by Brian | Oct 31, 2012 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Fall is upon us. Fruit abounds and there are many ways to use it. “I’m going to make this so we can deglaze with it. Think of the flavors,” I said. “That would be flambe,” Suzen rebutted. “I’m not setting fire to this,”...
by Brian | Jun 29, 2012 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
This is a truth, a fact, and not one of my modest exaggerations. Whipped cream can be an essential ingredient of a recipe, absolutely required by the laws of physics and chemistry. This post is clearly going to be different. It’s serious and scientific. Now, let’s...
by Brian | May 12, 2012 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Mothers’ Day is tomorrow. When you bring her breakfast in bed, or serve her brunch, or offer that dinner you and the kids made, well, what is she going to drink? Something different. Something special. She deserves no less. She deserves a Mexico 70. I look forward...
by Brian | Apr 26, 2012 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
I was headed out to get ingredients to make margaritas. “Can you make sugar syrup?” I politely asked my wife. “Oh, good God, buy some agave,” Suzen said with force. I don’t think this was her finest day, but it turned out to be so fortuitous. First, I did buy agave...
by Suzi | Oct 31, 2010 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Apples. It’s peak apple season in the Northeast, with apples popping up on store shelves and the tables of farmers’ markets. Tonight, Brian and I had an apple-themed dinner party. Every course had something applish. All the recipes will appear here over the coming...