One of the great tragedies of brewing beer is how much grain gets tossed after the brewing process. Pounds and pounds of perfectly good grains need to go in the compost. I always try to freeze some for future recipes or kitchen experiments, as well as whip up some spent-grain-something Read more…
I’ve been homebrewing for about three years now and every time I brew I learn something new. Donald also homebrews and sometimes we have different ideas about the best process and ingredients. To mitigate the inevitable opposing opinions, we switch off who is the Master brewer and who is the Read more…
Yesterday was Sunday – an especially lazy Sunday – and we are watching golf in our pajamas…at 4pm (don’t judge). Dinner was still 2 hours away, and my egg burrito brunch burned off hours ago. I’m hungry. Donald is hungry (…maybe even hangry). And we are both being lazy. We’ve Read more…
A while ago I was given a sour dough starter and was told to keep it in the fridge and feed it once a week. As someone who runs a pretty tight ship when it comes to the fridge I thought “no problem” This thing was going to live forever. Read more…
Have you ever been struck by a crazy chocolate craving? Not a regular, sane chocolate craving, but a debilitating, psychopathic chocolate craving? I know I have. The cure? Make these easy truffles and keep a batch on hand for just such an occasion. Easy Dark Chocolate Truffles 3 Tbsp butter Read more…
I’m just going to gush about eggs for a minute. Eggs are amazing. They are a low-cost source of good proteins, are low-calorie, and a delicious vehicle for hot sauce. They keep you full for a long time, come in convenient single-serving packets, and keep for a while in the Read more…
Hola! Welcome to my blog. If you end up reading it you’ll learn all about my kitchen antics and cocktail whims, wild ideas about mindful living and DIYing my life, and probably some tangents about being a millennial in the great city of Boston. A little about who I am: Read more…