… with a fun bottle to boot! (Check out the pink elephants!) Delerium Tremens is a strong Belgium pale ale — 9% — brewed in Melle, Belgium, and imported to the U.S. It’s crisp and citrusy like the popular Belgian white ale “Blue Moon” but less sweet and more potent. My waiter at Brasserie Beck [...]
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A New Favorite Beer…
Posted in Party food, tagged beer, Belgium, Delerium Tremens, pal ale on August 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Toasted French Bread Pizzas
Posted in Party food, Quick bites, Recommended Meals, tagged french bread, mozzarella, mushrooms, olives, pizza, red pepper, tomatoes on January 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Pizza-making doesn’t have to mean mixing dough from scratch and tossing it out ala Luigi. Try a fresh, crusty French loaf for a twist! This is also an easy option for a fun, small dinner party with friends – people always go wild topping their own, which can be pretty entertaining. I like to brush [...]
Magnolia Cupcakes
Posted in Baking, Desserts, Party food, tagged cupcakes, dessert, Magnolia Bakery, New York on January 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
These are some of the best cupcakes I have ever tasted, hands down. The bakers at Magnolia, which first opened in New York’s West Village in 1996, have perfected their eggy cake batter and baking process to result in a treat that is not overly moist or oily and neither dry and crumbly. The buttercream [...]
Fiesta!
Posted in Mexican/Southwestern, Party food, Recipes, Recommended Meals, tagged Avocado, beef, black beans, chickpea, cilantro, corn, eggplant, guacamole, kidney beans, plum tomatoes, salsa, tacos on November 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
One of the early staples in my cooking repertoire was the taco dinner: browned ground beef with an Old El Paso spice pack and all the prepacked fixings, from shredded Kraft cheese and chopped iceberg lettuce to flour tortillas and canned salsa. It was always an easy, tasty meal, but certainly not authentic, healthy or [...]
Fresh Spring Rolls with Dipping Sauces
Posted in Asian, Party food, Quick bites, Recipes, tagged Shrimp, Vietnamese, spring rolls, cilantro, mint, rice paper, dipping sauce, peanut, chili oil, garlic, lime on October 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Chewy on the outside and fresh, crisp and crunchy on the inside. Fresh spring rolls are a light and refreshing appetizer packed with flavor.
Turns out, they’re pretty easy to make at home! Preparing the rolls’ numerous elements is the hardest part; wrapping and rolling is all the fun.
These shrimp spring rolls included cilantro, seeded cucumber, [...]
Sushi-making party
Posted in Asian, Party food, Recipes, Recommended Meals, tagged Shrimp, snow crab, sushi, tuna on July 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It was another busy weekend in the PeanutButterMilk kitchen. On Saturday night we hosted a sushi-making party for a few friends, and on Sunday we celebrated Nate’s birthday with a Southern cuisine feast.
Making sushi at home is a lot of fun. My stepsister, Michelle, gave us a sushi kit for Christmas, and it included all [...]
