Cheesy Parmesan Twists

What could be a better appetizer than salty, crunchy cheesy Parmesan twists? Pair them with a bottle of Chardonnay and the party is off to a great start.

Prosciutto and Pastry-Wrapped Warm Gouda with Pear Compote

This warm gouda appetizer is wrapped in prosciutto and then puff pastry and baked until gooey. Serve the warm cheese topped with pear compote and toasted walnuts for edible bliss.

Bleu de Chèvre Goat Cheese and Beet Linguine

This festive pasta is made with roasted beets and served with French Bleu de Chèvre goat cheese and linguine to make for a cozy, beautiful, and easy meal.

Sweet Potato Veggie Burgers

These ridiculously flavorful Sweet Potato Veggie Burgers are made with sweet potato, chickpeas, and delicious southwest spices.

Riesling Wine Paired with Pear and Gorgonzola Flatbread

This pear and gorgonzola flatbread with prosciutto is a perfect combination of flavors. It’s easy, a delicious appetizer or main dish and utterly delicious when paired with Riesling.

5 Delicious Things to Make with Prosciutto di Parma

Let’s be real, we don’t need a ton of encouragement to eat Prosciutto di Parma, we’d eat it right of the package just fine. But if you’re looking for some inspiration or a beautifully composed dish, read on for five delicious recipes.

Warm Sticky Toffee Pudding

Sticky toffee pudding is a hallowed British dessert which is essentially a warm date cake served with a toffee sauce. It’s deliciously rich and comforting treat, perfect for a chilly evening.

Pork Green Chile and White Bean Enchiladas

A hearty, Tex-Mex inspired meal of enchiladas loaded with a meaty filling, spicy green enchilada sauce and plenty of cheese.

Homemade Apple Fritters

Just like ones from the donut shop, these glazed, homemade apple fritters are fried, sweet and so, so good.

Creamed Spinach Stuffed Mushrooms

Check out some tips to easily hosting a small holiday gathering complete with a recipe for creamed spinach stuffed mushrooms paired with wine.

Braided Garlic Bread

Braided with roasted garlic paste spread between the layers of dough, this garlic bread can be devoured right out of the oven or served with a bowl of soup.

Goat Cheese, Beet and Sweet Potato Quiche

Instead of a pastry crust, this colorful quiche is layered with sweet potatoes to give it its structure and filled with beets and goat cheese for delicious flavor.

Run Alongside Chef Curtis Stone at the Turkey Trot

Get a head start this morning making more room in the belly for feasting while also making a difference with Chef Curtis Stone.

Oat and Apple Cake

This soft oat and apple cake is easy to make and can be served with honey or as-is with tea, cider or a glass of milk. A simple, sweet treat.

Leftover Holiday Flatbread

Give your leftovers a delicious second life with this easy flatbread paired with Pinot Noir wine.

How to Host a Wine Scavenger Hunt

Expecting a house of guests for the holidays or having a group of friend over? Plan a fun activity like this wine scavenger hunt. It get people active, having fun and there’s wine involved. Win, win, win.

Creamy Mushroom Florentine with Gnocchi

As the temperatures continue to drop, get cozy with a big pan of this creamy mushroom Florentine with gnocchi

Cider and Maple Roasted Squash

A perfect fall side, this cider and maple roast squash is soft and sweet on the inside, and crisp and caramelized on the outside.

Paleo Pumpkin Magic Bars

These paleo pumpkin magic bars are a gluten free and vegan-friendly version of the classic dessert, but this time packed with fall spices.

Delicious Vegetarian Appetizer: Stuffed Mushrooms

Add these vegetarian stuffed mushrooms to your party appetizer lineup. Pair them with a Pinot Noir and your gathering is deliciously off to the races.

Whole Wheat Pumpkin Spice Muffins

Made with olive oil and whole wheat flour, these pumpkin spice muffins are not too sweet and come with a bit of a healthy spin.

Holiday Cranberry Charcuterie Board

Serve this stunning holiday spread loaded with delicious charcuterie and beautiful cranberries.

Perfect Appetizer with Chardonnay: Baked Sun-Dried Tomato and Goat Cheese Dip

This Baked Sun-Dried Tomato and Goat Cheese Dip is creamy-dreamy and can be ready, from prep to finish, in 30 minutes. Decadent goat cheese is whipped with cream cheese and parmesan, studded with sun-dried tomatoes, fragrant garlic, and aromatic fresh herbs. Serve with Chardonnay, and it’s going to be the hit of the party.

Brie, Cranberry, Turkey, and Prosciutto Sandwich

This is about to be the ultimate Thanksgiving leftovers sandwich, elevated with delicious prosciutto.

The Ultimate Thanksgiving Leftovers Pizza

In a few days, you are about to have a mishmash of leftovers on your hands. Forget turkey sandwiches, a fun pizza dressed up with turkey, cranberries, stuffing and even dollops of mashed potatoes is the way to go. Plus, we have to wines that are the perfect pairs with holiday leftovers.

Last-Minute Cocktails for Thanksgiving and Beyond

These quick cocktails are great to make in big batches for a crowd. Serve them at Thanksgiving, all the way through to your New Year’s Eve parties.

Parsnips Puree, Fig Jam and Duck Confit Crostini with Pinot Noir Wine

Serve up this elegant duck confit crostini appetizer slathered with creamy parsnip puree and sweet fig jam. It can be done in just 30 minutes and ready to pair with a bottle of Pinot Noir.

How to Create an Elaborate Charcuterie Spread

This holiday season, take your charcuterie board to a whole new exciting level. You can even ditch the physical board and dish out this elaborate spread of deliciousness.

Chocolate Chip Sweet Potato Cake

A sweet cake is perfect to share during parties or just enjoy for a dessert with the family. Sweet potatoes bring delicious moisture to the batter and pecans and chocolate chips bring delicious flavors to make the perfect sweet potato cake.

Chestnut and Mushroom Stuffed Turkey Breast

If you’re having a small Thanksgiving crowd, skip the huge turkey and make these chestnut and mushroom stuffed turkey breasts.

Spiced Caramel Apple Upside Down Cake

Dig into this tender spiced caramel apple upside down cake with a gooey apple topping that can’t be resisted.

The Ultimate Mimosas for Black Friday

Awake from your food coma and relax the day after Thanksgiving (and maybe after your shopping dash) with these ultimate mimosa recipes.

How to Create an Elegant DIY Holiday Table with Empty Wine Bottles

Check out these simple tips to creating a beautiful table setting perfect for all of your gatherings this season. These DIY ideas all use recycled wine bottles and inexpensive or foraged items.

Curried Squash and Chickpea Salad

Caramelized, roasted squash is flavored with curry and tossed with slightly crispy chickpeas, and apple cider vinaigrette and mustard greens to be a stunning fall salad.

Braised Cabbage and Bacon

This warm, braised red cabbage is a hearty fall side along with smokey, salty bacon.

Lentil and Squash Harvest Salad

This beautiful salad is the perfect side dish for your next dinner party. It’s loaded with lentils, delicata squash, kale, apple and more. Plus, the leftovers make for a perfect lunch.

Roasted Cauliflower and Sweet Potato Soup

Cozy up to a bowl of this nourishing smooth roasted cauliflower and sweet potato soup topped with a bunch of fun garnishes.

Refreshing the Palate: Crisp Italian White Wines and Heavy Fall Foods

While you may first turn to big red wines as the temperatures cool, we love pairing white wine and hearty food pairings. Take a bite of warm, cozy food, and when things get to be a bit too heavy, take a sip of cool white wine and your tastebuds will be ready for another bite.

Mushroom and French Goat Cheese Triangles

Fancy, yet no-fuss, these easy goat cheese triangles are made with wonton wrappers and filled with earthy mushrooms and creamy French goat cheese.

Vegetarian Sweet Potato Meatballs

These Vegetarian Sweet Potato Meatballs are meatless, nutritious, and only take 5 to 10 minutes to prepare, then you let your oven do the rest of the work. Serve these up as a delicious veggie appetizer this season and be sure to enter for a chance win a Vitamix.

Pumpkin Pie Crumble

These pumpkin pie crumble bars are like pie, but better! A crumb topping, thick, creamy texture and a drizzle of icing make this fall dessert a real winner.

Apple, Brie and Prosciutto Crostini

These Apple, Brie and Prosciutto Crostini are the perfect holiday appetizer. They’re perfectly balanced – salty, sweet, creamy, and crunchy and so easy to make, even if you have to make a whole slew of them to feed a crowd.

Taco Monkey Bread

All your favorite taco ingredeints are layered in a pan with dough to become the most delicious savory monkey bread. Dig into this taco monkey bread while you’re watching your next football game with friends.

Carolina Gold Rice Pudding with Lime Meringue

There’s nothing quite like a great recipe for southern-style rice pudding. We checked in with chef Katy Keefe, the pastry chef of McCrady’s & McCrady’s Tavern, for her gluten and dairy free recipe.

Sweet Potato Taco Salad

Try this fun twist on the usual taco salad by adding sweet potato noodles. They are packed with vitamins and add a nice sweetness and crunch to this taco salad.

Wine Gifting 101

A bottle of wine is a go-to gift for your friends or family members who love good food, good wine, and good company. Ensure the wine present feels meaningful with a little bit of thought. From beautiful ways to wrap a bottle to making an educated guess about what someone will like, here are our top tips to giving wine as a gift. Our favorite part about giving wine? It’s easy to purchase last minute, but it is always special.

Savory Mushroom, Apple and Sunflower Toast

Swap out your morning avo-toast for this version slathered with creamy, spicy sunflower butter, mushrooms, apple and maybe even a fried egg on top.

Festive Brunch: Hearty Winter Quiche and Wine

This Hearty Winter Quiche is the perfect dish to serve at a holiday wine party or festive brunch. With a crust made with grits and a sweet potato, sausage, collard greens filling, this quiche can be made in advance. Looking for wines to pair with this hearty entree? The Sonoma-Cutrer Russian River Pinot Noir and the Cutrer Chardonnay sip smoothly and offer variety for a crowd, too.

Winter Side Dishes We Can’t Get Enough Of

Check out these hearty side dishes that are perfect for the rest of autumn, all of winter and all the holidays and dinner parties in between.

French Goat Cheese and Beet Puff Pastry Bites

These French Goat Cheese and Beet Puff Pastry Bites are made with creamy Mothais-sur-Feuille and beets. They’re a perfect way to kick off your next gathering.

Mini No-Bake Salted Caramel Cheesecakes

Mini No-Bake Salted Caramel Cheesecakes make a wonderful dessert any time of the year with layers of no-bake Salted Caramel Cheesecake, graham cracker crumbs, cappuccino and salted caramel sauce. They’re incredibly easy to make ahead of time, too.

Sweet Potato Pie Smoothie Bowl

Get cozy with this spiced sweet potato pie smoothie bowl that tastes a bit like a creamy, fall dessert, but packed with nutrients. Plus, enter for a chance to win a Vitamix in the post.

Perfect Fall Pair: Butternut Bruschetta and Wine

Togetherness is one of the best things about this time of the year. Enjoy time with family and friends (instead of spending too much time in the kitchen) with this easy butternut bruschetta appetizer and wine pairing.

The Perfect Appetizer with Wine: Sweet Potatoes and Bacon Jam

Stressing over what wine to pair with holiday food? Relax and check out these wines pairing ideas featuring sweet potatoes served with bacon jam and wine that can be shipped to your door.

New Southern Cuisine in Columbia, South Carolina

A few favorite culinary discoveries in the revitalized area of Columbia, South Carolina.

Prosciutto and Butternut Squash Pizza

Give your next pizza an autumnal spin this easy Prosciutto and Butternut Squash Pizza made on flatbread and topped with roasted butternut squash puree, goat cheese, red onions, salty prosciutto, crunchy pumpkin seeds and fresh thyme.

Champagne to Prosecco: Sparkling Wines for all Celebrations

Whether you are celebrating the coming holidays, the new year or a life event, here are our current favorite sparkling wines to pop open to kick off the festivities.

No-Bake Cinnamon Sugar Sweet Potato Pie Bites

Give yourself a boost of energy in the form of something slightly sweet. These no-bake sweet potato pie bites are just the thing you’re craving loaded with nuts and rolled in cinnamon sugar.

Houston Eats Comes to Houston Street

Houston eats comes to Houston street – and its nothing quite like you expected.

Sweet Potato Pound Cake

This sweet, soft, stunning pound cake is made with sweet potatoes to be extra delicious and special.