Posts Tagged: Beer and Food
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 …
Beer Food: Pilsner Kale Soup With Ham And Lentils
Posted by on Saturday, September 30, 2006 in - leave a comment
Happy Oktoberfest, all! • Today I made the above soup and also beef roulade. • “Ingredients: • 2 smoked pork chops • 3" kielbasa sausage • 3 tbsp salted butter • 5 garlic cloves, minced • 1.5 cups chopped Spanish onion • 1 cup lentils • 3 cups Pilsner • 3 cups chicken stock …
Beer Food: Cheddar Beer Chips
Posted by on Saturday, August 12, 2006 in - 5 comments
Let’s say it is five-ish, the game is on at half-time, and you are hungry. And thirsty. You go to the fridge, grab some beer, but it is getting on, so you have the munchies and grab some cheddar next to the beer, then some chips from the cupboard. It no longer matters if your team wins, because …
Beer and Food: Chutney Treats
Posted by on Sunday, April 3, 2005 in - leave a comment
I have received a hat from Russia from John and electronica CDs from Electron and now I have received the gift of chutney, savory jam for those not in the know. From the Ale-Fan under his own shop's private label, beer2go. Just dandy with cheddar, an English pale ale and some of Fred's Bread's …
