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Monthly Archives: December 2010
Biscuits & Sausage Gravy
Over this fine holiday bender I’ve been focusing my efforts on fine-tuning some old holiday standards. More specifically, one old favorite, Biscuits & Gravy, the classic American panacea for all things over-indulged. The efficacy of Biscuits & Gravy is derived from a three fold approach to the ailing body, mind & spirit, a trifecta of [...]
Posted in Beer, Cocktails, Instructional, Recipes Tagged Biscuits & Gravy, Kitchen-Aid, Michael Ruhlman, Ratio, Sausage 1 Comment
Merry Christmas from Our Train Wreck to Yours
Don’t worry, we’ll work it out next year.
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Paste Magazine’s Top 25 Beers of 2010
Here is Paste Magazine’s Top 25 Beers of 2010. Read it and weep, I know I did. If anybody knows how to get a hold of some of that Surly 4 we should talk.
I Gots Me a Cast Iron Skillet
My grandmother passed away in September after a long life of 94 years. She was, as my wife has often described, a “piss-cutter”. All 5′ 1″ of her took no shit from anybody, and cottoned to zero nonsense. She was mowing her own yard until two years before she died. My understanding is that when [...]
Dogfish Head’s Bitches Brew 40th Anniversary Beer
I picked up a bottle of Dogfish Head’s Bitches Brew 40th Anniversary Beer last week at West Lakeview Liquors out of present curiosities and a passing nostalgic impulse to celebrate Miles Davis’ amazing album. I can still clearly remember that hazy New Orleans morning that I lay on the floor groping at this maximalist homage [...]
Posted in Beer, Event, Review Tagged Bitches Brew, Cantillon, Cellaring beer, Dogfish Head, Miles Davis, Vannila Bourbon county Stout Leave a comment
Make Your Own Damn Butter
I know my posts have been infrequent and hovering around the similar and predictable constellation of food and beer as of late. But it’s the holidays and I’ve been drunk, stuffed with food and preoccupied by things more compelling than coifing my blog. I’ve got a back log of info on events going on around [...]