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
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
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
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
Sweet Potato Enchiladas with Chipotle Stout Pomegranate Sauce. Quick and easy, and so delicious. Perfect Meatless Monday Meal. It finally happened. I woke up to a City covered in snow and slightly panicked about it. It wasn’t that long ago that I was living {here}, and putting up Christmas decorations in a sundress. The thing about… Read More
Baked Everything Bagel Beer Chicken Legs They tell me it’s all about the water. That’s what bagel people will tell you if you listen long enough. That New York bagels are obviously the best because of the magical properties that the water contains. That’s also, coincidentally enough, what beer people will tell you. That different… Read More
White Bean Turkey Beer Chili (for Thanksgiving leftovers) Please excuse the interruption from your otherwise lovely Holiday weekend while I boss you around. If you have leftover turkey this is what you should do with it. Make yourself some warm-your-bones chili, full of the beer brined turkey that you obviously made, and use it as… Read More
Pulled Chipotle Beer Chicken Sliders I’ve made a decision. I need to clear the emotional cache from this past week. I need to a little distance from reality and my incessant need to over-think. I need a break and a beer and I’ve decided that a trip to Bend, Oregon can fix what ails me right… Read More
Chili Brown Sugar Oven Beer Can Chicken A few months ago I sat at a table with a mess of brewers and beer people. The conversation turned to the water shortage, and farming practices. The debate went back and forth, what we can do, what we need to be careful of, and even how to… Read More
Slow Cooker Beer Caramelized Onion Grilled Cheese Sandwiches There are things you learn when you decide to chase the knowledge of an entire industry down an ever-expanding rabbit hole. You learn the lingo; at first just to keep up in conversation and translate what is being said. Then you learn it enough to speak intelligently… Read More
Porter Provolone Meatball Subs “I can’t believe you’re not here this weekend,” The bartender at Cowiche Canyon in Yakima, Washington is shaming me for arriving —and leaving—just days before the biggest celebration of beer that this part of the world has to offer. I don’t blame her, really. It doesn’t make a lot of sense… Read More
I just use it as an excuse. The truth is, I only use the cultural intrigue over Oktoberfest as an excuse to do things like this. Because in any reasonable persons mind, this is a bit too far. One too many. Coco Chanel is telling me to take something off before I leave the house… Read More
Loaded Beer and Bacon Corn Chowder Don’t give me that look. I fully aware that in most parts of the world, it’s still summer. There is still frolicking in flip-flops and water activities to be done in the two weeks before fall officially sets in. But where I live, the rain-soaked-90’s-music-mecca, I already have the… Read More
I had a camera in my face and a man four-inches shorter than me asking questions he should know the answers to. This is mid-day TV, I suppose. This is a cooking segment on a Los Angeles NBC station. This is a person unable to let a millisecond of silence creep across your screen. Your… Read More
Beer Battered Cod Po’ Boy Sliders Island beer feels different. The patio is always full of people who don’t just know the beer, they know the story. They know the owners, the jobs they held before the lure of the frustration of brewing on a tiny system in the middle of an ocean pulled them… Read More
Street Fair Grilled Beer Chicken There is a street fair in LA that I used to frequent, with chicken the smells so incredible it will haunt your dreams. I’d rush past the booths of produce, handmade ceramic mugs, the guy trying to get me to vote for his City Council pick, the face painting lady,… Read More
Beer Chili Party Dogs I had a brief 3-year stint as a vegetarian, a decision that made my cooking both better and impossible, but I ultimately wasn’t able to commit. Rules have never really been for me, and I’m an all-in, or all-out type of person. It started when my parents decided to move us all… Read More