Elizabeth Willse is a freelance writer. She loves discovering beer and food combinations that amplify the best qualities of each. Her favorite recipes are deceptively simple, and her favorite beers are dark and malty.
Steak pairs well with a nice, full-bodied porter. But, who says the beer has to be kept separate in a glass?Try using beer as part of your marinade, to tenderize a cheaper cut of steak, then reserve the...
Tomorrow night at 8pm, the Jets will be playing the Colts in Indianapolis. Here in New York, many of us will be glued to our televisions. And since it's a Saturday night, it's a good excuse...
Slush got you sluggish, ice got you irritated? With only a little planning in advance, this warming dinner comes together really fast. All you need is some leftover cooked chicken and a few vegetables.In a soup pot, combine:2...
The snow is lingering in icy gray lumps; you're getting home when it's dark out; maybe even later than usual because you've stopped off at the crowded gym to get your resolution going. ...
There is an inn, a merry old inn
beneath an old grey hill,
And there they brew a beer so brown
That the Man in the Moon himself came down
one night to drink his fill......- J.R.R. Tolkien...
This stew is such a delicious way to use up some of the Thanksgiving odds and ends: a few ribs of celery here, a spare yam, an onion, et cetera, that you'll buy extra ingredients for it on...
It's November 15th. Thanksgiving is more than a week away, and the weather's been on the sedate side of chilly. Even in the middle of a city not noted for exuberant fall foliage, the leaves have...
Amity Hall, located in Manhattan's West Village, is one of the reasons I love Craft Beer Week. If I hadn't spotted it in the Craft Beer Week passport, I wouldn't have known about their...
The weather might not feel like fall right now in NYC, but fall traditions are in full swing- back to school, football season, and the tastiest of all, New York's annual Craft Beer Week. It kicked off yesterday...
If you've been watching the news, you know that New York's Labor Day weekend festivities might have an uninvited guest. A party crasher named Hurricane Earl may be sending some rain and fierce wind our way...