Kettle Brand Backyard Barbeque Chips Crusted Meatballs with Beer Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce + a HUGE giveaway! There’s a question we ask in my circle, one that everyone has an almost instant answer to: “If you could pick one food that you could eat endlessly and the calories wouldn’t count, what would you pick?” For… Read More
Prosciutto Mushroom Pasta in a Porter Cream Sauce I’ve figured something out. I have a reverse sense of fear. Is this a thing? I think so, even if it’s a term I just made up. I’m terrified of things that shouldn’t scare me, like mall Santas, commitment, and going on a cruise. But things that… Read More
Blackberry Galette with Beer Tart Crust It started as a last minute trip to chase down an assignment for a magazine I write for, and it ended up being more of a revelation. How is it that Bellingham—one of the countries best beer cities—is less than two hours from my door and I had yet… Read More
Garlic Sriracha Beer Steamed Mussels This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of BC Ale Trail and Tourism New West, Discover Surrey and Tourism Delta. All opinions and text are mine. TO COME Day two began how all days should begin: with fried chicken. River Market in New West is a destination… Read More
Grilled Garlic Beer Butter Lobster I needed a code word, a signal that it was too much. It was devised as a way to tell me that I needed to knock it down a few pegs. When I drink, I get a little less reserved and a little (a lot) more inappropriate. The people in… Read More
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of BC Ale Trail and Tourism New West, Discover Surrey and Tourism Delta. All opinions and text are mine. I started to fall in love when I saw they’d named their fermenters after the Golden Girls. Blanche, Rose, Dorothy and Sofia stood in the… Read More
Stout Osso Buco It’s been eye opening. The way the past few months have unfolded has shaken me awake. I’ve had to face the things about myself that I kept hidden like jewels in a wall safe. What I do for attention and what I do to push people away, the masks I wear and… Read More
Orange Lime Belgian Wit Cream Tart I know you’ve done this, I know you can relate. My phone rang Tuesday morning, 4th of July, at 6:30 am. Seriously? Who died? Why would anyone call me (late sleeper, night person that I am) at 6:30 am? The area code triggers a memory in the fog of… Read More
Stout Romesco Dip (10 minutes, so good) This was been a woodwork year. One of those years when people from my distant past, from a time when I was a person who doesn’t exist anymore, come out of the woodwork to jump back into my life. They feel equal parts foreign and comfortable, like a… Read More
One Hour No Knead Artisan Hefeweizen Bread Yeast bread is a lot like replacing a ceiling light. You have this mental block that screams at you, “you can’t do that, it’s not for you. That’s for other people who know things you don’t know.” Replacing light fixtures hardwired into the ceiling and baking bread are… Read More
Ridiculous Chocolate Stout Brownie Sundaes (for two) This isn’t for people who like order. For people who want everything neat, tidy and in its place. Not for people who can’t enjoy a little chaos, or see beauty in a big mess. I am not that person. Which is probably a good, allowing me to survive… Read More
Baked Asian Beer Barbecue Chicken Thighs. Less than 30-minutes and just a few simple steps and you have a delicious dinner! When you work from home, with limited human interaction, you do weird things. You become overly immeshed with your UPS guy, to the point that you are genuinely disappointed when there is another guy… Read More
Slow Cooker Stout Caramelized Onion Dip I don’t do resolutions. That’s wrong. I do. Every year. Just not the ones that normal people do. Mine are never about giving things up, that’s desolate. Resolutions should give you hope about the future, not dread. I make resolutions that make me want to plow forward into the new year.… Read More
Which slider recipes will come out on top: Crab Cake Sliders made with Kettle Brand Sea Salt and Vinegar Chips, paired with a pilsner, or Shrimp and Grits Sliders made with Kettle Brand Maple Bacon Chips paired with an IPA? I’m going to wager a bet that your weekend may be spent, in part, gathered around a… Read More
Three Cheese Jalapeno Skillet Beer Cheese Dip, made in a skillet, warm and bubbly I’ve hit a benchmark of sorts. A way of measuring if I’m actually becoming successful at this weird chosen profession that I, essentially, just made up. Money has never been much of a benchmark for me, other than in a “can… Read More
Charred Poblano Mozzarella and IPA Romesco Sandwich, ready in 20 minutes. Perfect for busy nights! I told you at the beginning of the year that I’ve made a resolution of sorts, which became a bit of hazard last week. I decided that since the world feels out of joint, all I can do is put good… Read More
Salt Roasted Mini Potatoes with Garlic Sage Beer Butter. The most delicious appetizer you can make with just ten minutes prep! I have a confession to make. Or possibly more of a reminder. It occurred to me, when I was posting this on instagram, that if you just stumbled upon this weird life that I… Read More
Vanilla Orange Hefe Pound Cake with Espresso Stout Ganache I come to this place every few years. The what do I want? phase. The place I seem to end up after I absentmindedly allow the people-pleaser in my heart to overtake the independent gypsy in my soul. Remember my fuck stupid food manifesto? The place… Read More