Liquids Posts

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Spicy Guinness Mustard

Tuesday June 1st 2010

Here’s how to make your very own homemade mustard with one of my all-time favorite things: Guinness stout. It’s easy and totally delicious.

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Tasting Notes: Partida Tequila

Friday April 9th 2010

Join us as we look at different kinds of tequila—and sample three bottles from Partida Tequila.

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Homemade Butter

Monday March 22nd 2010

Making butter at home is surprisingly easy to do. All you need is fresh heavy cream—and maybe a little salt, if you want salted butter. That’s it. (No, really: That’s it.)

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Drunken Cranberry Orange Compound Butter

Monday March 8th 2010

This Drunken Cranberry Orange Butter is great on baked goods (English muffins, croissants, etc.). It’s also a great topping for pancakes and waffles. You can use it as a spread for chicken or turkey sandwiches—or stir it into wild rice before serving.

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Roasted Garlic, Three Ways

Monday February 1st 2010

Now, I like garlic in pretty much all its forms, but roasted garlic has to be one of the best substances on the planet. And making it is one of those ineffable acts of culinary magic.

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What Are the Five Mother Sauces?

Monday January 11th 2010

When it comes to classic French cooking, there are five basic sauces—the so-called “mother” sauces—that provide the foundation for most sauces we know today.

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Boozy Italian Coffee Infused with Chocolate Whipped Cream

Thursday December 31st 2009

So, say I was *actually* mouse-sized. (I’m not saying that I’m NOT, just imagine if I were.) This would be the best hot tub ever.

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Pecan Scotch Compound Butter

Saturday December 5th 2009

You know how when you go to a fancy steakhouse and your steak comes with a sumptuous hunk of cold, creamy butter on it? And it’s just starting to melt and mingle with the meat’s perfectly charred crust to make a mouthwatering, on-the-spot sauce? Compound butter is like that, but better.

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3 Warm & Toasty Fall Cocktails

Friday October 23rd 2009

With fall well underway, Cocktail Season is in full effect here at The Mouse House. Here are three of our favorite fall drinks—guaranteed to knock that seasonal chill right off.

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Apple Pie in a Glass

Thursday October 15th 2009

I’d like to introduce you to my new favorite milkshake. I can’t take credit for this idea. It’s my version of the Apple Cider Milkshake I had at the Ben & Jerry’s in Salem the other day, while I was waiting for The Angry Chef to pick me up on a rainy day.

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