 Ray Isle (@islewine on Twitter) is Food & Wine's executive wine editor. We trust his every cork pop and decant - and the man can sniff out a bargain to boot. Previously – The right wines for Slim Jims, doughnuts and Spaghetti-Os and The right wines for pork rinds, Sno Balls and movie popcorn There’s a big restaurant trend towards comfort food, which is a bit strange, since when has comfort food ever not been popular? The trend, to be honest, is more about the fact that now you can get $25 mac and cheese at the latest hipster faux-diner, when in the past you could only get $7 mac and cheese at a real diner - like the one that closed and was then taken over by food-crazed hipsters. But, regardless of economic, attitudinal or which-cultural-moment-is-it considerations, here are a few wine suggestions for the foods that have always made us happy. Meatloaf But for less pointless entertainment, try pairing your meatloaf with a robust but not too tannic red, for instance a Zinfandel like the juicy 2009 Shenandoah Vineyards Special Reserve. Tuna Casserole Either way, I’d pair it with a dry rosé. You need some body and fruit to go with the cheese and cream of mushroom soup, but you don’t want anything too tannic as the canned tuna will make it taste metallic. One good choice: the fragrant 2008 E. Guigal Côtes-du-Rhône rosé. Lasagna Jell-O More from Food & Wine Best Macaroni and Cheese Recipes Ever Best Grilled Cheese in the U.S. © 2011 American Express Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved. 
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Ah the age old question, what wines pair with M&C. The debate will go on forever, but if you're looking for a few great mac and cheese recipes, I've put some online for everyone to take a loot at. Homemade Mac and Cheese.net
What wine goes best with Zingers, you may ask? I prefer a very dry white, to accentuate the sweetness of the junk food and give a contrast to the fake chocolate.
Then what goes with real chocolate? Dark to be specific.
Many ports do.
The other one that just goes perfectly with dark chocolate is Quady Vineyards Essensia which is an orange muscat. Try it. You'll thank me over and over and over.
Honestly, I love a good glass of wine, but with the exception of the lasagna, I'd prefer milk with any of the above.
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I love women who whine and jiggle like jello
Sooo...slow news day now that Knox's been deemed innocent?
How about a baloney sandwich?
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Beer goes best with a bel0wme sandwich.
My wife was ticked as hell all the way home after that party with all the summer sausage and Heineken. Gonna' go ahead and pass on these.
Good suggestions... My rule of thumb is this: White wine (with extra ice in the glass), either Chardonnay or Pinot Grigio w everything. If it's a cold winter's night, I like to make a cozy meal for my fiancee & me, throw a log in the fireplace, & have red wine. Pinot Noir or Shiraz. After dinner, we roast marshmallows and make s'mores. Lol
That was sooo O/T.. Sorry!
Make the jello WITH the prosecco. Now that would be awesome!
Let us know what you come up with.
Bubbly Jello? Shooters I get, but if you mix the ingredients cold the Prosecco or Asti goes flat. If you use hot water to make the Jello, you cook off the alcohol. How about Jello cubes in a bubbly suspension?
I had the exact same thought, just because I once made some homemade Champagne jello – what can I say, it was in an old cookbook! If you make it from the box and use the ice cube method and really cool it down before you add sparkling wine, you get fun little bubbles.
A dry Prosecco with jello? That's a good and creative suggestion.
Who hasnt mixed alcohol and jello...Hello ever tried a jello shot? LOL.....How about a nice, light sparkling wine!
Ever had a jell-o shot made with wine? I haven't. Never said I hadn't had 'em, I said I .... never mind.
lol – have more of them, and you can change your name.
There's not enough wine in the world to make jell-o taste good.
You should stay away from the cranberry jell-o and try some orange or strawberry jell-o
.. and stay away from the brown acid.... You may not remember the original "Alvin and the Chipmunks" cartoons where the commercials for Jello were also cartoons. "And what did you make, Alvin" "Orange-pineapple Jello with a hot dog in it!"