BUDGET FRIENDLY ($1/ea): Wholesome 100% home made chicken noodle soup.

Kisi amber wine from Georgia. Another 8,000 year-old delight.

BEST BREAD YET! Overnight cold fermentation 100% whole wheat sandwich loaf.

Extreme flavor: Eclectic Boeuf a la Bourguignonne using what we had on hand

The BEST Sage & Onion CHICKEN THIGHS!

Pure Dusk: The Best Sake (You're Not Drinking)

The best: Home-made mint sauce. Essential with lamb.

Tomato tart two ways: plain, plus with Brie

The Sous Chef's meal prep chicken stew. Inexpensive and nutritious.

Tasting Kopke 50 year-old Tawny port, featuring a visit to Kopke and Burmester in Porto.

Potato, Feta and Shiitake pie. Tasty and quick way to combine leftovers.

Pork in cider with apples (opt. Calvados and cream). Rich and delicious.

Best bites to enhance Port taste, feat. Graham's 10 Yr. Tawny

Mushroom mini tarts with Feta. Outrageous and delicious!

Morrisons 10 yr Tawny Port - Thumbs up. My new UK benchmark.

Outstanding Kopke White Colheita

My favorite Manzanilla versus the contenders

Welcome to my original 'Hood. A visit to a Black Country pub for traditional local food.

I recommend avoiding Lufthansa

Meatballs with bacon, cheese and parsley served with a Cavolo Nero, tomato, Port and raisin sauce.

Croft 10-year Tawny Port review. Sadly, not recommended.

NEW WINE: "Behind Closed Doors": Lisbon regional red wine from Portugal

Beef in beer with my Mom's dumplings

VEVOR meat slicer review

Soba noodle salad with Asian pear and home-made cucumber and daikon pickles.

Taru Sake - Barrel-aged Taruzake

Kabocha simmered in dashi with Ponzu, Sake and Mirin.

COSTCO Bordeaux Superieur: The best value wine at COSTCO?

Creme Fraiche made at home, two ways.

BUDGET Manzanilla versus BUDGET Sherry. But hurry. Trader Joes is discontinuing one of them.