Holiday Gift Guide 2021: Ultimate Foodie

These gifts are for the ultimate foodie. Not the foodie that just loves to eat good food, but the one who likes to cook. New kitchen tools and gadgets will have them excited to flex their culinary skills. Any of these gifts will be a great addition to their kitchen. I have no doubt they’ll want to show their gratitude by whipping you up a delicious meal or two…

Holiday Gift Guide 2021: Cocktail Enthusiast

We all have a cocktail enthusiast in our lives. This gift guide is for that cocktail making, wine sipping, and craft beer loving individual. You won’t find your typical items like cocktail shakers or jiggers on this list. You’ll find these gifts to be useful yet impressive. Each item is bound to get used time and time again…

Arrabiata Sauce with Calabarian Chili Peppers

This arrabiata sauce is like a marinara sauce with a kick of heat. Arrabiata is Italian for angry. Typically, you make the sauce angry (aka spicy) by adding red pepper flakes. However, I subbed the pepper flakes for my homemade Calabrian chili pepper paste. It adds a nice amount of spice and some depth of flavor…

Craft Beer & Candy Pairings (Halloween 2021)

Why should kids be the only ones indulging in candy on Halloween? Candy is fun, but candy with beer is a good time. Whether you are “inspecting” your kid’s trick-or-treat bag or raiding the aisle for discounted goodies, you deserve to kick back with your favorite confection and cold brew. I am no beer expert, but I have learned a little something something over…