by Brian | Oct 19, 2023 | Recipes, TBT
I have started my pre-Thanksgiving march now, trying to give you a bevy of options for the coming holiday. Some people, and I’m not naming names, don’t like turkey. And some people have long, long Thanksgiving holidays extending through the weekend. By...
by Brian | Oct 3, 2019 | Recipes, TBT
This week’s TBT recipe is timely. It’s is October and the high season for concord grapes. “Season” is a graceful word to use here. The season is way too short, so now is the time to buy, bake, juice, cook, do whatever you can with these lovely...
by Brian | Aug 28, 2019 | Recipes
Don’t worry. This is a gazpacho recipe with NO tomatoes. I obsess over gazpacho and I admit I post gazpacho recipes on a frequent basis. But, it’s a great soup and a healthy dish. I will admit even I can tire a bit of red tomato gazpacho. When Suzi and I were...
by Brian | Feb 2, 2019 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes, Super Bowl
Tomorrow is the Super Bowl. Football season starts in August when it is hot and balmy, real sangria weather. Now, in February, sangria is the last thing on our minds. But should sangria be remote just because it is snowing? How about a very winter sangria, a...
by Brian | Oct 19, 2018 | News
Concord grapes were developed in 1849 by Ephraim Wales Bull in Concord, Massachusetts. They’ve been a smashing hit ever since. There are just two problems for us: Concords are available for only a short few weeks each fall, and they have seeds. The seeds are nasty:...