Sourdough Beer Doughnuts with Nutella Mousse Filling Doughnuts are my thing. My last meal thing, my birthday treat thing. Cake is great, but it’s not as good as doughnuts. It’s sort of becoming a thing on my birthday, finding nearby doughnuts wherever I happen to find myself. Even when I was here, I was able… Read More
Thai Chili Beer Chicken in Spicy Peanut Satay Sauce This is 100% because I’m clumsy. You’d think that an actual grown-up human person would be able to eat chicken off stabby things, I mean SKEWERS, without actually stabbing themselves. But you would be wrong. I have several stabby thing related injuries and I’m trying not… Read More
Spanish Beer Chicken What are you doing to feel normal? To forget that we use phrases like “the virus” and “pre-pandemic” and “social distancing” more often than ever thought possible? For some people, it’s routine that brings comfort, and for others, it’s the lack of it. I have never been a schedule keeper, so that… Read More
Sourdough Fried Chicken, the best fried chicken I’ve ever made! I read the other day that sourdough starters are a problem. As in: we are wasting too much flour by feeding and discarding on a daily basis. To which my brain responded with: yeah, I’m going to go ahead and worry about that as soon… Read More
Crispy Sweet Potato and Mushroom Confit Tacos with Smoky Crema Hey, friend. How are you? It’s getting harder and harder to stay positive these days, but I think it’s rather imperative to our emotional wellbeing to at least try to hold onto the good stuff longer than the bad. Not reading the bad news, and… Read More
Tandoori Beer Meatball Subs with Garlic Raita I forgot about meatballs. For years I failed to realize that meatballs do not necessitate a bed of pasta. I love pasta, this you know, and I love meatballs, but in my brain, the two are not a match. Meatballs and pasta are like that couple you know… Read More
Dulce de Leche Beer Cheesecake Bars with Brown Sugar Pretzel Crust I am currently in the “way too excited about small things” phase of this quarantine. Let’s talk examples, it’ll be fun. Finding a can of sweetened condensed milk in my pantry that I didn’t know I had is equal to the levels of excitement… Read More
Pineapple Pilsner Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Coconut Ginger Cream Cheese Frosting We have officially reached the “dozen cupcakes for dinner” portion of this pandemic. It’s good news, it means we are close to the end. Isn’t that how this works? I’m certain it is, but you should probably listen to actual health professionals about this… Read More
Grilled Harissa Sesame Beer Chicken with Lemon Cilantro Tahini Remember when I had you buy tahini to make this Beer Chicken Shwarma with Tahini Aoili? Well, that jar of tahini is about to get another workout. I COULD sit here and tell you it’s because I think you already have some and I don’t want you… Read More
Japanese Beer Pancakes I tried to make this as easy as possible for you. Because I know that although I really like to spend all day in the kitchen, you probably don’t. The first run-through I tried a blender because it’s how I make crepes. I was hoping the blade would blend the egg whites… Read More
Puff Pastry Churro Curls with Chocolate Stout Dipping Sauce I’ve been taking stock quite a bit lately, haven’t you? What’s in the pantry (how did I get pickled raisins and why do I still have them?), what’s in my life (so many good people), what I’m grateful for (lots and lots). This helps, I promise.… Read More
Drunk Ramen Carbonara, the ultimate pantry meal! I don’t want to tell you how to live your quarantine life, but you should make this. It’s a huge step up from just eating a package of store-bought ramen, which, let’s be honest, we all want to do right now. It makes you feel like you’ve actually… Read More
Matcha Beer Pound Cake with Strawberries, Mint Whipped Cream I know what you’re thinking. “Oh, so THIS is a cake but that chocolate thing you posted last week was bread? What are the rules?!” There are no rules! Not right now. Not in this pants-optional-all-day-drinking-keep-your-COVID-cooties-away-from-me world we currently live in. Rules do not exist! Ok,… Read More
Beer Apple Fritters with Vanilla Maple Glaze Is it just me or are we all hypochondriacs right now? Was that sneeze allergies or a deadly virus? Is the house too hot or do I have a deadly virus? Did I eat something weird or do I have a deadly virus? It’s nonstop. But on the… Read More
Pilsner Sandwich Loaf (makes 2) Do you remember the days when it was easier to go to the store than to bake bread? Those were good times. We will get back there soon, I promise. For now, we will be baking bread in our pajamas and failing to social distance from carbs because the store… Read More
There is a lot of uncertainty right now, but let’s talk about what is certain. Yoga pants and pajamas are socially acceptable all day. Cake can now be eaten at all meals without guilt. And the government has officially declared brewery staff to be considered essential during the shelter in place lockdown. But we already… Read More
Key Lime Pilsner Loaf Cake with Mezcal Icing We all need cake right now, we do. It helps. Apparently so does social distancing and hand washing. And don’t forget that alcohol kills all germs. Where does that leave us? Washing our hands and drinking alone. There are worse things, I suppose, especially when you have… Read More
Beer Chicken Shawarma with Sweet Potato cakes and Tahini Aoili This has been a hard month, for all of us. We aren’t even two weeks in and this month has already had an impact on the world in profound ways. It leaves us all feeling helpless and scared, worried and frightened. I wish I had… Read More