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Sunny Summer Quinoa Salad

August 21, 2012 Maria Stuart 11 Comments

Sunny Summer Quinoa Salad

Summertime in the wine business is busy. Busy in a way that is often gratifying and fun, but ultimately somewhat overwhelming. Who could complain about going to several 2-3 day food and wine events in a summer, every summer? Three days of eating multi-course meals prepared by famous chefs, drinking glass after glass of glorious wines, […]

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I Blame the Gin and Tonics, or Why We Had Julia Child’s Cherry Clafouti for Breakfast

July 15, 2012 Maria Stuart Leave a Comment

I Blame the Gin and Tonics, or Why We Had Julia Child’s Cherry Clafouti for Breakfast

We visited friends in Eastern Washington last week and after the kids spent a couple of hours of picking from their trees, we had a boxful of beautiful fresh cherries to bring home. I haven’t decided what to do with the lion’s share of them yet – jam? chutney? Or keep it simple and just […]

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What’s a Tweet Up?

July 6, 2012 Maria Stuart 1 Comment

Twitter has been an enigma to me.  I know I’m supposed to know all things social media, but Twitter uses a different language. Not just shorthand (limit my thoughts to just 140 characters!?!) but it seems so foreign! The @ symbol and the #hashtag, retweeting and following. Oh my goodness, my head is full enough […]

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June

June 2, 2012 Maria Stuart Leave a Comment

June

I decided to sign up for an on-line challenge through BlogHer. It’s really just a way to give myself some structure, which seems like a good idea – now and always. It’s called NaBloPoMo. The challenge is to post something on your blog every day for a month. That’s it. They’ve given a writing prompt, […]

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Stuff My Kids Say – In which a touching comment sends my on a thought journey

May 31, 2012 Maria Stuart Leave a Comment

Stuff My Kids Say – In which a touching comment sends my on a thought journey

Like most Mama’s I adore my kids and cherish so many of the things they do – and want to scream about some of the others! Every once in a while though, they say something so touching or so funny, that I just have to tell someone. The other day Charlotte (who is eight)  and […]

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Hello!

Hi, I'm Maria. My husband and I own a winery in downtown McMinnville, the heart of Oregon's spectacular Willamette Valley.

Lucky for me I get to cook for the people I love, throw parties and pour a little Pinot. Nothing makes me happier than gathering people around my table and serving them food that nourishes both body and soul.

People often tell me that I'm living their dream life. And truthfully, I'm living mine too.

But let's be real, it's still life.

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