Cooking: Basic Teriyaki Sauce

This teriyaki sauce is easy to make and makes a great marinade or dipping sauce.

Basic Teriyaki Sauce

• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup dry sherry
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 tbsp vegetable or canola oil
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tbsp fresh ginger, minced

1. Combine all the ingredients in a bowl
2. Use as a marinade or dipping sauce.

Wine: "Fava beans and a nice Chianti..."

I've been meaning to learn about wine and 2011 is going to be the year that I finally do it. (Pause for applause...)

Tonight I tried a Chianti I received as a gift from my friend Louise. It's a Familia Dante Chianti Riserva 2006, which at this time doesn't mean much to me. It was pretty good, although I think I served it a little warm.

According to the bottle, this Chianti Reserva "...reveals great depth of dark chocolate and black cherry. Two years of oak aging and further bottle aging add complex aroma and refined finish". Not sure if I actually tasted any of that, but then again my palette isn't what anyone would call refined.

I'll figure all this out eventually... :)