A Hungry Bear

stout-braised brisket

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

To use up the rest of the stout I got for the chocolate stout cupcakes I made last week, I turned to Epicurious. I’ve always thought of brisket as a vehicle for barbecue sauce, so the depth of flavor this dish had without any tomato-based sauce was pretty surprising. Next time I make [...]

chocolate stout cupcakes with bailey’s cream cheese frosting

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

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I’ve had this recipe bookmarked since I saw it back in March on one of my favorite food blogs, Closet Cooking. I like the way this blogger picks a theme or single ingredient and then makes several different things back to back with it. In this case he was doing a lot of [...]

white russian

Friday, September 11, 2009

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It’s been a while since I posted a Friday happy hour drink hasn’t it? Let’s stick to something simple, to ease ourselves back into the boozing. This one was a special request from A, which really surprised me since he almost always sticks to single malt scotch. Ingredients: vodka, kahlua, whole milk.

dirty martini with blue cheese stuffed olives

Friday, May 8, 2009

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If I take a week off from posting and pick back up on a Friday happy hour, will you think I need an intervention? A and I took a few days off for Miami (where we could drink “real” mojitos as early as 11am, not that we would ever do such a thing) and [...]

cuban mojito

Friday, May 1, 2009

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With the impending thaw in US-Cuba relations (we might actually be able to travel there soon!) thanks to Obama, I’ve been feeling the Cuba love lately. Not very many people know this, but I actually majored in both history and political science - surprising since I’m now in software marketing. Not only that, [...]

passionfruit punch

Friday, April 24, 2009

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This is my favorite drink from Food 101 Atlanta. While I don’t have a recipe to follow, I’ve tried to recreate what I’ve had at the restaurant. It’s become one of my favorites, especially as the weather heats up… The important part is the J. Love passionfruit vodka, which gives the drink [...]

redhead in bed

Friday, April 17, 2009

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I was flipping through this month’s Food & Wine magazine and was surprised to see one of Atlanta’s most successful rap musicians, Ludacris (if you don’t know who that is, start here). I wonder if it’s a sign of a true yuppie if you have both Ludacris’ Chicken & Beer album plus an [...]

old fashioned

Friday, April 3, 2009

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It’s Friday, and it’s definitely happy hour. I know I need an old-fashioned today after a long work trip this week to Santa Cruz, and the frantic pace of catching up with everything today. While A’s drink of choice will always be single malt scotch, I’ve never really liked it. This is [...]

blood orange and agave margarita

Friday, March 27, 2009

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I never post drinks on AHB, which I realize is kind of odd. At holidays, I put as much thought into finding and fixing a fun cocktail as I do a holiday-themed dessert. So since it’s Friday, and we’re all counting down till Happy Hour, I’ll share with you one of my recent [...]

cream of wild mushroom soup

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

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This recipe has been in my bookcase since… college maybe? I remember the first time I made it, transferring batches of the soup into my blender, thinking I was being so efficient by filling the blender to the brim, only to have cream of mushroom soup explode all over my little rental apartment. [...]