Onion soup is a broth-soup made from caramelized onions, sherry, and (traditionally meat-based) broth. It is usually served with bread and croutons where are placed on top and then browned under a broiler. I’ve replaced the sherry in this recipe…
It’s not easy being a wizard, even the professors have to get away from the bustle and the endless grading of scrolls of Hogwart’s. While students often opt for a big mug of butter beer, the professors’ order is a…
I may be a Disneyland girl through and through, but I have to say I’ve been horribly tempted and torn by all the images of Diagon Alley at the Wizard World of Harry Potter in Orlando Florida! Apparently, Hollywood will…
The beginnings of upside-down cakes are a little older than our retro time frame. Inverted cakes date back hundred of years. In the Americas, they were called skillet cakes, cooked over a fire, and featured prunes, apples, or berries. The…
You may or may not know I have a personal connection to the Hawaiian Isles. We moved there when I was a kid and I lived there until after college. You’ll see it’s influence in many of my recipes, personal…
This cocktail smacks of nostalgia and cherry coke and though the patented Cherry Coke only dates back to 1985, it was a favorite at retro soda fountains for years. Soda jerks would mix a cherry flavored syrup in to the…
Though often (and mistakingly) called yams, Candied Sweet Potatoes are a traditional southern dish. Until a few decades ago you would see this throughout the year. Now it seems to be reserved only for Thanksgiving. No wonder! If the name…
Not to be confused with a Screwdriver, the Greyhound is one of the great classics that was almost lost to the sands of time. I couldn’t even find it in my Mixology textbook! I’m assuming this is because grapefruit has become such…
It seems like ages since I started writing and planning this video. Now thanks to Follow Your Heart for awarding me 1st place in their recent Gourmet Vegan Shreds Recipe Contest and Monkey Man for all his help, I’m able to produce…
After the Dandie Vodka experiment, I knew I couldn’t stop there. I recently scored a ton of vegan gummy bears that I thought would be left for movies and daytrips, but then I saw a post about ‘Drunken Gummy Bears’…