by Brian | Mar 13, 2014 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary
You may be asked if your margarita glass should come with salt. I always say, “No, sugar instead please.” It draws stares. I feel, well, like people think I’m some kind of sugar addict. How, how very degrading. I don’t care if it’s true....
by Brian | Mar 8, 2014 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
There is that old tale, promoted by real estate agents, that if your house is going to be shown, then you should have chocolate chip cookies in the oven. The aroma will sell your house. Not that pool. Nonsense. You should have strawberries roasting. It’s far more...
by Brian | Mar 7, 2014 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Not that I would ever want to be one, but it is now clear to me that I could not be a heart surgeon. I cannot do knots. I can’t tie my shoes. Heck, I can barely tie candied jalapeno strips. From Cocktails for the Four Seasons, by Jenny Park and Teri Lyn Fisher,...
by Brian | Mar 6, 2014 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary
Peter Pauper Press is a remarkable success story. Founded in 1928, it remains a family owned business publishing an array of books and offering sweet gift ideas. They have a new book which also happens to be a perfect gift. Authors Jenny Park and Teri Lyn Fisher have...
by Brian | Dec 21, 2013 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
So, I had this girlfriend. And I got involved without really knowing her. Then one night at her place I was going through her magazine collection and I found she read Cosmopolitan. I had seen the magazine on newsstands but never picked one up. Never read one. Now I...
by Brian | Dec 4, 2013 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Sangria is a word that conjures up languid summer evenings. Some tapas, a pitcher of the fruity liquid, and a comfy chair. After two or three glasses, the world is fine. Living in the Hudson Valley, we are surrounded by apples, which are often part of the fruit of our...
