The bitters materials arrived a week ago Thursday, but other projects kept me from launching the experiment until this Wednesday night. I had fun jarring, labeling, and tasting all of the different components. Then I measured out the ingredient and assembled the mixes. It took only a few minutes - I just [...]
Posted by: Will on July 20th, 2007 © Filed under: Cocktails & Spirits, Condiments | No Comments »
This time of year in California, the farmers markets are overflowing with every imaginable kind of produce. It’s best to keep me away because my acquisitive nature takes over and I want to buy everything - everything. This also happens in art museums, but while I cannot afford to buy art, I [...]
Posted by: Will on July 13th, 2007 © Filed under: Condiments, Preserves | No Comments »
Much to the chagrin of our parents, Will and I have also come to love classic cocktails. OK, so maybe we loved them a bit too well in our early 20s, but I like to think that early enthusiasm has developed into a healthy connoisseurship. But aside from the usual bitters examples - [...]
Posted by: Will on July 3rd, 2007 © Filed under: Cocktails & Spirits, Condiments | 1 Comment »
When my brother, Will, and I were still small, my mother and father rigged up a grain mill attached to a bicycle so that they could grind fresh wholegrain flour on demand. That level of dedication may have blossomed in Northern California in the 1970s and died out there in the same decade, but [...]
Posted by: Will on July 1st, 2007 © Filed under: Condiments, Preserves | No Comments »
