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by Brian | Aug 27, 2019 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
We were invited to a birthday party and were asked to bring a cake. I knew just the recipe I wanted and I looked for it on this blog. Strange. Not there. I know I blogged it. I went to my directory of recipes I have scanned in from books. No recipe. In fact, no...
by Brian | Aug 22, 2019 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes, TBT
This week’s TBT recipes is primed for peach season. The peaches are here and they are ripe. They are quite sweet and, thankfully, they have some legs: they do not ripen and then rot in the blink of your eye. But do, after you have purchased your peaches, get...
by Brian | Aug 16, 2019 | Recipes
For many of us, rice is a dish we rarely eat — unless we are at a Chinese restaurant. And it often considered a “heavy” dish, one not ideal for warm summer nights. Yet, just the opposite is true. We could all enjoy rice more and summer offers great...
by Brian | Aug 15, 2019 | Recipes, TBT
Way back in 2012 I was on a honey kick. I never left it. Honey is a wonderful ingredient. Just a tricky one because the bounty of honey flavors out there can produce significant shifts in the final outcome of a recipe. Here, no shift will matter. We are at peak season...
by Brian | Aug 14, 2019 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
When people speak about Guinness, they just say Guinness, not beer. Guinness is a rich Irish stout beer. Stout? That just means strong. And strong Guinness is. When you take a sip, you know it is not Pabst Blue Ribbon. The flavor is so distinct and so intense,...
by Brian | Aug 9, 2019 | Recipes
Here’s a real two-fer recipe. The wings are quite different from those “Buffalo” ones that send fire down your throat. There is garlic heat here, but there is a delightful Mediterranean twist of lemon and allspice. This recipe comes from Saffron in the Souks, a...
