A Hungry Bear

muay thai mai tai

Friday, July 10, 2009

I have a very special drink to share with you for today’s happy hour. Today A and I are heading off to Vegas for a weekend of our 2 favorite things: eating and UFC. When I asked A for help figuring out a drink for this week, he pulled a dusty copy of [...]

metropolitan

Friday, June 26, 2009

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I’m not sure this is a metropolitan exactly. But the name of this cocktail isn’t important at all if you’re going to make it yourself. If you want to order it from a bartender who actually knows what they’re doing, you might want to just ask for a “cosmopolitan made with citrus vodka.” [...]

dark-n-stormy

Friday, June 19, 2009

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Remember the Pimm’s Cup I made a few weeks ago? It required ginger beer, which I could only find in 4-packs. I don’t drink ginger beer plain, unless I’m in Sri Lanka and feeling adventurous, so I’ve been looking for new drink recipes that call for it. This is probably the easiest [...]

strawberry mojito

Friday, May 29, 2009

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Last week we received no fewer than four (4!!) pints of strawberries in our fruit and vegetable delivery from our CSA (TaylOrganic Farms). And they were fat, juicy, perfect strawberries, too - almost too good to eat any other way but plain. But I did manage to spare a few to make one [...]

gordon’s cup

Friday, May 15, 2009

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I will be drinking this all summer. And I strongly suggest that you whip up a batch of simple syrup and make these right now (as in, happy hour Friday, not as in, whatever exact moment during the workday that I happen to click “publish” on this post). Even A, who only drinks single-malt, had [...]

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 [...]

green goddess dressing with grilled halibut & salad

Saturday, April 18, 2009

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Molly Wizenberg wrote about green goddess salad dressing in her Bon Appetit column last month, and I immediately wanted to try it (her writing has that effect on a lot of people I guess). Until Molly’s article, I thought “Green Goddess” was just a brand of dressing made by Annie’s Organics, but I’ve never tasted [...]

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 [...]

flank steak fajitas

Thursday, April 9, 2009

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Fajitas are my go-to meal when I haven’t planned anything else, or when I have planned something but have neither the time nor the energy to make it. Normally this just entails thawing out a couple of chicken breasts (or using leftover roast chicken, taken off the bone and shredded), sauteing some onions and [...]