Happy Fourth of July! Try this easy and impressive Bacon Pear Salad for your get-together this holiday weekend.

As the summer kicks in to high gear with the BBQ parties and get-togethers , this Sweet Onion Tart is a fresh summer dish that will become a favorite.

Hello! We are back from gorgeous Aspen, Colorado where we spent a few fun days at the Food & Wine Classic. If you didn’t get to go, check out our pictures below!

We got to rub elbows with some well-known chefs and food personalities, including Iron Chef Michael Symon., chef-owner of Lola and Lolita. He loved the Mushroom and Herb Flatbread Pizza with Sargento® Artisan Blends™ Shredded Whole Milk Mozzarella & Provolone Cheese.

Overall, it was a great event we were proud to be a part of. Can’t wait till next year!

We had great weather throughout the entire event.

Guests enjoyed a variety of food from crab claws to Sargento cheese.

Iron Chef Michael Symon proudly displays the flatbread pizza - he came back for seconds after a cooking competition.

We had another fabulous day at the Food & Wine festival. Attendees loved our flatbread pizza, especially paired with the Cavit wine (check out the recipe in yesterday’s post!). It was a gorgeous day, the sampling was fantastic and we met a lot of great people.

One of our most memorable moments was chatting with Michelle Bernstein, the chef of Michy’s in Miami, Florida. She recently won the Best Chef in the South award at the 18th annual James Beard Foundation Awards. Michelle hosts the hit public television series Check, Please! South Florida, defeated Bobby Flay on Iron Chef America and co-hosted The Food Network’s Melting Pot, a show that presents the traditions, stories and recipes of her Latin background. We are really looking forward to the upcoming release of Michelle’s first cookbook.

We will be sure to upload pictures as soon as we can to show you all the happenings! In the meantime, check out the Food & Wine Classic site at http://www.foodandwine.com/promo/classic.

Greetings from the Food & Wine festival in Aspen, Colorado!

We arrived last night and attended a fabulous opening party at the St. Regis. It was full of good eats, good wine and great conversation. We rubbed elbows with food personalities such as Padma Lakshmi and Tom Colicchio from Bravo TV’s Top Chef!

We also shared a glass of wine with Sissy Biggers, who is hosting “The Classic Cook-off” at Food & Wine Sunday morning. She frequently appears in cooking segments on the The Today Show, CBS Early Show and has been showcased on Food Network’s Ready, Set, Cook! and ABC’s Extreme Home Makeover. We talked about her activities and about Sargento. She loves the Sargento Artisan Blends and her daughter enjoys Sargento Mozzarella String Cheese snack sticks. We look forward to keeping in touch with her.

Today was the first day of tasting and it turned out great. Everyone enjoyed our Mushroom and Herb Flatbread Pizza. The tasters agreed it paired very well with the Cavit Pinor Noir. Many people came back for second or thirds - yes, we know who you are!

We are excited for another day of tastings tomorrow and will come back to dish up the details. Stay tuned!