by Brian | Aug 6, 2013 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
I don’t know why, but my back is killing me. Not a muscle pull but spasms that dash up and down when I twist, reach, or just move. I was trying to make a Banana Daiquiri, but the rum was one shelf too high and I could not easily get to that bottle. I could not get to...
by Brian | Jan 28, 2013 | Recipes
It’s the Monday before the Sunday where the world, or least the American part of it, ends. Temporarily. Sunday is the Super Bowl and the biggest day of the year for finger food. Billion of chips, millions upon millions of chicken wings, tanker truck loads...
by Brian | Jan 28, 2013 | Cookie Jar, Dessert Digest, Recipes
No, that is not the prow of a Viking ship. Or the head of some new species of featherless bird. It’s a banana. Not quite ripe. When it does ripen, what do you do. You know, that bunch of bananas you bought will all ripen at the same time, not one a day. So all of...
by Brian | Jan 13, 2013 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
The secret to a long marriage is to avoid confrontation. That takes time. And in the course of that time, the marriage can be strained or flail or fail. I’m in the safe zone with Suzen. At least five days a week. She is very sensitive to her cooking. It’s almost,...
by Brian | May 14, 2012 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
My twin grandsons are mirror twins. That’s like being a SUPERTWIN. They look alike, but they “mirror” certain things. One is right handed, and his mirror brother is left-handed. One is artsy, and one is analytical. One is destined to be a chef and the other...
