by Brian | Oct 23, 2012 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
I do love my lemonade but this Mexican Limeade has won my taste buds. It’s spectacularly easy to do, uses very little sugar and produces a beautiful lime colored cooler you can use anytime. Racking those fall leaves? Have an afternoon sweat planting bulbs? Here’s your...
by Brian | Oct 18, 2012 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
It’s true fall and your farmers market is abundant with fruit, particularly apples and pears. I have this love/hate relationship with pears that cannot be solved. When good, a pear is the best fruit possible. Of course, a pear is at its peak for all of 90 minutes it...
by Brian | Sep 17, 2012 | Cooking Classes, Dedicated Drinker's Diary, News
This Friday will be Round 2 for Small Bites Big Sips, the new cooking classes here at Cooking by the Book. We’ve had many requests for classes open to the public and Small Bites Big Sips is our response. Uniquely, in these classes we start with the beverage and...
by Brian | Sep 8, 2012 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Please continue to read all of this. Yes, there is diatribe at the beginning, but the beverage that results from all this is spectacular. Really, it is. Ah, the political conventions are over and we have been enlightened and informed. One person said our economic...
by Brian | Aug 11, 2012 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
It’s a dinner party for Suzen and me tomorrow. Small in number but wide in flavor interests. We have four guests coming and there will be a fresh corn salsa that all will enjoy. After that, it can be challenging. The four people have quite different beverage likes and...
by Brian | Aug 6, 2012 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Rhubarb. The name can send sour shudders through you. But, thankfully, we live in the age of granulated sugar. From rhubarb you can get juice and syrup. Why bother? For topping ice cream, for making cocktails, for rhubarb syrup Bellini, for flavoring chiffon...
