by Brian | Apr 8, 2014 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Bars can be expensive. Not that hotel bar you eye occasionally, the one with the $15 drinks. No, I’m talking about your home bar. If you love cocktails and cocktails books — which I do — then it is possible to have stack of “gotta make” recipes. Taken together,...
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 | Nov 18, 2013 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
I am not a fan of “adulterated” food and beverages. A flavored tequila? I’ll make my own. Not any more. Tanteo is a new firm with a line of flavored tequilas that you must, must try: jalapeno, cocoa, and tropical. Jalapeno tequila? You are thinking what I did: kitsch,...
by Brian | Oct 5, 2013 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
“What town?” I was asking a friend for his address. He had moved to California and I was about to visit. “Camarillo,” he said, but very oddly. Holding a map of Ventura Country, I saw that the city was spelled with two letter “l”s so I repeated the city...
by Brian | Aug 28, 2013 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Inspired creativity is the raw source for many food recipes. And for beverages, too. Sometimes creativity is not inspired. It is demanded. “I need grapefruit,” I was yelling at Suzen as she left for the store. “Use oranges. We have some.” That was her...