My favorite local wine of the month

Delicious local red wine I'm sipping right now When I first started drinking wine, I loved Riesling.  So much so that my mom had to go out and get me a cool Riesling picture for our living room from Kohl's. (She's seriously the best.) Then I jumped over to loving even sweeter whites. Enter Moscato. Then we got married and gave everyone in our wedding bottles of Cab Sauv from Matthew Fox (they were seriously $2.99 but REALLY...

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Beef Ragu

Beef Ragu serves 6 (recipe found in Good Housekeeping May 2011) Beef Ragu Salt and pepper 1 tsp extra virgin olive oil 1 lb lean (93%) ground beef 1 lg carrot, finely chopped 1 lg. stalk celery, finely chopped 1 sm. onion (4 to 6 oz), finely chopped 1/4 tsp ground cumin 1/4 tsp ground coriander Pinch crushed red pepper 1 can (28 oz) no-salt added-fire-roasted diced tomatoes 1 pkg (13.25 oz) whole-grain penne 1 c. packed fresh...

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Tarragon-Citrus-Crusted Salmon

Tarragon-Citrus-Crusted-Salmon serves 4 (Recipe found in Good Housekeeping May 2011) Tarragon-Citrus-Crusted-Salmon 1 lemon 3 navel oranges 1TBS Dijon mustard 1 TBS extra virgin olive oil 1/8 tsp sugar Salt and pepper 1 seedless (English) cucumber, cut in half and thinly sliced 8 oz very thinly sliced red cabbage (about 4 c.) 1/4 c panko (Japanese-style bread crumbs) 2 green onions, finely chopped 1 TBS packed fresh tarragon...

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