I am sorry I have been such a blogging slacker but my schedule has been crazy and I just haven't been cooking so god knows its hard to write about food and wine when you aren't cooking and eating...details right? However, since its a holiday we all know it will be filled with fun, food, family and friends. I decided to make Deviled Eggs because I have been craving them...very weird as I never crave them...for the last 2 weeks. Rachael Ray did an article in this months magazine about deviled eggs so I decided to give her recipe a try...she actually had 10 variations ranging from more traditional to Asian. I decided to stick with the more traditional variety as I didn't want to scare away Erin's family (which is where the eggs were going).



However, even Rachael's more traditional recipe had a few ingredients that were out of the ordinary-worcestershire sauce, garlic and relish. The recipe also called for grated onion and if you haven't grated an onion before let me tell you that is a messy undertaking. Thankfully the recipe only called for 2T of grated onion otherwise both myself and the kitchen would have been a hot mess.

The recipe did have a nifty little egg stuffing trick. You put the mixture in a freezer bag and cut the corner off and use it kind of like a pastry bag to fill the eggs...way easier than trying to use a spoon like I have done in the past.



Has anyone else noticed how hard it is to peel the perfect hard boiled egg? I helped a friend peel her eggs yesterday and I did mine today and it never fails that you have a few that just look like hell. We tried the rolling technique, the tapping technique and the soaking technique but there just isn't any rhyme or reason to beautiful eggs vs ugly eggs.



So I know I haven't been cooking but I still have been drinking. I had the pleasure of experiencing Cristal champagne and let me just say it is well worth the reputation. If I had to chose between this champagne or sex hmmmm.....sorry babe.



I also drank a Leonetti Cabernet Sauvignon....one of the smoothest cabs I have ever drank. So my cousin tried to get on the email list and she got a response back that said it takes 3-4 years just to get on the mailing list. WTF!!!! We knew this had to be amazing wine because when we talked to the wine connoiseur at this cute boutique grocery store called AJ's in Phoenix he said the chain could only get 6 bottles and his store had 1. I felt very lucky to have this experience.

Hope you all have a wonderful holiday. I promise I will cook more this week because seriously I did not start April off right in the cooking department. And random thought for the day-anyone else think its weird that I saw a guy shaving while driving today? Cheers!