Christmas and New Years

Christmas and New Years

This past summer I decided to try my hand at making a couple of liqueurs and had varied success with those projects, but after some time steeping, filtering, bottling, and a little more aging I ended up with two liqueurs that I bottled up and gave away as gifts this...
What about the pits?

What about the pits?

I’ve been eating cherries in several preparations lately, from the berries I made jam and cooked with some sugar to top some ice cream, but from the pits I’ve made a few batches of ice cream. I knew the flavor wouldn’t be that strong, so I wanted to...
Recreating that Black Pearl Flavor

Recreating that Black Pearl Flavor

I haven’t suddenly stopped cooking, but I have been away (again) from writing on my blog. In the interim, I’ve found some new favorite recipes and a new favorite chocolate. First, a shout out to Freya at Writing at the Kitchen Table for her outstanding...
Brownies and Beer

Brownies and Beer

I’ve had several bottles of oatmeal stout sitting in my refrigerator for a couple of months. I originally bought them to mess around with real beer floats and I did come up with a formula I liked, but I still haven’t tried it out on anyone else. Now I was...