by Brian | Feb 6, 2018 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
With strawberries available year-round, what can you do with them? On cold winter days, what better than cold strawberry lemonade. Spiked with Prosecco. Once made, we put the lemonade, not in the refrigerator, but out on our screened in porch. It...
by Brian | Feb 5, 2018 | Recipes
It was just about a year ago that Onions Etcetera by Kate Winslow and Guy Ambrosino came dancing into our kitchen. Every week or so, we enjoy one of the grand recipes in this book. I cannot recommend any cookbook more highly than this one. Here’s a perfect example:...
by Brian | Feb 3, 2018 | Recipes, Super Bowl, Uncategorized
If I ever want to sleep on the couch, all I have to do is eat some raw onion. I like raw onion. Suzen does not. The compromise is we cook them, and we make them sweet with utilitarian value. On Sunday, you have the Super Bowl and that’s a day for snacking. It’s an...
by Brian | Feb 1, 2018 | Recipes, TBT
What makes a great guacamole? Brian and I don’t have a single favorite, but we do like a spicy version that uses hot pickles and the pickle juice instead of jalapenos. The pickles are southwestern...
by Brian | Feb 1, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, Super Bowl, TBT
“How about some thighs?” I ask. I am bright and smiling and polite and energetic. We are in the chicken aisle of the meat section. “No. How long have you been married to me.” Same question. Same answer. Compromise. Without it, most marriage...
