Calamity Shazaam in the Kitchen

Did you know that you can buy wine made in Vermont from grapes GROWN in Vermont? Incroyable! Back in December I was at the fantastic Eat Boutique event and was given a taste of this wine. My first taste was less than appropriate - I puckered up like a toddler who'd just had her first taste of a lemon. In fairness I am not a big wine drinker usually, and I'd just eaten a delicious maple and bacon donut from Union Square Donuts (you know the one I am talking about) so my tastebuds were all hopped up on sugar. Not ideal for wine tasting. But then I tasted the Vinu Jancu and all of a sudden I totally got it. It's the wine of my people. No seriously, my Meme was from the town of L'Etoile in the Jura and her people were wine people, vin jaune people: bakers AND wine makers. One taste of the vinu jancu (Sicilian for orange wine) and the French DNA in me lit up like sparklers. Fortunately I was able to share this moment with the maker, a marvelous woman by the name ...

OMG I love donuts. It is ridiculous how much I love donuts. I brought donuts to the office today, under the Happy Holidays Clause, and am really hoping I donut embarrass myself by eating them all. These are from Doughboy in Southie. The Evil Twin raves to me just about everyday how awesome Doughboy is and so I figured I would give it a shot. Plus the people who work there are ridiculously nice. Like normal nice, regular nice, which makes the morning MUCH better. My vote: sugar raised. Serious YUM.