As I said on the air today, I make this for myself using half the sugar, and skim milk. Dial in the variables to suit yourself. Also shaved dark chocolate on top is a nice touch. As is Fee Bros. Mint Bitters. The original recipe A couple of great suggestions from callers The “Low Cal”… Continue reading The John Gormley Eggnog Recipe
Author: james romanow
The Wine Condom – a perfect solution
Today I found the perfect solution to several problems simultaneously. Best of all, unlike my usual perfect solutions, this one is affordable. Meet the Wine Condom. Cheekily named after its inspiration, it comes in a box of 10 with suitable instructions, for those of us unfamiliar with condom usage. It is as you’d imagine a… Continue reading The Wine Condom – a perfect solution
Sous-vide for Beginners
This was an experiment in sous vide cooking, which assumed I didn’t want to spend more money and space on new cooking equipment like a home sous-vide unit. Sous-vide for those of you new to the concept is cooking very low and very slow. The issue of slowness will vary from item to item. Ideally… Continue reading Sous-vide for Beginners
Viva Appassimento!
If you are not particularly up on Italian wine, you may be unaware of the appassimento revolution underway. Appassimento is the process of making wine from dried grapes. (There is a great deal more to it than that, but as a consumer that’s all you need to know.) The most famous – justly – product… Continue reading Viva Appassimento!
Binary Choices
This post is not about wine. At least not obviously. It is a little bit. But you’re going to have to read for a while before you get there. We all hate binary choices. We search out people who can break outside the box, and find that one brilliant unseen choice. We write acres of… Continue reading Binary Choices