John GL posted an article on The Alcoholian - Nov 7, 2009, 4:24 pm
Posted by johngl Way back in the early days of this blog, I did a posting on a drink I called the Limon Ginger. It was tasty and refreshing. Here is the new updated version using specific ingredient...
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John GL posted an article on The Alcoholian - Nov 7, 2009, 2:37 pm
There are a lot of buzzwords flying around the food world these days: organic, natural, and free range are just a few of them. The sad thing is, only one of those words has any...
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John GL posted an article on The Alcoholian - Nov 1, 2009, 6:02 pm
Posted by johngl Sometimes referred to as chicken fried steak, this crispy-fried beef cut is very similar in composition to the breaded pork tenderloin we visited a couple of weeks ago. You could use...
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John GL posted an article on The Alcoholian - Oct 31, 2009, 10:41 am
Posted by johngl A few days ago, the most glorious spousal unit stated, “If you make it home by 7 on Friday, I will make you a nice dinner.” What she didn’t know at the time was tha...
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John GL posted an article on The Alcoholian - Oct 25, 2009, 8:39 pm
Posted by johngl There is really nothing I like better than traveling for business and spending four hours with a hundred people I don’t know, shoulder to shoulder, in a flying sardine can.  M...
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John GL posted an article on The Alcoholian - Oct 24, 2009, 4:09 pm
Posted by johngl Those who’ve read the previous breaded tenderloin post know that I had some leftover tenderloin parts that needed to get used up right quick.  I did that. I thought about cal...
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John GL posted an article on The Alcoholian - Oct 18, 2009, 10:31 am
Posted by johngl Back in the olden days, when I was in my late teens and lived in Des Moines, IA, there were these two drive-in style places that had just awesome breaded pork tenderloin sandwiches.Â...
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John GL posted an article on The Alcoholian - Oct 17, 2009, 6:03 pm
Posted by johngl Despite the fact that this site is called Alcoholian, I don’t normally chat about alcohol. But every once in a while we try and live up to our namesake and venture outside of t...
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John GL posted an article on The Alcoholian - Oct 12, 2009, 8:17 pm
Posted by johngl on behalf of Keeper Collection Dear Friends & Foodies – The heat is ON! On November 30, 2009, Keeper Collection, LLC and Plate & Vine Interactive Cookbook will be hosting an...
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John GL posted an article on The Alcoholian - Oct 12, 2009, 5:15 am
Posted by johngl As much as I would like to make food from scratch all the time, sometimes it just isn’t in the cards. Thankfully, I have a most glorious spousal unit who is wicked smart using ...
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John GL posted an article on The Alcoholian - Oct 11, 2009, 12:47 pm
Posted by johngl I admit it, I watch Iron Chef America and oddly enough, I have some pretty strong opinions about the chefs on the show. Cat Cora? She gets a rating somewhere between bleh and meh. Mi...
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John GL posted an article on The Alcoholian - Oct 7, 2009, 5:33 am
Posted by johngl Pasta is really pretty cheap. Even premium, so-called hand made dried pastas go for around $3-5 per pound at the local grocer. So why in the world would anyone spend $179 for a pasta...
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John GL posted an article on The Alcoholian - Oct 4, 2009, 8:11 am
Posted by johngl It’s gets pretty bad when I had to use the Alcoholian’s search feature to find out if I’d ever done a post on lamburgers.  It turns out that we made them at BigDMc...
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John GL posted an article on The Alcoholian - Oct 3, 2009, 12:52 pm
posted by johngl Well, another 80 hour work-week has come and gone and since I haven’t cooked anything in like forever my readership has tapered off.  Such a fickle group: readers.  If you do...
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John GL posted an article on The Alcoholian - Sep 26, 2009, 5:36 pm
posted by johngl Since I’ve put in a hundred hour work-week, I didn’t get a chance to cook at all (and barely had any time to eat), so I was in a quandary as to what to post.  Luckily,...
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John GL posted an article on The Alcoholian - Sep 19, 2009, 9:53 pm
Posted by johngl I like duck. You may even have seen the duck burger I whipped up a couple of weeks ago. Well, I had the breast left over and last weekend, I made it up for our 18th wedding anniver...
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John GL posted an article on The Alcoholian - Sep 13, 2009, 11:45 am
Posted by johngl It’s been nearly two years since I last wrote about Trattoria Lisina.  In fact, I think it was the fourth post on the Alcoholian (the Alcoholian launched 2 years ago today)....
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John GL posted an article on The Alcoholian - Sep 12, 2009, 11:03 pm
Posted by johngl Everyone knows that saying about comparing apples to apples, but does anyone ever actually do it?  I mean, sure, you go into the grocery store and fondle 50 apples out of the same...
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John GL posted an article on The Alcoholian - Sep 6, 2009, 9:53 am
Posted by johngl Labor Day is upon us!  Time to wrap up this Burger Quest. You might wonder: Why would anyone in their right mind grind a duck into burger meat? Well, I like duck and I think duck ...
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John GL posted an article on The Alcoholian - Sep 5, 2009, 11:01 am
Posted by johngl As Labor Day quickly approaches and I sit here contemplating the finale of the burger thing, the fate of this blog, the state of my health, and spending some time at my real job this...
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John GL posted an article on The Alcoholian - Sep 3, 2009, 9:09 pm
Posted by johngl At the end of the Pork Burger post, I mentioned that I might try the pork burger on an English muffin with some hollandaise. Not a bad progression. We’ll keep this simple wit...
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John GL posted an article on The Alcoholian - Sep 1, 2009, 9:49 pm
Posted by johngl You may recall Anthony’s name from past posts on Wine Salons.  I have a lot of respect for this man. He has more wine knowledge tucked away inside his pinky finger than I will...
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John GL posted an article on The Alcoholian - Aug 30, 2009, 12:06 pm
Posted by johngl Back on the 4th of July holiday, when my good friend BigDMcC and I participated in our very own paella fest, he brought over a type of pepper seasoning I had never experienced before...
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John GL posted an article on The Alcoholian - Aug 29, 2009, 9:49 am
Posted by johngl Back in the Burger Your Way To Labor Day post, I mentioned something about the possibility of throwing a fish burger into the mix.  Well, the wait is over and here it is: Yep, th...
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John GL posted an article on The Alcoholian - Aug 23, 2009, 10:34 am
Posted by johngl One of the coolest things about Austin, for me anyway, is that we have great grocery stores.  We’ve got a couple of high-end companies, Whole Foods and Central Market (a divis...
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John GL posted an article on The Alcoholian - Aug 22, 2009, 6:21 pm
Posted by johngl For whatever reason, the Sockeye Salmon has been great this year.  I don’t know if the distribution channels are finally running smoother and delivering fresher product or wha...
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John GL posted an article on The Alcoholian - Aug 21, 2009, 8:08 am
Posted by johngl Given my rant on Gimmick Burgers, this struck me as appropriate:
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John GL posted an article on The Alcoholian - Aug 17, 2009, 10:41 pm
Posted by johngl I don’t do this very often (at least in print) but with the economy in the pooper and restaurants behaving badly, I feel the need to say something. It came up this afternoon o...
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John GL posted an article on The Alcoholian - Aug 15, 2009, 9:25 pm
Posted by johngl I had such great success with the sirloin & chuck burger, which created a great meaty taste along with a good texture and flavorful juices (that were helped along by a bit of butter)...
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John GL posted an article on The Alcoholian - Aug 11, 2009, 11:16 pm
Posted by johngl The other day a friend of mine told me about a new burger joint in town called, of all things, Elevation Burger. He said the meat tasted like cardboard. They are taking commercialis...
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John GL posted an article on The Alcoholian - Aug 9, 2009, 10:52 am
Posted by johngl According to legend (with support from McDonald’s Hamburger University), the world’s first burger was served in Athens, Texas during the late 1880’s.  It then trav...
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John GL posted an article on The Alcoholian - Aug 8, 2009, 11:23 am
Posted by johngl Burgers, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height Your buns can reach, while tasting outta sight To the ends of chewing and ideal...
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John GL posted an article on The Alcoholian - Aug 5, 2009, 7:31 pm
Posted by Keeper Collection If you’ve been following our previous posts (Part I & Part II), leaving Puglia was clearly saddening, but we said our goodbyes to Monopoli while continuing our food ...
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John GL posted an article on The Alcoholian - Aug 2, 2009, 4:55 pm
Posted by johngl Everywhere you look these days, burgers are garnering attention. The August issue of Texas Monthly posted the top 50 burgers in Texas. Both Bon Appétit and Food & Wine featured turk...
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