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OK . . . here’s your culinary quiz for today: What is a stew?  If you look in culinary dictionaries, stews are defined as using a cooking technique called braising. In fact, the words stewing and braising mean

  Ingredients 30 fresh, Taylor Frozen Top-Off Oysters 1 1/2 cups beer 2 cloves garlic Seasoned salt to taste 7 black peppercorns 1/2 cup butter 1 onion, chopped 1 clove garlic, crushed 10 ounces frozen chopped spinach,

Traditionally a cocktail or two are the beverages of choice for New Year’s Eve or Day.  Of course, I wouldn’t refuse a nice glass of sparkling wine or Champagne either to celebrate.  With any of those, a

Best Whites Sparkling Wine: Domaine Carneros 2014 Le Rêve Blanc De Blancs, Estate Grown, $120. Every now and then we all need to do something special for ourselves, a new car or a pair of earrings for