If you don't have birch branches in your yard, you can usually purchase them in bunches at crafts stores. At my local store, standard birch branches are 16 inches long, which is a good size for the menorah. Using a power drill with a 3/8-inch bit, drill nine holes spaced about 1 ...
Method:Add the cream, milk and treacle to a pan and bring to a simmer. In a bowl, whisk the egg yolks with the caster sugar to form a paste. Slowly add the hot cream mixture to the egg sugar, stirring constantly. Add the beer and stir to combine. Pour the m...
A similar traditional drink known asbirch beeris made using birch sap, but without the bread. It’s said to have medicinal properties due to the minerals in the birch sap, and perhaps some of the healing properties commonly associated with traditional kvass result from the use of birch sap a...
Quassia Wood: This is where the bitter party really starts. Just chew on a piece and you will know what I mean.It is a tree that is native to Jamaica; it is a natural insecticide and has sometimes been used instead of hops when brewing beer. I would guess that we might see more o...
I get why Bremont opted for the propeller rotor; it ties in nicely to the whole story and is a great way of using the birch. I just find it a bit kitsch. It’s like an Omega with ‘007’ written all across the dial – the difference being you don’t need to stare at it the ...
it makes sense to ask the Sommelier or waiter (if you trust they’ve actually tried all the wines) which wine might be enjoyable with the dish you’ve ordered as you are somewhat limited in your options. But what if you’re cooking at home and you can make whatever you want, how you...
amaro or bitter-sweet concoction. Regulations and terminology are usually set down to protect large producers and needn’t concern the nimble palates of home foragers, creative drinkers and drunken botanists. You can certainly make a tasty bitter-sweet aromatised wine at home that hasn’t been ...
Today I’m going to show you how to make a simple but elegant pizza peel and I’ll throw in a bonus tomato pie recipe! A pizza peel is a giant spatula intended to deliver a raw pizza to the oven as well as pull the cooked pizza out. Professional versions feature long handles that ...
trout and walleye in the region. It also likely caused the extinction of three endemic fishes: the longjaw cisco, deepwater cisco, and blackfin cisco. But Paine, and chefs with a similar eat-’em-to-beat-’em spirit, see pickled, smoked, and beer-battered promise in the devil’s flesh...
I have a personal need to be the steady and dependable one in the duo. That, in conjunction with the reprimand for my sailboat antics, has curbed me from doing anything too dangerous over the years. Now I plan meals, make sure the kids have school supplies and toiletries, and I do lau...