Finally, we have a new beer brewed by us. This is Northern Brewer’s Elevenses, a recipe that they co-created with John Palmer, evidently a well-known homebrewer, but you couldn’t prove it by me. In that both my husband and I spend inordinate amounts of time imagining what our sword and sorcery characters eat and drink, … Continue reading From the Back Room – John Palmer’s Elevenses, aka hobbit beer aka boggie slobber
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From the Kitchen and From the Bar – chicken paprikash, a French wine and a holiday beer
Chicken paprikash is a meal I grew up with. Half my ancestry is Hungarian, with those relatives having settled in New Jersey right off the boat. We would have a big bowl of this dish with a pile of poppy seeded Kaiser rolls from the City Bakery in New Brunswick. That bakery is long gone … Continue reading From the Kitchen and From the Bar – chicken paprikash, a French wine and a holiday beer
From the Bar – six new beers and a review of the new Dracula series premier
Here’s another six beers that we’ve tried last night. It’s rather dangerous working for a place that sells beer and allows you to pick six different beers to fill a six-pack. While we drank these, we caught the new Dracula series premier. It’s the bizarre Tony Stark-ization of Vlad Dracul, with the titular character now … Continue reading From the Bar – six new beers and a review of the new Dracula series premier
What the Boss Likes – Finger Lakes vacation, part 2 – eating and drinking far too much
After leaving Watkins Glen, we headed for Hammondsport and our bed and breakfast. Hammondsport is at the southern tip of Keuka Lake. It was called “America’s coolest small town” by Budget Travel. I will have to say it’s nice but as someone who grew up near small towns, it takes someone who rarely spent time … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – Finger Lakes vacation, part 2 – eating and drinking far too much
From the Kitchen and from the Bar – Steak and beers
Steak and beer, the classic American experience. Might be the classic Australian one too. One of the benefits of working in the meat department of a very large grocery store is that I can get very nice cuts of meat. No employee discount but I can have a fellow employee weigh me out my chosen … Continue reading From the Kitchen and from the Bar – Steak and beers
From the Bar – some new wines and beers
We’ve tried some new wines and beers recently. One does need fortification when dealing with endless silliness in this blog’s comments. No, don't go look. You'll regret it 🙂 First wine up is Covey Run Red Blend. We both like red blends since you can get exactly what the wine maker wants rather than depending on … Continue reading From the Bar – some new wines and beers
From the Kitchen, from the Bar – pork shoulder, ales and kibitzing about music, movies, etc
The weather has finally decided to be lovely and not the sauna it was a week and a half ago. So, it became time to cook since I could have the oven on for hours and not feel like I was committing hara-kiri by sweating. Since it was on sale ($1.49/pound) and we love it, … Continue reading From the Kitchen, from the Bar – pork shoulder, ales and kibitzing about music, movies, etc
From the Kitchen and bar plus a movie – Schnitzel with panko is like jaegers with kaiju… trust me on this one
The movie for this week is Sharknado! No, no, I can’t even joke about that. What a purely stupid movie (yes, we watched about 15 minutes of it). Ah, if someone would have told my teen-age self that there will be a channel called the Science Fiction Channel and that I would hate it with a … Continue reading From the Kitchen and bar plus a movie – Schnitzel with panko is like jaegers with kaiju… trust me on this one
From The Kitchen, From the Bar and a movie – Grilled chicken, shandies and Jack the Giant Slayer
This weekend, it being a little cooler than last, we decided to grill. I pulled out a recipe from my latest issue of Saveur Magazine, Gai Yahng or Thai style chicken with sweet chili sauce. It is basically a cilantro and garlic marinade for chicken, which you then grill. I find gas grills to be … Continue reading From The Kitchen, From the Bar and a movie – Grilled chicken, shandies and Jack the Giant Slayer
From the Bar and From the Kitchen – various beers and roast beast
Samuel Smith Strawberry Ale – Samuel Smith, a brewer out of Great Britain, has a line up of fruit beers. This is our last one to try and I’ll have to say all of them are excellent. This one has the intense taste of dried strawberries. There is a lambic tartness and a slight bitter … Continue reading From the Bar and From the Kitchen – various beers and roast beast
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