Posts Tagged: Beer and Food
Our Four Points Dinner With Best Brews
Posted by on Saturday, September 29, 2007 in - 2 comments
Remember Sheraton's Four Points hotel chain did that search for a Chief Beer Officer? Well, they picked one, Scott Kerkmans, and last night we were invited by friends to share the blowing of a gift certificate and, lo and behold, it was for our local Four Points and their Sizzles restaurant. And …
Beer And Food: Beer Jelly From Cologne, Germany
Posted by on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 in - 8 comments
While writing my guide to Czech beers, I tried to include as many strange details as I could — the kind of stuff that would hopefully make the book fun to read, maybe even more than once. Like the date when a small Bohemian town under siege paid off the occupying Swedish army with barrels of lager …
Grill, Shed, Steak, Rain, Bieres de Garde And Saisons
Posted by on Sunday, July 1, 2007 in - 4 comments
The trouble with charcoal grilling is that when the rain comes you can't turn it off. Propane, on the other hand, has a nice dial that has a "0" setting. But there is the garden shed and, when it rains and you have visitors, it can turn out to be a delightful place to while away a late afternoon …
Chris Hits A Lobster Boil And Beer Bash In Toronto
Posted by on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 in - 4 comments
I sent a correspondent, Chris Taylor, on a secret mission last week to find out if beer and lobster actually do go together. He carried out his task in fine style as his report shows. Note earlier posts on the two beers mentioned here and here. • +++++++ • Alan graciously invited this …
Beer Dinners Galore (on Long Island)
Posted by on Friday, May 25, 2007 in - leave a comment
In the last two weeks there have been four beer dinners on Long Island. In fact, there have been so many beer events lately that it's been difficult to choose which to go to since many of them are scheduled on the same night. The Thursday before I flew down to Houston (see yesterday's post) I went …
My Weekend With Hefe
Posted by on Saturday, May 12, 2007 in - 5 comments
My new hero • Not Heff! No, nothing like that. I said "hefe." My weekend has been one with the hefe even though I did not plan for it to play out that way. • As you know, like everything else - including, I learned today, canoes of all things - we Canadians suffer from high beer prices and … read more »
Beer and Cheese Tastings
Posted by on Sunday, January 21, 2007 in - 7 comments
Yesterday The Globe and Mail ran a story about something being done reflecting the new world order in which beer is the new wine - a beer and cheese tasting in Vancouver: • “"It's something that's not done," he says. "But beer and cheese is a great combination because they're so different. A lot …
Canadian Christmas Breakfast Beer?
Posted by on Thursday, December 14, 2006 in - 8 comments
Britain's CAMRA apparently has a great idea for this Yule - start early. As part of their "Christmas Cheer With Beer" campaign they include suggestions for different meals including this one: • “BREAKFAST: Smoked salmon and scrambled eggs • TRY: An English style wheat beer • WHY: The beer …
Beer Food: Chimay Cheese With Ale
Posted by on Sunday, December 10, 2006 in - 8 comments
I picked this cheese up the other day, beer washed with beer. As I understand it, to make a rind a cheese has to be washed every few days - usually with salt water but sometimes with other stuff. This cheese is washed with Chimay ale according to the cheeseman I bought it off of. The monks appear …
Quick Note: Organic Lager, Mill St Brewery, Toronto, Canada
Posted by on Tuesday, October 10, 2006 in - 7 comments
I need to tell this story backwards. • Twenty or so years ago at my first Mexican restaurant in Chicago, friends all ordered Coronas, which I thought was bland. I got the beer in the cool red can with a lime, Tecate, and ever since, although I will try ANY Mex food (veg, anyway), I always have …
