by Brian | May 19, 2013 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Having a last name with an apostrophe is tough. Mine is O’Rourke. It’s that second “our” piece that cause the confusion for people. They haven’t written down the apostrophe because they don’t know what it is. I have given them one “or” and now comes “our.” All...
by Brian | May 18, 2013 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Cold sweat. You’ve probably had one or two in your life. Not pleasant. Usually associated with a period of high stress or danger. It’s time to change the whole meaning of the phrase. Now let “cold sweat” stand for something good, possibly even divine. This ice cream,...
by Brian | May 17, 2013 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
I am not a cheap man. Just ask my wife about my spending habits. No, don’t. But, even I have my limits. For a recipe to come this weekend, a really good cocktail, recipe, I needed chili vodka. I began to drink a long time ago. So long, that when you went to the...
by Brian | May 14, 2013 | Recipes
There is a new cookbook about to hit the stores: Le Pain Quotidien by Alain Coumont and Jean-Pierre Gabriel. If you know about the Le Pain Quotidien stores [restaurant, bistro, coffee shop all in one], then your curiosity is already stirring. If you never had the...
by Brian | May 13, 2013 | Recipes
Certain marriages are just perfect. Like mine [no, I am not saying that under great duress]. And equally crab and avocado. There are an infinite number of ways to match up crab and avocado. They do seem an unlikely pair, but in your mouth, well, there is...
