Category: Food Holidays & More

RECIPE: Oktoberfest Burger With Pork Schnitzel

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The Oktoberfest Burger, with breaded pork cutlets. Photo courtesy Hard Rock Cafe.   Hard Rock Cafe is celebrating Oktoberfest with a Germany-inspired burger, the Samuel Adams Octoberfest Schnitzel Burger. Available September through October 31st, it has German flavor accents: schnitzel (breaded pork cutlets) instead of beef patties, sauerkraut, whole grain mustard and beer-accented cheese sauce,…
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Ways To Use Ginger Beer In Cocktails & Cooking (With Recipes)

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Ginger beer is not alcoholic, but a stronger, spicier version of ginger ale. There are lots of cocktails made with ginger beer, the most famous of which are: Dark And Stormy: ginger beer and Gosling’s Black Seal Rum (a black or dark rum). Here’s the recipe. Moscow Mule: ginger beer, lime juice, vodka (trivia lovers,…
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Vermouth & Tapas For Cocktails & Brunch: A Spanish Tradition

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Vermouth is enjoying a renaissance. Vermouth (ver-MOOTH) is a fortified wine—one that includes a base spirit—flavored with a proprietary mixture of botanicals (roots, barks, flowers, seeds, herbs, spices). A glass of sweet red vermouth with an orange slice or twist was long a fashionable apéritíf for café society*. In Barcelona today, vermouth and tapas are…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: National Lobster Day

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For a long time, National Lobster Day was celebrated on June 15th. But according to The Boston Globe, on August 5th, National Lobster Day was officially declared by Congress to take place on September 25th. Sponsored by Senator Angus King of Maine, the resolution was agreed to “without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous…
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FOOD FUN: Mounds Mess

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Recently we published a recipe for a popular U.K. dessert, the Eton Mess. It’s a combination of strawberries, whipped cream, meringues and other ingredients, unceremoniously mixed together (i.e., a mess). We saw this dessert on the Facebook page of Distilled NY in Manhattan’s TriBeCa neighborhood, and decided it was an American version of the Eton…
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