Category Archives: Food & Wine

Cooking With Pacific Northwest Wine

Exciting news for 2024: The Pacific Northwest Wine Competition has launched a series of instructional videos on cooking with wine. All wineries that received Gold or Double Gold medals in the 2023 competition are eligible to submit their wines, and the Whatcom Beer & Wine Foundation – producers of the competition – will film the […]

This Decadent Flourless Chocolate Cake Pairs Perfectly with Port and Port-Style Wines

From a 1995 recipe by Zacchoreli Frescobaldi-Grimaldi. Served with a Thurston Wolfe Touriga Nacional Port at Dan’s “Big, Bold Red Wines” wine class at Bellingham Technical College. Anyone who loves chocolate will love flourless chocolate cake. I’m sure that this type of formula has been around for ages, but the flourless chocolate cake enjoyed maximum […]

LaConner’s Hellams Vineyard Announces Summer, 2018 Winemaker Dinner Cruises

Jeff Hellam of Hellam’s Vineyard Wine Shop and Wine Bar in LaConner has announced this 2018 Summer Winemaker Dinner Cruise schedule: JULY The July “Taste of Walla Walla” dinner cruise will feature three “young gun” superstar winemakers including Cameron Kontos of Kontos Cellars, Justin Basel of Solemn Cellars (formerly of Basel Cellars fame) and Greg […]

Tulalip Resort Casino: Great Food & Wine Combine for a Unforgettable Progressive Dining Experience

Zacchoreli Frescobaldi-Grimaldi contributed to this article. Tulalip Resort Casino is an exceptional getaway, located just north of Seattle and an hour south of Bellingham. While the Resort offers to entertain you, you might also consider entertaining yourself – and your friends – by wining and dining with a “progressive style” approach during your visit and […]

Bellingham Alive “Sips of the Season” Event Features Thurston Wolfe/9 Restaurant Food and Wine Pairings

Start with solid, flavorful Washington wines, pair them with carefully planned, expertly prepared small plates, and serve them to an enthusiastic group of food and wine consumers. These elements converged to make Bellingham Alive’s Fall Sips of the Season a smashing success at North Bellingham Golf Course’s 9 Restaurant last November. Thurston Wolfe Winery provided […]