Category: from the bar

What the Boss Likes – kitties, beer and pie (and therapy too)

During this quarantine stuff, my husband and the cats and I are doing well. Us being both introverts, anxiety-prone, and somewhat misanthropic, we are pretty happy with this. I had a beer kit left to make so that got done. It is the Koa Coconut porter from Northern Brewer, where we get a lot of … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – kitties, beer and pie (and therapy too) →

From the Kitchen and Bar – corned beef, veggies and wine (and a quickie bit of art)

Time for a food and drink post.  (if you are new, be aware that if you follow me, you'll get more than food and drink.  You'll also get my unvarnished thoughts about politics and religion). This week we corned a beef. My spouse and I were craving a Rueben sandwich and since we hadn’t done … Continue reading From the Kitchen and Bar – corned beef, veggies and wine (and a quickie bit of art) →

From the kitchen and the bar: duck and wine

Sorry for the long hiatus. I am dealing with a job I don’t like, and working on my art, which I do like. I’m now an officially paid artist! It’s very weird feeling for someone who hated art teachers in elementary, high school and college because the ones I had didn’t teach art, they just … Continue reading From the kitchen and the bar: duck and wine →

From the kitchen and the bar – experiments in game meats and some new wines

A month or two ago, D’Artagnan (the company that sells fancy meats here in the US) had a really good flash sale and I got a selection of game meats: a duck, venison shanks and a wild boar roast.   We had the wild boar first (actually a hybrid of European wild boar and feral pig … Continue reading From the kitchen and the bar – experiments in game meats and some new wines →

From the Bar – what I’ve had lately

Now to catch up on some drink I’ve had lately. Found a nice dry rosé wine from Washington state, Milbrandt 2016 Rosé. It was less than $10 at the pa wine store. I very much like Hendrick’s Gin. It has quite a different flavor profile than other gins. I like flowery alcohol (crème de violette … Continue reading From the Bar – what I’ve had lately →

From the Bar: a couple of new things to drink, vindaloo, and a movie

This weekend we made a chicken vindaloo.    This was from the Saveur magazine recipe and it just wasn’t quite what I had grown used to in most indian restaurants.  What the recipe produced was a chicken and potato curry stew but not much of the vinegar tang that I like in vindaloo.  So I ended … Continue reading From the Bar: a couple of new things to drink, vindaloo, and a movie →

What the Boss Likes and from the Bar – alcohol in crafts and some beers

I’ve been looking for a new craft to try. I’m not much of an artistic type; generating artsy things isn’t my best ability, though I can copy pretty well. I first came upon pour painting when you make paintings from various techniques of pouring, tilting and smearing paint. That’s pretty neat but It takes some … Continue reading What the Boss Likes and from the Bar – alcohol in crafts and some beers →

What the Boss Likes (kinda) and From the Bar – the great kitchen remodel continues and some beers

We are a week into the Great Kitchen Remodel of 2017. The kitchen (and the small bathroom just off it) has been gutted to the studs. One of the guys doing the work (and they are really talented) said plaintively  “Why did you use so MANY nails mr. guy from the early 20th century!) This … Continue reading What the Boss Likes (kinda) and From the Bar – the great kitchen remodel continues and some beers →

From the Kitchen, from the Bar and from the garden: a meandering post about various things

I haven’t had a food and drink post for awhile. A handful of weeks ago we decided to see if we could grill whole Cornish hens on our small barreled shaped grill. We didn’t want to butterfly them which would be simpler, but to have a little whole chicken for each of us. Many years … Continue reading From the Kitchen, from the Bar and from the garden: a meandering post about various things →