Garganelli and Boozy Gin Cream Sauce

It seemed like there was a phase in the cooking world, and maybe it’s still happening, when vodka pasta sauce was the freakin’ bee’s knees. It was the sexiest thing you could do to pasta. But here’s the problem with vodka sauce: Good vodka is specifically engineered to be tasteless. IT HAS NO FLAVOR. So…

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Candied Coffee Nuts

I’d been hearing about a new little coffee “shop,” or cart or house for a few months, about how their coffee was something out of the ordinary – extraordinary – if you will. So, on a casual Sunday morning, I lugged myself downtown for a cup a joe. I enjoy my morning cold brew at home…

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