Feed The Resistance: March 19,2021 Guinness Infused Ice Cream and Luscious Stout Caramel Sauce is paired with…GUINNESS! Happy St. Patrick’s Day!! (Make sure you listen to the very end…to hear my reaction to doing a shot of Jameson!) In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, I did a simple “no-churn” ice cream and as I mixed […]

Feed The Resistance: March 12, 2021 Meatloaf Cupcakes are paired with Lake Louie’s “Mood” Milk Stout.   The River Food Pantry is the recipient of  2021 Resistance Community Awareness Grant, so you will be hearing more about all the good work that they do in our community in the coming months.  To welcome The River […]

Feed The Resistance: March 5, 2021 Girl Scout Cookie Samoas Trifle is paired with Eagle Park Brewing Company’s “BTO” Boch Beer.   Dinner at the Gallagher house was a mess last night!  First the stove wouldn’t light – by the time we got it lit, we had given up on the main course and ordered […]

Feed The Resistance: February 26, 2021 Roasted Beets with Sage & Dukkah Spices are paired with “Murder Hornet” Pale Ale from Ale Asylum’s “Apocalypse Bingo” series. In honor of Black History Month, I wanted to cook something from Marcus Samuelsson’s new book, “The Rise.”  In the book, he highlights black people working in the food […]

Feed The Resistance: February 19, 2021 Happy Mardi Gras! (a couple days late) Smoked Turkey Gumbo is paired with “Death By King Cake” beer from Oscar Blues Brewery   This is a super-simple recipe that takes a long time to make.  First there’s the hour that you spend simmering the smoked turkey wings in the […]

Feed The Resistance: February 12, 2021 Chocolate Mousse is paired with Samuel Smith’s Organic Strawberry Fruit Ale   The story behind this dish goes back a few years and a private cooking class that my wife and I took in Lyon, France, when we were there for the Tour de France.  We spent an afternoon […]

Feed The Resistance: February 5, 2021 Bratwurst Casserole is paired with Lakefront Brewery’s “River West Stein Amber Lager” A couple of weeks ago, when I was thinking about this dish, I thought Green Bay would be playing this weekend…and we would need a really good “Wisconsin Dish” to serve at the party. Oh well, maybe […]

Feed The Resistance: January 29, 2021 Buffalo Wing Popcorn is paired with Anti-Hero IPA   With the BIG GAME just over a week away, I thought some party food would be appropriate.  I found this recipe in the February 2015 issue of bon appetit. This is basically a spicy caramel corn that pairs very nicely […]

Feed The Resistance: January 22, 2021 Chicken Salad is paired with a Hefeweizen from the world’s oldest brewery!   This is a kinda “wing-it” recipe.  After I cook up the chicken and let it cool, I tear it up and then add in some mayo until it’s the right consistency.  I also put in a […]