By Nick • February 8, 2010
The Italians are geniuses. They found a way to stuff all of my favorite things into a single dessert: alcohol, coffee, chocolate, and even cheese. That dessert is tiramisu.
My only issue with tiramisu is it generally uses Brandy which isn’t something I have laying around. Bourbon, however, I do normally have and tend to like [...]
Posted in baking, desserts, Stuffing Stuff | Tagged bourbon, cinnamon, cocoa powder, coffee, dessert, ladyfingers, mascarpone, tiramisu
By Nick • November 25, 2009
One of my coworkers recently brought me the latest issue of Cooking Light and showed me this awesome recipe for a Vanilla-Bourbon Pumpkin Tart. It looked really good, but I’m honestly not one to practice the “Light” part of cooking.
Don’t get me wrong, I can do healthy, but if I’m going to make a pie [...]
Posted in baking, desserts, Holidays | Tagged bourbon, cheesecake, graham cracker, how to make a graham cracker crust, pumpkin, pumpkin cheesecake
By Nick • March 3, 2009
Betsy and I were chatting yesterday while we looked out on a blizzard and she mentioned that when she was young her Mom used to make snow shakes. Strangely enough, my Mom used to make the same thing. So I figured I would mix up a batch for dessert.
These are really great and can be [...]
Posted in desserts, Easy Stuff, The Drink | Tagged bourbon, milk, snow, sugar, vanilla
By Nick • January 20, 2009
Dear PRESIDENT Obama:
Let me start by saying thanks for the party this weekend. DC has been a lot of fun and it is largely because you have had such an open and fun inauguration. So thanks again.
The concert on Sunday was especially cool. In case you were curious where I was standing (I’m [...]
Posted in musings, The Drink | Tagged bourbon, cocktails, Obama
By Nick • December 5, 2008
My beard is in full effect right now and I’m loving it. I always try to grow it out around November because it helps with the early walks to work, but I can only keep it for a few months because it gets unbearably hot around March or April.
So these are the months of [...]
Posted in Internet Kitchen | Tagged bourbon, cookies, pecan pie, pita, scones
