A little about me...
I'm using this webspace as a repository for photos from my travels and the occasional blog post.I started posting content to my personal site around 2003. Since then I've traveled around the interior of the U.S., visited five or six countries in Europe and even lived in Germany for a while. If you care to take a look at my photos and videos, they can be found by clicking the links at the top of the page.
Presently, I am a middle management underachiever who works for a magazine publisher and business-to-business media corporation. I spend my free time drinking the occasional beer, playing the occasional video game and building the occasional website.
Click the link below to get caught up with the story thus far, as told through pictures taken over the past seven years.
An Evening with Steven and Jean-Marie
A couple weeks ago I was invited to the release party for Boulevard Brewing Company's first collaboration beer. The Imperial Pilsner is a Smokestack Series beer that was brewed collaboratively by Boulevard and Orval's brewmasters. Here I am getting my picture taken with Steven Pauwels of Boulevard and Jean-Marie Rock of Orval.
Bourbon Apricot Shrimp
Here's the recipe for my Bourbon Apricot Shrimp that I made for dinner tonight. For the sauce you'll need a cup of halved apricots, half a cup of bourbon, three tablespoons of crushed red pepper and 3 tablespoons of brown sugar. Put everything into a sauce pan and simmer for about 10 minutes. After the sauce cools pour it into a food processor and pulse until smooth. Prepare the shrimp in a pan with little butter or oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste and then spoon sauce over the plated shrimp.
Grape Harvest at Somerset Ridge Winery
We spent the second weekend of September volunteering with the harvest at the Somerset Ridge Winery near Louisburg, Kansas.
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Buffalo Chicken and Serrano & Parmesan Ravioli
A couple of days ago we made a batch of ravioli from scratch. Half of the ravioli were filled with Serrano Ham and Parmesan Cheese while the rest were filled with Buffalo Chicken. I took a couple pictures:
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Bourbon Balsamic Chicken Saltimbocca
A few months back we made a more traditional version of Chicken Saltimbocca. This time around we did things a little differently, using only what we had in the fridge. For starters, we used Serrano ham instead of Prosciutto, Bourbon instead of white wine and crushed red pepper instead of sage. Also, there was a bit more garlic this time around and, of course, the Balsamic vinegar. Prep was pretty much the same as last time, just put a little flour on the chicken cutlet, wrap it in Serrano ham and cook it in a pan with olive oil and garlic. Afterwards, pour some Bourbon in your pan and reduce it down. Throw it all on a plate and this is what you end up with...
