Slow Cooker Tuscan White Bean and Beer Chicken Soup “You’re not reactionary, you’re rebellious but intentional. You think before you jump off the bridge.” Someone I know well said this to me once. I was the kid your parents warned you about, the one who jumps off the bridge and your parents ask if you’re… Read More
Southwest Beer Cheese Dip We talk a lot of pairing beer and food. About the sensory experiences of flavors, textures and ingredients that compliment each other. We’ve known since the accidental and unfortunate childhood pairing of toothpaste and orange juice that some flavors are a combative train wreck once they comingle in our mouth. We… Read More
Beer Brined Lemon Garlic Skillet Chicken. 30 minutes, one pot, so good! They always seem to need to explain themselves to me. When someone, new to beer or not, tells me they don’t like IPA’s it always comes with a disclaimer at the end. As if the mere fact they don’t respond well to one… Read More
Thanksgiving Leftovers Recipe: Black Friday Empanadas The next day is always better. It’s calm, relaxed. The cooking is finished, the fridge full of food, the dishes done. The relatives have left, but the house is still full with those special few. Of course you can slice a few rolls in half and pile them high… Read More
Sriracha Beer Mac N Cheese (15-minutes Stove Top) These photos were taken at the beginning of a power outage that lasted two days. Luckily, the light from my window was filtering through breaking storm clouds in an eerie but beautiful way that made it possible to shoot the macaroni I’d finish making by candlelight. It also… Read More
10-Minute Tater Tot Beer Cheese and Chives Soup You don’t have to make a decision. There’s no pressure to decide if you really want to give this a try, or if you think it’s a new deviant low in beer cooking. It can always be both. More than anything, its a reminder. Don’t look both… Read More
I grill pizza more often than I grill anything else. Unless you have a pizza oven in your backyard, it’s likely your best option when it comes to at home pizza cooking. Or, in this case, parking-lot-back-of-a-truck-with-a-portable-grill cooking. You get those lovely grilled char marks that you want when open flames are cooking your food,… Read More
It’s a hectic Wednesday morning and I’m trying to get it all straight in my head. I have emails to answer, deliverables to finishes, calls to make. It makes me want to shut down. I’m not organized, that side of this slightly insane job that I’ve chosen for myself makes me want to crawl under… Read More
Crispy Beer Battered Steak House Onion Rings I was on a southbound flight a few weeks ago, the guy sitting next to me not picking up on my “I don’t talk to strangers on airplanes” vibes. He asked me what I did for a living, which is always a bit of a strange conversation when… Read More
I’m in the middle of class 4 rapids, the yellow raft I’m in is pinned on the right side to a giant boulder, the impossibly fast current is rushing over the left side of the boat and the raft is quickly submerged. Seven of us are waist deep in cold water, trying desperately to… Read More
Vanilla Beer Cake Bites with Blueberry Filling Sometimes I just need a second. A second to take a breath. Of course I love the tumbling-forward-faster-than-I-can-keep-up-with pace that my life takes, but I need a second. Spring is the season to pause. The season to sit on the porch, long conversations with friends, favorites rediscovered, season.… Read More
Moroccan Beer Chicken with Herb Yogurt Sauce A summer evening dinner party on the patio, the perfect guest list, beautiful food, the right playlist, and of course, the right offerings in the beer tub. Stocking a beer tub for a party is as important as planning the food. It’s as much about offering your friends… Read More
Beer Brined Pork and Pineapple Skewers with Apricot Chili Glaze The start of grillin’ season also ushers in the start of session beer season. A session beer, for those new to the brew, is a beer with lower alcohol content. Most session beers range between 3% and 5% ABV, making them easy to consume over… Read More
On a tall shelf in my kitchen sits my grandmothers copy of The Joy of Cooking. A thick, vintage, hard backed book with a faded red ribbon that marks the Candied Sweet Potatoes recipe on page 325 that she made every Thanksgiving. Flipping through the yellowed pages, reading her notes scrawled in the margin,… Read More
Irish Apple Beer Cake & Craft Beers For St Patrick’s Day Years ago I spent Saint Patrick’s day in Ireland. Stumbling around the city with rowdy locals, watching fireworks burst over the River Liffey. Since that night I’ve fostered a love for Ireland, her people, and her beer. There isn’t a celebration that can compare… Read More
Beer Battered Fish Tacos with Pomegranate Guacamole The first time I had fish tacos I was somewhere off the coast of Mexico. I was 17, sunburned and a little confused. After a few crumbled pesos changed hands I was hastily pushed onto a boat, clung to an orange vest for about twenty minutes and gratefully… Read More
Maple Bacon Beer Waffles. Win at breakfast. Everyday you have a flight. A flight of meals that starts with breakfast. Maybe it’s a hastily consumed piece of toast as your rush out the door, or a Grande cup of caffeine, or maybe you miss out in favor of a few extra minutes of sleep. Then… Read More
Sriracha Lime Beer Corn Fritters. Perfect appetizer in just 15 minutes. It’s been a year. One year since I packed a moving truck full of my Los Angeles life, threw my bulldog in my car, and headed north. 12 months since I drove the length of Highway 1 through Big Sur, up into Oregon and… Read More