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 [...]

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 hear, [...]

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 working to explore each [...]

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. [...]

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 glass is:

2 oz tequila
1/2 [...]