web analytics

Zucchini-tini? Really?

zuccheader

Zucchini-tini? Could I really? Do I dare? You see I’m supposed to offer you a drink every Friday. Something bracing and strong enough to ease you into the weekend. It’s not as easy as it seems. In fact sometimes I think someone out there is trying to make it as difficult as possible. I’m at more »

Berry Berry Good Cocktails

TeatimeHeader

Don’t laugh. But I decided to have a tea party. They’re all the rage. But leave your politics at the door, because this is boozy tea party and I don’t want things to get ugly. It’s not hard to slip a bit of hooch into a cup of tea. Grandmas everywhere have been doing it more »

Lazy Avocado & Grapefruit Cocktail

lazymood

It’s avocado week here at The Back Burner. But I am in a lazy summer mood. Too lazy to think up an avocado cocktail. I’m not even sure I want an avocado cocktail. At least not one with alcohol. So I thought I’d stretch the word cocktail and use it more like the idea of more »

Growlers: Whenever I’m Asked to Bring the Beer I Growl

Golden Road Growler and Sippity Sup

I was recently invited to a backyard cookout with friends. Their “backyard” is the Pacific ocean, and they do a big “backyard” barbecue on one of the last big weekends of summer every year. Which only means one thing in my mind. Welcome to Labor Day Weekend! In many parts of the United States, this more »