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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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