Unexpected snow day? Trying to delay the inevitable gear yourself up for shoveling? Polar explorers drank hot chocolate to keep up their morale and stamina. This magical brew can offer the sustenance you need to tackle virile challenges. “But I’ll have to shovel my way out to get to Starbucks,” you say? Relax. I’m here to […]
Product Review: Lithuanian Rye Bread, from Chicago-based Today’s Temptation. Rating: Doubly-Excellent! It has a hearty onion and caraway flavor and a fantastic texture. It also happens to be vegan.
Dates and goat cheese are featured in this ultra-easy recipe for a luscious hors d’oeuvre. They’re a perfect appetizer for holiday entertaining, or for a cocktail party at any time of year.
Two easy recipes for winter holiday cocktails: 1) A tart and tangy kumquat whiskey sour is a great way to start your New Year’s Eve party. 2) A clean and fresh kumquat champagne cocktail is the perfect way to toast the new year at the stroke of midnight, or to mark any special occasion.
An old-world, old-fashioned cookie recipe. Wonderful for Christmas, but suitable for any time you want to brighten the cold, dark days of winter. Olive oil enriches the pastry. Raisins, apples, apricots, and a bit of sugar sweeten the filling. Requires a bit more than average baking skills, but well worth the effort.
Man-made, hand-made ginger ale makes this sweet, spicy ginger whiskey highball recipe unique. It requires time, but no difficult-to-acquire skills.
In its Free Wi-Fi series, Make It Like a Man visits Starbucks throughout Chicago, and reviews them as work and study spaces for students, travelers, and people who work from home.
Turn ginger root into a sweet treat. Blanching helps candied ginger lose some of its peppery bite; don’t blanch if you want more intensity or blanch a few times if you’re looking for something milder.
Recipe for slow cooker (crock pot) chicken breasts in a orange-ginger-cranberry sauce.
