by Brian | Sep 8, 2014 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Having brunch? Want something far, far beyond a mimosa? Read on. In the West Village on 11th Street, just past Hudson, there is The Spotted Pig, the extraordinary restaurant from April Bloomfield. If you can dine there, it is a must. If you cannot, then pick up...
by Brian | Aug 14, 2014 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
How best to drink a peach? White or yellow, a Bellini is a noble way to devour every flavor molecule. At another extreme, there is Peach Agua Fresca, which was blogged here just a few days ago. The agua fresca, alcohol aside, is equally refreshing. And, on yet another...
by Brian | Jul 16, 2014 | Cookbook Review, Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
You’ve heard this story before. Man in Britain loves food. Not a professional. Cooks for friends, dabbles in cooking parties. Then a cooking stall at a fair – hardest work of his life. Then a real place, brick and mortar. And a cookbook: Death by...
by Brian | Jul 16, 2014 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
This is supposed to be a blog for Brian’s Cucumber Lemonade #2, following yesterday’s #1. I got a little side tracked. I was looked for 6 lemons and found only 3, but I had a lime and 2 oranges. So, this drink is not “lemonady” at all....
by Brian | Jul 15, 2014 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
I was driving back home on Sunday afternoon and got to the point east of Boiceville where the road starts down a long hill, one where the trees fall away faster than the road. So for a couple of hundred feet, you have “The View.” There are three ridgelines...
by Brian | Jul 9, 2014 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary
Do you remember your first Pina Colada? Your second? The third? If they were consumed all on the same night, then somewhere between two and three you may have become a tad fuzzy. The standard pina colada recipe has two problems. First, it’s booze heavy....
