About Cabernet & Chaos 🍷🔥
Cheers!This corner of The Hollow Quill is for the women who cook with garlic measured by the heart, pour wine without checking the ounces, and somehow turn weeknight dinners into full emotional events.
Here you’ll find cozy recipes, chaotic kitchen commentary, wine pairings, family-inspired comfort meals, date-night dishes, holiday spreads, and the kind of food that tastes even better eaten standing over the stove at midnight.
Cabernet & Chaos isn’t about perfection.
It’s about flavor.
Memory.
Indulgence.
Laughter.
And occasionally threatening to throw the wooden spoon across the kitchen while sipping Cabernet.
So pour a glass, loosen the waistband, and stay awhile.
Things are getting deliciously chaotic around here. 🍝🍷
Roasted New Jersey Tomatoes & Pappardelle Pasta
“That’s when I thank God (and my poor life choice that led me here) for being back in Jersey. Say what you will about this state, but the produce delivers the kind of comfort Midol could only dream of. You haven’t lived until you’ve sunk your teeth into a Jersey tomoto during the dogs days of summer. The northeast doesn’t just grow vegetables, — it breeds therapy disguised as produce.”
My Interpretation of My Mother’s Roast Pork, Pernil
“Within the last year I was visiting Florida and vividly remember the look on her face when I threw away an empanada I only took one bite out of. Her reaction -
“I’ve never saw a whole empanada in my garbage can before.” Disdain filled her words, and if looks could kill.
It’s not my fault, I have hot girl belly issues. I CANNOT have tomato sauce in every single dish I eat. Hence, I offended my mother in the worst way ever — by insulting her food.
The worst kind of offense to a Puerto Rican woman…”
Bistro Style 🥘 🇵🇷 Chuck Roast
“Let it stew in its own juices like a freshly dumped 42-year-old perimenopausal woman soaking in a bubble bath sipping her third glass of cabernet, rubbing one out like no ones fucking business.”
Trés Leches Tiramisu Cake ☕️
“If I wasn’t lactose and almost positive I’d shit my pants—I would drink this in a heart beat .”💕
French Inspired Strawberry Shortcake 🍓
“Cakes mark a celebration. Cakes mark memorable moments in your life. Cakes are there for you when you need them and when you don’t.”