by Brian | Jul 6, 2013 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Last year was not a good one for our mint. It was late coming up, the stalks had few leaves, and the leaves were perforated by gobbling insects that I never saw. Or tasted. To my knowledge. This year, all that rain and now intense heat have given us a mint forest. The...
by Brian | May 19, 2013 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Having a last name with an apostrophe is tough. Mine is O’Rourke. It’s that second “our” piece that cause the confusion for people. They haven’t written down the apostrophe because they don’t know what it is. I have given them one “or” and now comes “our.” All...
by Brian | Apr 27, 2013 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary
The Story I think that the margarita is the drink with the widest range of presentation. There are a zillion different versions. And, the thing is, even the basest version does have something to say for itself. Thank back, a year or two, a decade or three, to your...
by Brian | Apr 19, 2013 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Does this blog look different to you? It should. It’s still powered by WordPress but our content is now a PDF to make it easy for you to print or to save. In the window below, three is a menu. Press on the black box at the far right and the whole blog post will...
by Brian | Apr 5, 2013 | Cookbook Review, Recipes
First of all, Amy Stewart has never even been indicted, let alone tried or convicted. But, as a plant specialist she had lived on the edge. In Wicked Plants, she covered poisons. In Wicked Bugs, she listed things to avoid [or use if there is someone …]. Well, that’s...
