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The CEE Recipe Book

I want to make a book of recipes donated by our members, readers and friends. Yep a real book! So I am asking all of you to email me your:

-recipe, name, email, source of recipe (a book, family, etc)

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Lucky 32 and A Southern Season in Raleigh NC

Very very late and overdue, I bring you a pic essay of my ONE traditional North Carolina meal I got to eat while in raleigh NC about a month ago.

We had diner at a restaurant called Lucky 32. now technically its classified as Southern food, not NC food, but they did have plenty of local [...]

Absinthe Evening

How do you start off a week in style and non-sobriety?

Well for me this past Monday I accomplished that with an Absinthe dinner!

It all started with our last All Sugar Event where we ended up at the Lab cocktail, a bar that specializes in Absinthe. My friend Johanne has had a bottle for a while [...]

Pairing Beer and Food

I would like to assume most foodies are capable of pairing basic wines with certain foods. But we do not think of trying to pair other alcohols with food. Trying other spirits or beers can be revealing and fun.

This coming Monday I am actually going to do that with a friend. [...]

Cherry Bounce

When I found out a few months ago that I would be traveling to Raleigh, NC I contacted the tourism bureau to receive a travel brochure.

Of course I scrutinized the brochure for food facts or suggestions. One thing that went on my MUST list was the so called local cocktail the [...]

Wine Wish List

I love wine and I adore good wine. It also not really in my budget to have a whole lot of ‘adorable’ wines….but one day, one day….

And of course I’ll need a wine cellar for all the amazing wine. My mom actually forwarded me this email. O…M…G! I want this wine cellar! Its too cool [...]

Sweet Dec 24th Decadence

Last week I shared with you the recipe I was asked to prepare for Christmas Eve at my parents. I mentioned the pics included on that post were only the planned results. Now I have the actual pictures of my completed recipes. 

Dreaming of Zen Cocktail

 

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Paris Brest

 

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Know Thy Wine

I am a big wine fanatic. OK so I do not have a budget really for great wines but once in a while I splurge. The trouble with this is I hate to splurge blindly. If I am going to spend XXXXX amount of money on a better bottel I want to make sure I [...]

Last minute Father’s Day Gift: A Beer Club

Are you still trying to figure out what to get Dad today for Father’s day? Or just no time shopping. I have found a great little jewel that will save your life: check out beer of the month clubs. Yep how happy would dad be if he got every month a reminder of you. What [...]

Typhoon and Lab cocktail counter

I wanted to do a brief comment on two lounges. One was a discovery the other a occasional haunt.

Typhoon

Located in the Monkland village this place is frequented mostly by the cool Loyola campus and Dawson students who want to stay locel. They have really nice maritnis…a short list but a good one. one of the [...]

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

Saint Patrick’s Day is an annual feast day which celebrates Saint Patrick , one of the patron saints of Ireland, and is generally celebrated on March 17.

The 185th Montreal St. Patrick’s Day Parade is scheduled to begin 12 p.m. on Sunday, March 22, 2009 at the corner of Fort and Ste. Catherine and proceeding along [...]

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