Kestrachern

In my exploration of baking I am looking for other versions of bread pudding. I have found a great base recipe and made a banana rum raisin variant. That got me thinking that there are likely other tasty fruit and alcohol combinations I should explore…. Southern Comfort and Peaches was one suggested… What are some [...]

Traditional Key Lime Pie is not baked, instead uses the acidity of the key limes to thicken & curdle the pie filling into a fork suitable delight. Recent trends has the pie being baked to give it a little more substance and to make the eggs in the filling safe for consumption (raw eggs, I [...]

The regional fare in Florida that I most enjoy are the: Margarita – Tequila, lime juice, and  orange liquor Cuban Sandwich -  ham, roasted pork, Swiss cheese, pickles, mustard, and sometimes salami on Cuban bread Key Lime Pie -  key lime juice, egg yolks, and sweetened condensed milk in a pie crust So I have been [...]

Constructed of ham, roasted pork, Swiss cheese, pickles, mustard, and sometimes salami all stacked up on Cuban bread, the Cuban sandwich is a regional food that is rumored to have come out of YBor City here in Tampa Bay. It is similar to a panini as it is pressed and heated before eating. While here [...]

Today is Cinco de Mayo and is traditionally celebrated with a margarita!    What better day then to launch my quest for the best margarita ever! There are two parts to this quest. 1. Best recipe 2. Place/bartender that  crafts the best margarita As for part 1 my present favorite served in a salt rimmed [...]