The French really aren’t that different from us. While we celebrate our Independence Day with beer, fireworks and burgers, they’re doing wine, fireworks and steak frites. So take a mid-week break this Wednesday, the 14th, and give it a shot:
There’s a Pernod Party at Caribou, where they’ll be serving up lots of the popular absinthe. [...]
Archive for the 'Holidays' Category
Name This Holiday Cocktail!
Aired December 22nd, 2009 on Drinks, Holidays, How To and competitions.14 CommentsHey guys, so, see that last cocktail on tonight’s list for Philebrity Salon: Jazz Xmas, tonight at 700? We want you to name it. Here’s the recipe:
“1.5 oz silver tequila
3/4 oz chocolate liquor
1/2 oz coffee liquor
Aztec chocolate bitters
Orange bitters
Fresh ground black pepper
Fresh ground nutmeg
Hot Coffee
Shaved pitch-dark chocolate garnish”
What have you got? Tell us in the [...]
How To: Green Beans With Apple Cider Redux
Aired November 11th, 2009 on Holidays, How To, In Season, Seasonal and Sides.0 CommentsHere in the Phoodie Test Kitchen, we’ve been doing a lot of thinking about the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday and we’re going all the f out. By “all the f out,” we really mean that we’re trying our best to find a happy balance of tastiness and easy preparation. Since the sides of Thanksgiving are the [...]
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No Christmas Eve Plans? Get Your Smelt On With The 7 Fishes
Aired December 19th, 2008 on Holidays, Seafood, Superfoods, christmas and restaurants.1 CommentFor reasons other than the obvious fun-factor of saying “fishes,” The Feast of the Seven Fishes is definitely a good time. The Southern Italian Christmas Eve tradition involves a briny, wine-filled multi-course dinner free of meat or dairy but packed with Mediterranean delights. Small guys of the smelt and sardine variety abound, as do all [...]
Get ready all you peppermint people and nutmeg-o-philes! Santa’s sleigh is pulling into town and it’s full of weird booze. Local bars and eateries are shaking up some seriously seasonal stuff this year. U-City’s Mad Mex has Candy Cane Margaritas, Frozen Apple Cider Margaritas, and the funky but not necessarily so fresh sounding Nog-a-Rita, with [...]
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And we have to say, we’re partially to blame for this Christmas un-miracle concerning Stauffer’s Chocolaty Stars. These local faves — star-shaped graham-cracker cookies “enrobed in all natural fudge and topped with white non-pareils” — have been a Phoodie house staple from way back, and this year, we’ve not only gone through our first box [...]
As if the man didn’t have enough to do, Phoodiecrush Jose Garces has just made your Christmas Dinner totally badass. Our favorite dish from Amada, The Suckling Pig, is the centerpiece of a new to-go, that’s right, TO-GO dinner you can order for the holidays.
The meal includes 4 savory sides as well, Charred Green Onions, Herb-Roasted [...]
