My guy and I have been very fortunate to visit New York on several occasions and we usually find ourselves enjoying a meal at Quality Meats; the first time we visited, I ordered a Paloma cocktail. I’ll confess, it was my first Paloma and it was love at first sip; […]
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GLUTEN-FREE PEAR CIDER
Hard Cider has quite the colorful history here in America; in fact, during Colonial times in the Eastern States, Cider was more popular than beer, wine or whiskey. It was far more difficult to grow grains for beer than it was to grow apples so seeds were brought over from […]
PICKLED-BERRY GIN & TONIC
Last summer we spent several weeks in the Seattle area with Shauna, Danny and Lucy; we were there shooting several video pieces as well as sharing stories, birthdays and some of the glorious foods of summer. It’s just a normal day when the Aherns gather friends around their table and […]
THE JENNINGS & A TRIP TO COLUMBUS
Last month, The Professor and I were invited to attend a special food ‘Pop-Up’ – a collaboration between Food & Wine’s Best New Chefs Jonathon Sawyer of Greenhouse Tavern in Cleveland, Jenn Louis of Lincoln Restaurant in Portland and Columbus’ own Kenny Kim & Misako Ohba of fRESHTSTREET Yakitori. The event […]
STONE FRUIT HOT TODDY
[grooveshark width=”250″ height=”40″ id=”29749437″ style=”metal”] Musical pairing – Daddy Sang Bass by Johnny Cash I’m not sure if the cold and flu season begins but I do know that it arrived here at Smith Bites 2 weeks ago – first The Professor and then four days later, moi. Somehow I’d […]
SANBITTER BOOZY SHAKE
[grooveshark width=”250″ height=”40″ id=”30283479″ style=”metal”] Musical pairing – Stand By Me by Ben King Chocolate, vanilla and strawberry – and if you added the proverbial Neapolitan then that rounded the number up to four flavors of ice cream in my world back in the little house on Ankeny Street. We […]
LOUISVILLE LADY
[grooveshark width=”250″ height=”40″ id=23703743 style=”metal”] Musical pairing – Luck Be a Lady by Frank Sinatra This is going to be one of those cut-to-the-chase posts primarily because I just discovered the recipe last night and because this little number is quite decadent!
CHAMPAGNE COCKTAIL AND A SMITH BITES PLAYLIST
Happy New Year! This is the Professor. You might have noticed that it’s been a little quiet here at Smith Bites over the Holidays; Debra had a kidney stone and subsequent infection, but with mega doses of antibiotic and a little TLC, everything seems to be under control. Her […]