Carrying beer across state lines can be a real pain these days, so I’ve got to make it a worthwhile choice when i carefully picked out what to bring back from Wisconsin. We stopped into a market en route to the airport, with only a few minutes to spare. After grabbing a few other bottles, this one caught my [...]
A long time ago, Eli mentioned to me “oh, my friend Brian is moving to San Francisco. You’ll really like him. He’s writing a book about beer.” Since then Brian has brewed with me on occasion, and is a reliable to always have quality taste in beers, and great stories about the brewmasters who [...]
Mini review: amazing space (sit downstairs), awesome beers, middling food, get the fries. For a more complete review, see the professionals.
I started by attacking a huge pile of fresh fruit that was taunting me to go bad. I has already lost some raspberries to mold, and wasn’t going to loose anymore. I cleaned and chopped the blackberries, strawberries, and peaches into a bowl, and lightly dressed them in a bit of sugar and flour. Still looking a little too [...]
Ah, summer. Sure it’s cold and windy here in San Francisco, but the fresh produce is bountifully flowing in from the central valley, and filling my kitchen with great summer fruits and veggies. My CSA box this week even smelled like summer when i opened it: it contained a huge musk melon and heirloom [...]
More details on this delicious meal coming soon. I’m a bit full right now.
Yesterday morning, I arrived at my desk to find that the Bacon Fairy (who turns out to be Cory! Thanks Cory!) had left a present on my desk. These suspiciously foul smelling mints combined two of my favorite things: bacon, and things that should never be paired with bacon. I immediately sent an email out to my [...]
What beer to bring from California to Wisconsin? A few years ago, ferrying beer from one side of the country to the other was no big deal. I’d just bring the case onboard as my carry-on item, explain to other curious/jealous/incredulous passengers, “Yes, this really is beer. Yes, I’m really bringing it to Wisconsin.” A [...]
“Can you slice it any thinner?” I implored the deli counter at the market in Lake Villa, Illinois. She tried again, and produced a half pound of paper thin slices of prosciutto for my grilling adventure in the afternoon. Armed with my paper thin prosciutto, a half dozen summer peaches, and my Dad’s new Brinkmann grill, [...]
My dad is leaving Wisconsin. After over twenty years, he’s moving just south of the border into Illinois. For those of us who live in California, that might not seem like a huge difference, but for native Wisconsites, this is high treason. It’s the Benedict Arnold of relocations, trading in the Brewers, cheese, and beer [...]
