don’t want to write about wine, but you have a great recipe, or you would like …
Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cookies (My Absolute Favorite!)
So, today I was sitting around writing and editing, and I thought about the peanut butter chips that have been hanging out in my new pantry. I’d forgotten I’d bought them. I don’t know about you, but I love chocolate and peanut butter together, and I was really excited to find Sunspire Peanut Butter Chips, which …
