By Nick • February 25, 2010
I wasn’t shocked when The Pioneer Woman won last week’s poll. She’s pretty much the most popular thing since Barack (2008). The hard part though was deciding what to make out of her latest cookbook. I didn’t really want to make a meat heavy dish which eliminated about 75% of the recipes, so instead I [...]
Posted in baking, desserts, Junk Food Junkies | Tagged brownie, brownie chocolate, brownies, butter, cakes, chocolate, chocolate brownie, cocoa powder, coffee, cookies, desserts, frosting recipe, homemade brownies, mocha brownies, mocha chocolate, mochas
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 18, 2009
One of my favorite movies of all time is The Big Lebowski. I went through a phase where I watched it at least once a week. Most of the time I watched it with my college roommates with a few White Russians (the choice drink of The Dude.) If I had a dollar for every [...]
Posted in Easy Stuff, good food, The Drink | Tagged alcohol, coffee, coffee liqueur, how to make coffee liqueur, sugar, vanilla, vodka
By Nick • October 22, 2009
If you told me that I could only pick one snack food to eat for the rest of my life, it might be chicken wings. Either that or popcorn, but probably wings. I’ve made chicken wings before on Macheesmo, three kinds in fact, but this version is something different.
I think there are three important qualities [...]
Posted in appetizers, chicken, good food, Junk Food Junkies, spicy | Tagged ancho chiles, chicken wings, coffee, dry rub, ginger, paprika, sriracha, sticky wings
By Nick • August 25, 2009
I really like iced coffee. There just isn’t much that’s more refreshing on a hot summer day than a really good iced coffee. I have a major issue though with iced coffee from most chain coffee places. They tend to… what’s the phrase… mutilate it.
They take their normal coffee which has been brewed and probably [...]
Posted in Easy Stuff, The Drink | Tagged breakfast, coffee, cold-brewed cofffee, drinks, iced coffee
