Tag: alcohol
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Valentine's Day Fool
A British dessert dating back to the 1500’s, fruit fool is as simple as its name suggests. Traditional fool (or foole) is nothing more than pureed fruit folded into sweetened whipped cream. For Valentine’s day I took it a notch further and added a bed of peaches and bourbon syrup under the swirly folds of…
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Ah… Sangria
It’s Saturday. I sip ice-cold sangria, and outside it’s hot, hot, hot. The heat is so unusual, that the streets of Park Slope and Carroll Gardens in Brooklyn are blissfully empty. A few passerbys, perilously close to the melting point, saunter on the shady side of the street, looking lost. I wish I could take…
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Ginger and Shiitake Pork
Mushrooms, ginger, and pork – a perfect combination of flavors with an Eastern twist. This recipe is inspired by Japanese cooking, but does not require any rare ingredients (because I was too lazy to travel to Manhattan for a visit to a Japanese grocery). And I don’t regret it, because this pork dish lacks absolutely…
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Beer-Braised Lamb
Do something new with your porter: succulent, flavorful, lick-your-fingers lamb… Ladies and gentlemen, I have done it: beer-braised lamb on Monday night. Yes, braising does take about an hour and a half or more. Vacation must have left me with some extra energy, or hunger, or desire to stay up later… Whatever it was, I…
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