The eggplant paremesan here is one of those frozen dealies that doesn’t taste anything like a frozen dealie. My wife loves eggplant parmesan and she is of the opinion that if you served this one in a good Italian restaurant, no one would be the wiser. From Costco.
Anyway, I am increasingly of the opinion that [...]
Lazy Magnolia Southern Pecan may be one of the most versatile beers to pair with food. I’ve tried it with a number of dishes with great success. One recent pairing inspired me to get all artistic and take a photo of a Southern Pecan bottle framed by my homegrown bounty of tarragon. Some herbs do better [...]
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Wrap your mind around this one. Decadent mini cupcakes paired with robust English Porter. Remember cupcakes? Well, they’re out. Apparently, making mini cakes has become passé. Now making mini cupcakes are all the rage. Yep, you heard it here first. Beerlicious is on the cutting edge of pastry fashion. Here’s how I found out. Last Thursday, [...]
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An odd pairing, you might think: barleywines are hugely complex beers, with powerful hops and massive malts. Supreme pizza is the kitchen sink pizza: it has a bit of everthing, olives, sausage meat, pepperoni, onions, etc.
With a big, assertive beer like this, paired with a pizza with so many different flavours going on, you would [...]
Been overdosing on pasta and pizza lately, and I needed a change of pace. I had no plans and no idea what to do, so I started rifling through the pantry and fridge to see what my options were.
Here are some green onions! A potato! Some coconut milk! I know we have some curry [...]
Started out accidental. I was sipping on a coffee oatmeal stout homebrew when the pizza man cometh. Life’s crazy right now, so not much cooking. We went with an old favorite, chicken, feta, sundried tomato, and garlic from Yankee Pizzeria.
My first instinct was to polish off the stout before digging into dinner. “Coffee stout won’t [...]
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Yes, leftovers. I had another pairing last night I hope to post on, but I’m going to go with what’s fresh on my mind right now.
Hobgoblin is an English brown ale. Newcastle is an English brown ale. The chasm between them is vast. Hobgoblin is very rich, malty, and pleasantly sweet. It’s not overpowering but [...]
Not great steak, just top sirloin on sale at Publix. Wrapped in bacon at the suggestion of my daughter. And I tried to hit medium using a digital thermometer, but it ended up just a smidge below well done. So, whatever. Bacon covers a multitude of sins.
The beer was from a [...]
“If people were really honest with themselves, they’d realize that sometimes they’d just rather have a beer.” So goes the recent Sam Adams commercial. Too true. For example, when you break out the Penzey’s Chili 9000 and cook up some red and yellow bell peppers, onions, and chicken, can you think of a better beverage [...]
As Beer Meister (aka “The Pairings Guy”) I have had the pleasure of attending many beer dinners over the last couple of years. I know some of you have not yet experienced the variety of pleasures – and occasionally pains! – each one brings to the taste table, so here is a short write-up [...]