Stressed Spelled Backwards

THIS is a Beer Cupcake, a delicious looking morsel whose original photo and post is on a Manhattan based web log called “Big City Little Kitchen.” I read about this on another web log called “Confessions of a Beer Geek” (great title).
Gena at BCLK says that the addition of beer adds “richness and [...]

The Champagne of Beers

Many women still say to me, “I’m not a beer drinker.” And I’m still shocked and appalled by this huge … lie. The last woman with whom I had this discussion said to me, quite snottily I might add, “I primarily drink champagne.” I retorted with, “Well, good for you Miss Thang, I [...]

Testing…Check…Check one.

This, to me, is one of the coolest things that’s happened to me since I started my Beer Journey. I was invited to go on radio station KCRW and be interviewed by culinary maven Evan Kleiman about women and beer on her show Good Food. What? Yeah. How cool is [...]

Beer Chick on TV

I’m on TV! I’m on TV!
Those of you who are local to L.A. can catch me on YourLA today at 3:00pm on NBC. For those of you not in the area, the segment will be posted soon online @ YourLaTv.com.
I went around to some of my favorite local beer spots (only one of [...]

Size Matters

So I was having a nice little beer tasting event the other day with Learn About Wine and I had, as my piece de resistance, a 3 Liter bottle of Craftsman Triple White Sage from Mark (I know, I know, I’ve mentioned this beer a lot. It’s because TWS and I are in love [...]

The Sauce of Life – Grilling with Beer

Hungry to find my own kind, I recently corresponded with a fellow beer chick, the very accomplished Lucy Saunders. Besides being revered by the world’s leading beer writers and experts (do Michael Jackson or the Alstrom brothers ring any bells?), she also has 20 years experience as an author, a cook and a teacher. [...]