I’m pretty proud of myself for finding decent vegetarian and vegan food for most of our trip. It didn’t even take as much searching as I expected. There was no doubt in my mind, though, that I would be breaking veg in Brussels for moules frites. Mussels in Brussels. Which begs the question, If Brussels = Bruxelles, […]
If you do not like Prague, you are dead to me. Prague is not an “agree to disagree” city. Prague is my favorite place in the world. Prague is my, as Liz Lemon would say, dealbreaker. I was filled with nervous energy as our overnight train from Budapest rolled into Praha hlavní nádraží [the main […]
In my defense, I’ve now given this city two tries. I certainly don’t dislike all of Germany. I’ve been to a lot of the tiny towns in Bavaria and the Black Forest and they are lovely and fun and serene. I love the language, it’s so precise. But for some reason, Munich doesn’t do it […]
Christina Tosi’s “Mother Dough” recipe appeared here and here over spring break [drool], and made a return last night in another post-run creation by Shaun. Yesterday’s 11-miler was rough at times. The [freakishly] warm temperatures threw us for a loop, I was in a bad mood because I couldn’t get my GPS watch to do […]
Last weekend was a pretty busy three-day-weekend for us. By busy, I mean busy experimenting with food and drink [mostly drink]. This week was a different kind of busy, the “too much work not enough time” kind, so I never got the opportunity to write about the awesome new things [and the less awesome things] […]
[Courtney’s note: Here’s another guest post from Shaun as he attempts to cross off ten rare, extraordinary beers off of his to-drink list. Follow his journey on its home page, but for now, enjoy!] It’s almost Spring and the hops are coming. Beer Run seems to announce a rare release just for hopheads every other day. […]
[Courtney’s Note: This is the first in an ongoing series of posts by Shaun as he attempts to make his way through his top-ten list of extremely rare, extremely awesome beers from Bernstein’s Brewed Awakening book. You can check out his progress on his Beer Journey main page, as well as find a link to Bernstein’s […]
Shaun recently blew through a copy of “Brewed Awakening” by Joshua Bernstein, a biography of the fast-growing [and completely awesome] craft beer revolution. The book came highly recommended by Serious Eats and Gilt Taste as a beer book for people who already know a little about beer but want to know more. It served its purpose […]
Back in Asheville, Shaun stopped at Bruisin’ Ales to pick up a few beers to “age.” After finishing his copy of Brewed Awakening, though, he discovered that some beers are best consumed immediately – namely, those with lots of hops. Thus, it became his mission to create a meal centered around Brooklyn Brewery‘s Sorachi Ace so he […]
Happy 20th +/- a few years birthday to Shaun! My all-star fiance. The one who deals with my whining and mess-ups and is as obsessed with coffee as me and helps me win trivia. We’ll be spending the day out celebrating at Blue Mountain Brewery [one of his favorite places in town], but I’ll give you […]
Ryes and 'Shine 