you, Nancy Berry), made bread and butter pickles, blueberry freezer jam, chile pepper vodka and jalapeno jelly. I gave these away for gifts, and all were well received. The blueberry jam was a little tricky to give as it had to...

and I got to peek at dishes and breathe in nice aromas before we placed our order. I started off with a full-bodied cab and my companion (bless his liver) had a straight vodka. We had two medium plates and one small. The duck...

. That, or Arandas (next to Berlin), which would infuse you and and your clothes with the smell of cooking oil.

Do you use sweet tea vodka? love that stuff

was absolutely lovely. Sweet but not cloying, with an ambrosial mouthfeel. Next was an Italian aqcua de cerdo (citrus water) dessert wine, which packed quite a punch. Sort of a cross between Grand Marnier (in flavor) and vodka...

with the basics and you will be satisfied. DOMINICAN: - El Malecon: As you step off the 1 train at 231st street, only the stuffiest of stuffed up noses could prevent you from inhaling the garlic infused aromas of the chickens...

stuff that may or may not taste very good. But then, its smoked salmon. LOTS of it. The whole packet. I once picked up some smoked salmon on my way home from work, intending to make it into a creamy pasta vodka pepper thing. I...

dramatically. A tablespoon added to any kind of beans while cooking provide just the right “Seasoning.” Just saw recently on one of these boards a recipe for bacon vodka and another for bacon-flavored bloody Mary....

over that mark. In addition they had a very extensive Specialty tails section, so I opted to try a few. :) I started with a L’Anisette, made of fresh muddled Mint, Lime, mixed with Anisette Liquor and Belvedere Vodka with a...

The most recent: - pasta with garlic, ginger/scallion-infused oil, parsley, and parmesan (daily) - linguine carbonara (painfully limited, due to cholesterol concerns, but still a craving) - fried pork/chive dumplings - a lengua...

and part of the larger flavor profile infused by the cast of aromatics. I’m really glad that I browned the skin first since I don’t think it would have tasted or looked as good, although it does add another step and...

A friend just asked, so I’m posting the technique for grilled lobster I used (though I didn’t make the bread crumbs, and just basted with a mixture of homemade roasted garlic-infused olive oil, butter, minced garlic...

's at room temp. You can keep the leftover syrup in the fridge forever. Then, take your food processor, or a blender, and whirl half a cantaloupe (or honeydew) until it’s pureed. Add the juice of half a lime, and two...

Can’t get past the idea of eating Bambi and Thumper. No venison or rabbit for me. Am sure both are delicious, definitely a mental thing for me. Vodka. Too much, too young, never again. Salmon and pea casserole. Sloppy Joes....

, there was no description of any menu item. The specialty tails on the small side but good – especially the bellinitini with peach puree, vodka and sparkling wine but very slow in coming, and we nearly had to beg for a...