If there is one thing you need to know about my family and I, it is that we love to eat. Love it. My parents have a restaurant on Cape Cod {shameless plug: check it out!} We’re big foodies and while I was home over the break we at there twice. Such a treat. But on the last night, we decided to stay in and grill, which turned out to be even better. We made a yummy panzanella salad, cooked up some burgers + dogs {complete with my dad’s ridiculous chili sauce} and basically feasted. To complement all of that food, we had a mini tasting of Gia by Gia Coppola’s new wines… frizzante, pinot noir, and pinot grigio. My favorite was the frizzante {I love my bubbles!} but all three were really delicious, light, + refreshing… perfect for summer!
{This panzanella salad is so yummy + easy to make! Take one cucumber, one yellow and one red pepper, and one tomato, and cut them up. Toss in a light champagne vinaigrette. Then separately, cut up a baguette into cubes and toast them with some olive oil, salt, and pepper in a big pan. When you are ready to serve, combine both bowls!}
{I definitely have a new favorite wine for summer!}
Thank you to Gia by Gia Coppola for sponsoring this post.
yummm so much good food! glad you had a great weekend! xo jillian – cornflake dreams
Yum! Looks like a lot of fun!
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<3, Christina
Who doesn’t love a good cookout!? And I will have to try that wine soon! yum:)
I never knew that was your family’s place. I’ve been there with my grandmother and we love it!
amazing photos!
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We are too! I think we bond over food as families!
I just checked your parent’s resto, it looks so quaint and coming from Montreal, we are big French food lovers obviously! Love their story too!
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We may visit from Canada!
xox,
ML
Yum! Nothing like some BBQing on Memorial Day! I’ll have to try that wine this summer too 🙂 My family took a trip to Florida for the holiday weekend and had some great food and wine too! It’s not family time without tons of food, right?! 🙂
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-Kelsie
how fun! that salad looks amazing. must try. I don’t encourage wasting good wine on sangria… but I made a good recipe for a rose one if you’re interested 🙂
http://beautyandsass.com/2014/05/28/rose-sangria/
Maybe I’m just longing for the days when blogging was a hobby rather than an income producer, but I can’t take it seriously when you rave about products, be it Old Navy clothing or this Gia wine, and then at the bottom I see that it is a sponsored post. Seriously irksome and it makes me question the veracity of your blog’s content.
Hi Hannah,
Thanks for your feedback – I read every comment and can see how this may be frustrating. Honestly, I don’t really know what to say to this comment other than that I get approached by tons of brands for sponsorship opportunities and I only choose the ones that are an organic fit and that my readers will genuinely like and benefit from. I feel really lucky that I’m able to get paid to write about brands I really do love and wear.
Blogging can be expensive to maintain — I pay a professional photographer, have spent a huge amount of money on my site design, and spend hundreds of dollars every month on hosting fees to ensure that the site runs smoothly. I still have my day job, which allows me to be super selective about which sponsors I bring on… but there are definitely hefty bills to be paid.
I completely get how seeing “sponsored” can rub you the wrong way… but I also think its unfair to just assume that because a post is sponsored, you can’t trust me // or my blog. Anyway, a blog is nothing without its readers — so I appreciate that you took the time to say something… but just wanted to give my point of view!
best,
Grace