It has been a crazy week, and we ready to enjoy a cocktail with you. First, it is time to get back to talking about Bar Basics. Two weeks ago we shared our homemade Sour Mix, and this week we are going to talk about simple syrup. This is a bar basic that is a …
Once we became home-owners our weekends started to fill with projects. There seem to be little projects in the middle of the big projects that need to be tended too, more often than not. I cannot imagine the projects we would be dealing with if we had moved into a “fixer-up”. We did manage …
It is time that I start sharing some Basque recipes with you. Don’t you agree? This recipe is for a Basque Style Meat Marinade and Roasted Lamb Sirloin is one of my favorite recipes. It was one of my favorite childhood food memories, and I appreciate it even more as an adult. Rich in flavor …
The first time I stumbled upon watermelon radishes was on a cold winter morning at the Berkeley Farmer’s Market, years ago. I was searching for parsnips, and wondered why they looked so odd. The cheery crew at Happy Boy Farms warned me that it was a spicy radish. I had never seen radishes that looked …
Did you know that the Irish Coffee recipe was perfected in San Francisco at one of our favorite drinking spots the Buena Vista? Did you also know it is not just hot coffee, any old whiskey, and a dollop of “whipped cream”? Originally the Irish coffee experiment began at the Shannon Airport in Ireland on a …
Now that, we are working from home, full-time, I am constantly thinking about quick and easy nibbles for during the day. I don’t want to spend more than an hour, preparing and eating lunch, when I am busy at my desk. This recipe for Crispy Brussels Sprouts with Black Garlic Aioli is perfect as we …