Who dunnit?!

Welcome to January! It was my mom and I's turn to host for a fun night of wine and food! If you have been reading along with us you know that we love trying new things and experiencing things we have never tried before when it comes to food, wine, and books! This month we had our first Mystery novel which was also our first book that is in a series; as well as some new types of wine that we all enjoyed as usual.

Let's start with food first; we went simple but delicious! One of our personal favorites for entertaining is Bruschetta, we especially love it in the summer when we grow our own tomatoes but it is truly delicious anytime. We also found some delicious store bought meat and cheese combination. One was prosciutto and mozzarella and the other was salami and mozzarella; they were convenient and tasty. 

My mom's favorite candy bar is Snicker's so for dessert we tried a caramel apple snickers salad. It was really sweet but it was a big hit. Little did we know all of our book club friends had all tried it before! oops! We all really enjoyed it though so that's all that matters! All of the recipes can be found on the recipes page for you to try at home!

Now onto the wine which never fails to be gone by the end of the night ;) We decided on two reds and one white. All three types of wines we have never had before; a Pinot Grigio, Italian Chianti, and a very rare Carmenere from Chile. The chianti was a big hit and was really light and flavorful. The Carmenere was very different from anything we've tried, it was a bit heavier than the chianti, but had a very unique and delightful flavor. It was a very smooth, but a little on the drier side. The pinot was also a little dry, but had a light sweet flavor with a hint of bubble. 

 The wines are listed in more detail on the wines page. Now for that exciting book! It definitely was a page turner. The opinions on this were evenly split. Some people loved every page and some people thought it was good but not their favorite. It was definitely a page turner but there were a lot of technical terminology and large chunks of the book where information felt unnecessary and a little bit boring. There were lots of twists and turns that nobody saw coming and that definitely made for an exciting story! We discussed that the books follow the same character, but they don't necessarily need to be read in the correct order, unlike the Bourne supremacy books, we decided if read out of sequence it would not lead to much confusion. If you like suspense, page turner, who dunnit's this book is a must read! I definitely think men would enjoy this one as well especially due to the technical material.

Next month it is at Tricia's house and since it's so close to Valentine's day we picked a romance book! Another genre we have not dabbled into yet. We are all very excited for The Rosie Project ! It sounds very fun and interesting! I can't wait for February one of my favorite months! Stay tuned and feel free to reach out to us on here! Keep on wining!