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How To Stock a Basic Bar Cart [Plus: Cocktails!]

Corinne Hanshaw — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 15:18:44 +0000

We’ve talked about how to style a basic bar cart for your home, but how do you make stock your basic bar cart to make it practical and functional, too? A good assortment of spirits, mixers, garnishes, glassware and a few pieces of key barware are paramount to getting your at-home bartending game on. Whether you’re stocking your first basic bar cart or replenishing your spirits for upcoming entertaining needs, here’s how to do it without breaking the bank. What You Need Spirits Mixers Garnishes Glassware Barware Spirits Buying a variety of spirits is important when stocking your first bar. When entertaining guests, it’s good to have some choices. It is unnecessary to have every type of liquor available but there are basic liquors that can be used different ways to suit many pallets. Here are the basic liquors to keep on hand: Vodka Tequila Gin Rum Bourbon Scotch is also a somewhat common liquor, but not one that is necessary to keep on hand unless you or multiple individuals that you entertain are fans. If you do decide to stock scotch, make sure you spend a little extra money for the good stuff — it is generally drank on the rocks. […]

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How-To: Create Beer Pairings with Fall Dishes

Corinne Hanshaw — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 05:00:56 +0000

Fall has officially debuted and as it happens every year, taste buds begin to crave something new. Instead of craving cold beer and summer barbecue fare, pumpkin and stews are high on our radar. This leaves a lot of people wondering how to pair beer with fall flavors. We had the pleasure of interviewing Chef Eric Jacques Crowley, owner and chef instructor at his cooking school, Chef Eric’s Culinary Classroom in West Los Angeles, about how we can incorporate one of America’s favorite beverages: beer with fall flavors. We also shared some of our favorite fall dishes with Crowley and not only did he provide us with some stellar beer pairing suggestions, but he gave us the why and the how, too. Your Guide to Fall Beer Pairings Butternut Squash Pair a butternut squash soup with an ale, like Allagash Fluxus. You can roast the butternut squash in the oven before making the soup, if you wish to get a darker, sweeter soup, which the beer’s rich flavor will complement. You could also substitute some of the vegetable stock in the recipe with beer if you wish to cook with it. Pro Tip: you don’t want to roast the squash with the beer, […]

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How To: Cook and Bake with Coconut Oil [Recipe: Banana-Oat Pancakes]

Corinne Hanshaw — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 01:46:54 +0000

Finding healthy alternatives for cooking and baking is always desirable, but not always easy. Over the past few years, we have been hearing about coconut oil everywhere. Whether you’re on a website that caters to beauty junkies or foodies, you are going to see something about coconut oil. Lately, coconut oil is booming in the world of cooking and baking. There are so many benefits to using it in place of high-fat, high-calorie cooking oils (think: butter). We spoke with Jennifer Aaronson, editorial director of food and entertaining at Martha Stewart Living magazine, who recently worked on a “Better Bake Sale” story about using healthier alternatives to white flour, oil and food coloring. She gave us some inside scoop about baking (and cooking) with coconut oil. IGT: What benefit do you see coconut oil having over other substitutes in baking like yogurt and apple sauce? JA: Yogurt and apple sauce lack the fat content needed to make a baked good truly moist and luscious. Coconut oil gives that great mouth feel and texture to baked goods that one expects. IGT: Are there benefits of using coconut oil other than it being very healthy? JA: It is super tasty! Also, it […]

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How To: Stock Your First Bar

Corinne Hanshaw — Tue, 06 May 2014 16:05:18 +0000

Stocking your first bar can be a fun and exciting way to get started with entertaining at home. Read on to find out how you can get your first bar stocked without breaking the bank. What You Need Spirits Mixers Garnishes Glassware Barware Spirits Buying a variety of spirits is important when stocking your first bar. When entertaining guests, it’s good to have some choices. It is unnecessary to have every type of liquor available but there are basic liquors that can be used different ways to suit many pallets. It is hard to decide how much of each you need to have on hand and it is different for everyone. To start out, one bottle of each is enough. If you are having a party, expect to have enough liquor, mixers and garnishes for three drinks per person. Vodka (for vodka tonics, screwdrivers, and the vodka martini) Tequila (for margaritas, sunrises, and paloma) Gin (for martinis, gin and tonics, Tom Collinses) Rum (for daiquiris and mojitos) Bourbon (for Manhattans, old fashioneds, and whiskey sours) Scotch (optional) The good news is that you don’t have to drain your bank account when buying most spirits. If you are going to splurge on any of the liquors, […]

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Farmer’s Fridge Luke Saunders Replaces Vending with Veggie

Corinne Hanshaw — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 11:00:32 +0000

Inspired by a healthy on-the-go lifestyle, Chicago entrepeneur Luke Saunders combined his business background and love for food to create a company called Farmer’s Fridge. Saunders founded the healthy, user-friendly, kiosks, also known as “veggie machines.” The kiosks, which are available in locations throughout Chicago, stock up to seven salad varieties as well as breakfast, healthy snacks and proteins. At the end of the day, all unsold food is donated to a local food pantry. We chatted with Luke Saunders some questions about the creation of Farmer’s Fridge as well as what he always keeps in his kitchen, his go-to meal and how he likes to celebrate with food for a special occasion. What inspired you to launch Farmer’s Fridge? I founded Farmer’s Fridge in October 2013 with the philosophy that good health starts with what we eat and that eating healthy shouldn’t be hard. I actually had the idea earlier in 2013, but we opened for business in October. The idea was promoted by all the travel I was doing for work [at my family business], and the factories I was visiting. I really started to see an opportunity for the centralized preparation and distribution of healthy food through automated, stand-alone kiosks that could […]

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