While in the Midwest visiting family, Dana and I were introduced to beer bread. The bread comes in a mix and all you have to do is add beer. It was great, but the mix costs an arm and a leg. Highway robbery if you ask me. So I decided to try to make my [...]
Recently, I had the opportunity to try out a new hard cider from Michelob Ultra. What is hard cider you ask? Well cider is a refreshing alcoholic beverage similar to beer. It is brewed using the same process as beer, but instead of using barley and hops, the main ingredient is apples. So you end up [...]
Back in college I worked at a bar and on a typical Saturday night I would serve hundreds of shots. One of the goto shots was the lunch box. It is a great shot. It has a mixture of amaretto, beer and orange juice. It is smooth and not too sweet, but just sweet enough [...]
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No Comments »Every Friday I pick the best culinary events in the DC area for my readers to enjoy. This weekend there are some great events to attend in and around the DC metro area. There is everything from German to Peruvian Festivals, Blackberry Festivals and finally a ice cream social for the kids. Blackberry Bonanza and [...]
Posted in Things to do in DC Tags: Beer, blackberry bonanza, bratwurst, Festival Peruano, great country farms, ice cream social, maryland german festival, peruvian festival arlington, princess for a day, Sausage, spike burger, spike mendelsohn, spike'd sundays, what to do in dc, what to do this weekend in dc No Comments »Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending Food and Wine Festival at National Harbor. It was a lot of fun. There was wine tasting, beer tasting, liquor tasting and food. Lots and lots of food. Plus, I got to hang out with Carla and Ariane from Top Chef Season 5. The National Harbor was the [...]
Posted in Cooking, Events, Things to do in DC Tags: BBQ, Beer, cheese, Food, food and wind festival, fun, national harbor, stella artois, Things to do in DC, wine 7 Comments »As you can see I am prepping this week for barbecue. Yesterday was some awesome potato salad. Today we are making cowboy baked beans. I wanted to make beans from scratch. Just a word of warning. Making beans from scratch takes longer than barbecueing a whole hog. The end result, was totally worth it. And [...]
