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New Orleans Bourbon Bread Pudding with Bourbon Sauce

Our friend Kim, who comes through with a dessert whenever we don’t want to make one, brought this amazing New Orleans Bourbon Bread Pudding with Bourbon Sauce to Bourbonfest. Well…sort of! She brought the New Orleans Bourbon Bread Pudding but decided not to make the […]

Bourbon Brownies

Bourbon Brownies

Ok…so this is just genius. Our friend Richard brought over Bourbon Brownies for Bourbonfest. When I asked for the recipe, all he said was, ” I just used Ghiardelli brownie mix with pecans and added bourbon to taste before baking.” LOVE IT!!!   Related Images:

Denise’s Christmas menu

Denise’s Christmas menu

Christmas Eve is just 5 days away. It’s hard to believe that I just solidified my menus last night! The way it works in our house is that we go to church on Christmas Eve and then head back to my house for a big […]

Bourbon Stuffed Mushrooms

Bourbon Stuffed Mushrooms

When I was looking for recipes for Bourbonfest, I wanted to make something that was not just a meat or dessert and came across Bourbon Stuffed Mushrooms from the Jim Beam website. Although it was a decent recipe, I will change it up the next […]

Baking Soda Puts Out Kitchen Fires

Baking Soda Puts Out Kitchen Fires

One of the dishes I was going to make for Bourbonfest was a Mixed Green Salad with Bourbon Vinaigrette. Whenever I make a recipe I have never tried before, I follow it as is and don’t deviate. I sautéed the shallots in a bit of […]

Bourbonfest – Recap

Bourbonfest was this past weekend. We had lots of great food, and some food that was just all right. There were lots of meat dishes and desserts, since those were the easiest recipes to find. The grilled chicken I made was…just ok. Instead of using […]

Bourbonfest

Bourbonfest

When I had Beerfest a few months ago, some of the guests were talking about what the next function should be. It seemed too early to do Baconfest Part 2, and Broccolifest really just didn’t sound too appealing. After awhile, we came up with Bourbonfest! At […]