Spent Grain Bread in Five Minutes a Day      Spent grain avocado toast with tomatoes and my favorite bread knife.This recipe is a modified version of the The Master Recipe from The New Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day by Jeff Hertzberg, MD and Zoe Francois.I highly recommend buying this book if you want to bake healthy bread using a no kneed method.  It is wonderful and also has a favorite recipe of mine for Gluten free Boule. ...

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Black Eyed Peas Curry with White IPA

New Year's Day Curry Black Eyed Peas & Beer Pairings Having lived in the south as a child, I fell in love with black eyed peas.  I do not cook them enough, but try to honor the tradition of of including them in my New Years Day menu.  I knew that it was a a tradition in the southern United States to eat them for good luck on the first day of the year, but after some quick research I discovered the trading goes back thousands of  years....

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Beer Braised Short Ribs - Crockpot Recipe

It is winter in most parts of the northern hemisphere and a good time for easy comfort food.  I had some grass fed short ribs in my freezer that seemed to be just right for a crockpot recipe. I combined a few recipes and this is what I came up with. Recommendations: Do not use an IPA for this recipe.  We used Fat Tire Amber Ale, but a dark, low hop beer or stout would be fine.   The gravy was a little heavy.  I would...

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