by Brian | Apr 10, 2012 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Last week I posted a Passover cake that used a Honey Cinnamon Syrup. This wonderful syrup itself is a mighty force that has many uses. You can apply it to ice cream, adorn pound cake, or apply to a warm corn...
by Brian | Feb 8, 2012 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Whack. Bam. Crunch. It’s a melody that has been occurring periodically in our kitchen. “Don’t hurt the marble.” Suzen is very protective of her counter top. I’m protective of my plastic quart container. My fridge always has a quart of...
by Brian | Apr 18, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews, Dedicated Drinker's Diary
From earlier posts on this blog, you know I love cocktails that have a fruit base. A citrus syrup is the ideal beginning for a variety of cocktails. This recipe for grapefruit syrup was included in an earlier blog for a Grapefruit Martini, and I’m elevating it...
by Brian | Mar 25, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews, Dessert Digest, Recipes
It’s there. Somewhere. On a back shelf. Up high. In that brown can or plastic bottle. By now it might resemble something concocted by Stephen King, except this is real, not fiction. I am speaking, of course, about that container of chocolate syrup in your fridge. If...
by Brian | Mar 1, 2010 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Sometimes I am a bartender, finding an interesting recipe and following its directions to a tee. And other times I become a mixologist, treating my home bar like a chemistry lab. My mixology moments come when I simply want something different, or when what I just made...
