Passions & Distractions

Ridiculously Easy Ribs: 2 Ingredients, 1 Pot, 0 Thoughts

This is not haute cuisine.

This is not clean eating.

This is not a recipe with a great story.

This IS, without a doubt, the simplest, most flexible ribs recipe you will ever come across!  This is what you make when you have no time and no extra brain power to devote to cooking.  And it came about by mere happenstance when I found ribs on sale one day but lacked a game plan.  Winging it, I grabbed two bottles of BBQ sauce and the rest is delicious history. 

Now a warning: my food photography skills are still a work in progress.  And if you think taking pictures of raw meat is a great way to hone them, it's probably not.  The pictures after the cut are informative, but not necessarily pretty.  You've been warned.  Here's an arty picture of my cute rescue kitty, Tiger Lily, to help strengthen you for what's behind the cut:

Mix It Mondays: The Whiskey Sour

All good things must come to an end. So must it be with our focus on whiskey. Next Monday's post will be devoted to something not even related to alcohol, then July begins and it's time to choose a new flavor to savor. But enough about the future! Our moment is now and this moment belongs to the Whiskey Sour.

A Sweet Treat: Mini Apple Pies

Summer begs for smaller snacks, something bite size. The perfect place to start is with this recipe for mini apple pies!

Mix It Mondays: The Classic Manhattan

I honestly don't think I could focus on whiskey for a month and not share an absolute classic: the Classic Manhattan

Mix It Mondays: The Central Park Sunset

There's not a lot I know as I start this week, but I'll tell you what I do know: it's time to mix another drink!

Mix It Mondays: Mint Julep

Ah... The Mint Julep. A drink that both cools and kicks. This drink serves as the signal to the start of May, summers on a porch with a fan, and as the official potent potable of the Kentucky Derby. Traditionally served in a frosty silver cup, it's hard not to put a pinky out and a "y'all" in.

Mix It Mondays: The Old-Fashioned

When last we spoke of Mix It Mondays, I'd just put the briefest treatise of whiskey up, fully planning a monthlong ode to a favorite brown drink. Oh how naïve that feels now in a pandemic world. But you know what goes great with wistfulness? Whiskey. Specifically, a whiskey mixed into a cocktail that, historically, has seen some stuff: the Old-Fashioned.

Mix It Mondays: Whiskey

In honor of St. Patrick's Day, I'd like to take a little time to talk about our alcohol of the month: whiskey. This is...a deep topic. So today there won't be any recipes, just a little knowledge drop.

Mix It Mondays: the Chambord Crisp

As we wrap up February, we have room for one final recipe with vodka and Chambord. We have plumbed the depths of sweet and tart. Now I want to check out crisp, and I know just how to get us there.

Music to Mix To

This week seems to be alcohol's week to shine on my blog (unintentionally), so I thought it would be only right to round it out with a playlist full of songs related to alcohol and drinking.