by perfectlittlebites | May 30, 2014 | Assorted, Cake, Cooking, Dessert, Food, Gardening, health, Kombucha, Nutrition, Photography, Recipe, restaurant
Last year I did a brief post on cooking with Kombucha. I’ve done a few things with it since then, but haven’t really jumped into it like I’d hoped. Then, a few weeks ago on Twitter, I’d posted my list of my current ideas, hoping people would...
by perfectlittlebites | Apr 22, 2014 | Assorted, Cocktail, Cooking, Dessert, Food, health, Recipe
I’m really enjoying Homemade Liqueurs and Infused Spirits. It has recipes for both unique liqueurs and copycat versions. This week, I put together some Strega, Kummel and Cynar using recipes from the book. Most of them use vodka as the base. Like all good...
by perfectlittlebites | Apr 21, 2014 | Assorted, Baking, Cooking, Dessert, Food, Recipe
I’ve been thinking about Indian Pudding a lot lately. It’s something I grew up with, and it had been a while since I’d eaten any. For those of you who don’t know, it’s a cornmeal and molasses pudding with cinnamon, ginger and other warming spices. Imagine making the...
by perfectlittlebites | Apr 18, 2013 | Baking, Dessert, Food
If you didn’t catch the memo, smoking isn’t just for meat anymore. Chefs are smoking spices, condiments and even cocktails. This week I was smoking a lot of things over black cherry. While I had the “smoker” going, I wanted to try white...
by perfectlittlebites | Dec 30, 2012 | Assorted, business, chef, Cooking, Dessert, ethics, Food, philosophy
I’d like to elaborate on something I posted online earlier this morning. Here is a bit of advice to the cooks out there. Stop being so damn nice. Don’t get me wrong, I want a solid team that play well together and enjoy what they do. But there’s something I’ve...