Tonight’s TDN theme was Crystal Head Vodka. There’s been a viral video of Dan Akaroyd talking about his new crystal head vodka in a glass skull. There was some speculation that this was a marketing effort in advance of a Ghostbusters III movie, but it turns out it is actually for vodka — in a glass [...]
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Last night’s TDN was apples and pears — spirits and alcoholic beverages made with apples and pears. As luck would have it, I had just restocked a new bottle of Calvados in the liquor cabinet, so I decided to use that as a base. For this week, I’m not sure why or how the thought struck, but [...] So after a couple of tweets by Chef Kathy Casey about cocktails she was thinking of making on her trip to Dubai, I’ve had pomegranate molasses on the brain. If you haven’t tried it, its a brilliant marriage of sweet and tart with a nice depth of flavour. I use it in cooking: an essential ingredient [...] Strawberry season here almost always coincides with the solstice, and this year has been a particularly great year for them. Cool weather during the fruit set, combined with hot weather in the last few weeks while they were ripening has produced a bountiful crop of big, luscious berries this year. The downside? with the warm weather, [...] We are planning to be away this weekend at the biannual molded fiberglass trailer meetup with the Trillium (Glass Eggs is much easier to say!), so I have been sorting out the provisions in the trailer to ensure we are warm and well-fed! Its been so cold here, that this will be the first trip of [...] |
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