I make it a habit to check the new release books in my local library on a regular basis. Sometimes you can find something you did not expect to find. As luck would have it, recently I found the Di Bruno Bros. House of Cheese book. Di Bruno Bros. is an artisan cheese shop in…
During the course of a strange day yesterday, I did get some pics of the work in progress that is Gonzo’s Bigg Dogg Brewery. This place is growing by leaps and bounds right now. Gonzo mentioned that they should be getting the brew system within the next couple weeks. I will have more shots when…
This was a week of abundance. We went out to my wife’s uncle’s farm for some family matters and came home with a couple pounds of strawberries, a shopping bag filled with rhubarb, and a couple pounds of asparagus. The hardest part of getting large quantities of any kind of fruits or veggies is the…
I have been writing this blog, for what feels like forever. Sure it is new to WordPress, but it spent the majority of its life on Blogger. See, me and Blogger we go way back. Probably over 500 posts back. That’s quite a bit of writing. Granted the first few years were little to nothing,…
Too often we forget that there was a history of beer before the craftbeer movement took off. Crazy as it sounds, the US actually did have beer long before the late 70s. In 2007 Bill Yenne published the book The History of Beer in America. This book is a coffee table book that is meant…
It seems forever since we have talked about this. The sake is should finally be done. During the time of its birth quite a bit has happened. One of the big time events being the birth of my grand daughter. It seems that lagering the sake in one of my kegerators has worked in my…
This month the Session is hosted by `Glen Humphries from Beer is your Friend. The subject of this month’s Session is Compulsion. What’s this? It’s called The Sessions. It’s also called Beer Blogging Friday. In my head it’s also called ‘‘an excuse for me to crap on and think I’m being entertaining’’. What happens is…
I love a good conspiracy. So as it happened today when I was seeing some articles about alcohol nutrition labeling I had to check it out. Granted I think this is a good idea. We as consumers have a right to know what chemical cocktail is in the products we are consuming. But when it…
When I was in culinary school one of the basic classes was referred to our carb crash. This was the basic baking and pastries class. Half of the class was devoted to breads. The class started around 6 or so and would finish around noon or 1. Lunch was always something bread related. Felaveri was…
I know I skipped my normal Friday post this week, but I had good reason for doing so. June 1st fell on a Saturday this year. June is the month where the Bank Street Farmer’s Market in Kalamazoo Michigan, moves into full swing. From June through October the market will be open three days a…
