At the request of the good editors of this blog, I am going to offer up a few columns on food, including some recipes. It may not surprise you to learn that The Friar not only likes libation, but also food in almost all of its wondrous varieties. Now having gone to college in upstate New York, I quickly acquired a taste of Buffalo Wings. In my years since graduation I have made wings in all shapes and sizes with varying degrees of success. The recipe I am about to share with you is a more …read more

Introducing Tasteful Tuesdays at Brew Ha-Ha!
No, we’re not going all PC on you. We’re just introducing some beer recipes into your life… It could be dip, bread, main courses, desserts – even tasty cocktails. Stay tuned for recipes of all kinds that incorporate beer!

I made buffalo chicken wings** a few weeks ago – for the first time ever – and I have to say, they were mighty tasty. With the weather that we’re having on the north east coast (cool and gray), wings just may be the perfect food to enjoy over the Memorial Day holiday weekend.
I later saw a recipe that incorporated beer into a wing recipe – genius! That recipe called for adding more heat (cayenne pepper) and then deep-frying the wings. I’m not a fan of deep-frying wings at home (I’m messy enough as it is) especially when …read more

Hmm, a challenge, I love a challenge.
These are the bratwurst beers I’d pick off the cuff:
1. Jever Pilsner (or any of a number of other hoppy Pilsner-style beers)
2. Spaten (or Augustiner Edelstoff, if you can find it)
3. Victory Hop Devil
4. Gaffel Kölsch
5. Beck’s (that one’s for sentimental reasons, but I’m sticking with it)
I almost picked the Flying Fish Extra Pale Ale, but since I didn’t I’ll add their recipe for Grilled Brats and Beer.

Some time ago we bought a bread machine, and I made the mistake of telling my wife that if we bought it we also had to use it. I also figured out that it would take about 60 loaves of bread before the thing began to pay off. She has ever since tried her very best to reach 60 and, while I haven’t counted, there’s little doubt that she’s at or over that.
She’s experimented with a host of different breads, but one staple of her baking has been beer bread. There, too, she’s experimented, in this instance with different beers. …read more

I haven’t done a recipe for a while, but how can you resist a brownie made with stout beer?!?
image from doriegreenspan.com, and another darn good looking recipe (albeit without beer) here