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Soft Shell Crab Pairing Challenge – The Vote

I love food’s that bring out my inner gastronomical caveman! There’s nothing like bone marrow, calamari tentacles, or elk chops to help get him beating my chest in delight. Soft shell crabs are another one of those foods. You’re actually eating the whole dang crab, shell and all. There’s a crunchiness and primitiveness to it that makes me want to drag a club and walk around in a loincloth. Thus, I was…

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Beer Versus Wine – The Soft Shell Crab Pairing

Congratulations to August’s Beer Versus Wine Challenge winner – The Wandering Sheppard!  Part of the honor includes coming up with September’s challenge.  Participants have until next Tuesday, September 9 to turn in their suggestion before we take it to a vote.  Winner gets to present October’s challenge.  For more on the rules, click here. “You want me to do what?” I asked the fisherman behind the counter. When I decided to choose Soft…

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Winner Winner Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream Dinner + Recipe

Truly the most fun we’ve had with the Beer Versus Wine Challenge yet!  Just check out the vote post.  Suggestions continued pumping in even after nominations were closed.  Or look at the Facebook comments from the vote post announcement: I’m glad everyone had fun with this challenge and that we were all able to relive childhood memories by dumping alcohol on ice cream.  How woulda thunk beer floats were so popular? Nominees…

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Vanilla Ice Cream Pairing Challenge – The Vote

Mad props (yeah, I just used that phrase peeps) go out to KC Hop Talk for thinking outside of the box in August’s Beer Versus Wine Challenge!  Each challenge to date has been a main dish on the savory side of the spectrum – shrimp and grits, battered fish, enchiladas.  But KC said enough!  Kansas City BBQ is just too easy!  How about something sweet, something cold, something summery?  How about some…

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Beer Versus Wine – The Perfect Vanilla Ice Cream Pairing

Congratulations to July’s Beer Versus Wine Challenge winner – KC Hop Talk!  Part of the honor includes coming up with August’s challenge.  Participants have until next Tuesday, August 12 to turn in their suggestion before we take it to a vote.  Winner gets to present September’s challenge.  For more on the rules, click here. August is the month of the year when those of us in the Northern Hemisphere understand the weather will…

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Winner Winner Pesto Pasta Dinner + Recipe

The Gourmand household has been hashtag trending on eating seasonal.  Sure that’s easy to say in the middle of the summer when the tomatoes are plump, the peppers are ripe, and the peaches are juicy.  But with the recent addition of the Weeknight Fresh and Fast cookbook (you gotta buy this) to our library, we plan to keep the trend going year round.  You’d be surprised what the Farmers Market offers beyond…

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Pesto Pasta Pairing Challenge – The Vote

Beer with Basil Pesto?  Who would have thunk?  I wouldn’t have, but Beer in my Belly sure thought it was a winning combination with this month’s first suggestion of Saison Renaud from Mystic Brewery.  So did KC Hop Talk with their nomination of Boulevard’s Tank 7, a farmhouse ale.  I was stymied.  I couldn’t believe the first two suggestions were beer!  I guess this further exemplifies the purpose of this challenge – to…

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Beer Versus Wine – The Perfect Pesto Pasta Pairing

Congratulations to June’s Beer Versus Wine Challenge winner –HL from Wander and Wine!  Part of the honor includes coming up with July’s challenge.  Below is HL’s post and challenge food.  Participants have until next Tuesday, July 15 to turn in their suggestion before we take it to a vote.  Winner gets to present August’s challenge.  For more on the rules, click here. When I studied abroad in Rome, I fell in love with…

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Winner Winner Chicken Enchilada Dinner + Recipe

So far in the Monthly Beer Versus Wine Challenge, we have covered everything from decadent Blue Cheese Stuffed Filet Mignons to regional Shrimp and Grits to greasy Chicken Wings.  Yet, none of the posts gathered as many comments on Twitter and Facebook about the food alone as Chicken Enchiladas. Perhaps it’s because the dish is just so sinful, loaded with cheese and smothered in a spicy red sauce.  Perhaps it’s because the…

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Enchiladas Pairing Challenge – The Vote

I don’t think Bryan from This is Why I am Drunk realized what a reaction he would get from two ladies when he picked enchiladas for June’s Beer Versus Wine Challenge.  The first is Megs from If It Falls on the Floor.  Anyone who has checked out her blog knows how New Mexico proud she is.  In fact, in her novel suggestion below she is outright giddy.  The second lady is Mrs….

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