by Brian | Sep 29, 2023 | Recipes
The country has endured a brutally hot summer. Well, actually, just some of the country. Here in the Hudson Valley, we used our air conditioner one night. Just one. The other nights, if we wanted to sit on our porch and listen to the stream, we had to don...
by Brian | Sep 22, 2018 | Recipes
When I blogged the cookbook Bring It! in February, I was enthusiastic about the wonderful ideas inside its covers. The book is devoted recipes for potlucks and casual entertaining. It is food you can bring to a party or picnic. Or, it is simply food that you can enjoy...
by Brian | Jul 18, 2018 | Recipes
Oh, dear, it is only Wednesday but here we have TBT recipe meant for tomorrow. Well, you can get a head start on a most interesting summer soup! I first posted this in October, 2014, as fall was definitely upon. I suspect, good as it was then, this recipe would...
by Brian | May 18, 2018 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Oh, dear, this was supposed to be published two weeks ago. WordPress had a problem. You’ll love this syrup in sangria, agua fresca, lemonade, … Just use your watermelon imagination! Here’s a link to the sangria recipe. Watermelon syrup has many uses....
by Brian | May 6, 2018 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Yup, same picture as yesterday. Suzi’s cooking school, Cooking by the Book, did an early Cinco de Mayo event yesterday. I served as bartender and did margaritas and sangria. The margaritas were happily received — I had doubled the tequila level. But the sangria was...
