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From mother’s milk to a BRAT diet: 5 ways to ease a hangover

Why drink on St Patrick’s Day (March 17)? The tradition began as a feast day held in honor of St. Patrick, on the anniversary of the day he died, March 17. With the day falling during the Lenten season leading up to the Easter holiday, observant Christians were allowed to put aside their Lenten restrictions on food and alcohol consumption on this day, which helps explain the tradition of St Patrick’s Day drinking.

Thatsa lotta beer. Being the fourth-most-popular drinking day in the US (behind New Year’s Eve, Christmas Day, and July 4), St. Patrick’s Day sees the consumption of 13 million pints of Guinness alone. Perhaps you’ll be personally imbibing several of those 13,000,000 pints — and also you may be one of the many people feeling hung over on the day following the revelry, March 18.

Ounce of prevention, pound of cure, blah blah blah. Obviously, the most sure-fire way to avoid the pounding headache and crushing nausea of a hangover is to limit alcohol intake, or avoid it altogether in the first place. But where’s the fun in that?

At any rate, many popular hangover “cures” are dubious, at best. But there are some ways to ease, if not totally erase, the effects of hangover. Some have a vague basis in medical or scientific fact, while others you should consider as popular “folk” remedies —
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Bloody Mary Bruschetta

INGREDIENTS
zest of 1 lemon
1 tsp lemon juice
1/2 shallot, finely chopped
2 large tomatoes, seeded and chopped
2 Tbsp Arbequina Extra-Virgin Olive Oil
1 Tbsp Champagne Wine Vinegar
1 tsp each salt and black pepper
2 tsp Col. Pabst Worcestershire Sauce
1/2 tsp Hellraising Hot Sauce, or to taste
2 Tbsp prepared horseradish, divided
2 celery stalks, thinly sliced
3 Tbsp coarsely-chopped celery leaves
1/3 Cup mayonnaise (try making your own, see recipe here)
1/2 tsp Celery Seed
6 – 8 slices toasted sourdough or French bread
Celery Seed, Pickle Slices, lime wedges,and celery leaves for garnish

STEPS
Make the tomato topping: In a large bowl, combine the lemon zest, lemon juice, shallot, tomatoes, olive oil, vinegar, salt, black pepper, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, and 1 Tbsp of the horseradish. Allow mixture to marinate 10 minutes, then stir in the sliced celery stalks and chopped celery leaves.

Make the horseradish spread: In a small bowl, combine the mayonnaise and remaining tablespoon of horseradish, along with the celery seed.

Assemble the bruschetta: Spread each slice of toasted bread with the horseradish mayo mixture, then top with tomato mixture.

Garnish with celery seed, pickle slices, and celery leaves if desired.

Serve immediately.

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Bourbon Pecan Over-Night French Toast

INGREDIENTS
1/4 Cup (1/2 stick) butter, melted
3/4 Cup packed light brown sugar
1 loaf brioche or challah, cut into 1-1/2-inch thick slices
8 eggs, slightly beaten
1 Cup whole milk
1 Tbsp Vanilla Paste
1 tsp Saigon Cinnamon
1/4 tsp Ginger Powder
1/8 tsp Nutmeg, Ground
1/2 Cup pecans, chopped
1/8 tsp Salt
powdered sugar for topping

Bourbon maple syrup (recipe below) (optional)

Bourbon Maple Syrup
1-1/2 Cup Maple Syrup (the real stuff is best)
1/4 Cup (1/2 stick) butter, softened
1 Tbsp Bourbon Whiskey or 1/2 tsp Bourbon Extract

STEPS
Make the French Toast:
In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar and melted butter; pour mixture evenly over the bottom of a 9×13-inch baking dish. Arrange 1-1/2″ thick slices of bread so that they cover the bottom of the baking dish, overlapping if necessary.

Whisk together the milk, eggs, vanilla, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg in a mixing bowl until thoroughly combined. Pour egg mixture evenly over the baking dish full of bread slices. Sprinkle chopped pecans on top of the eggy bread slices.  Cover baking dish tightly with plastic cling wrap and refrigerate for at least 4, and up to 12 hours.

When ready to make the French toast, take the baking dish from the fridge and allow to warm on the counter for at least 10 (and up to 30) minutes while you are preheat your oven to 350°F.

Bake casserole for 30-35 minutes. If the eggy bread starts browning too quickly, loosely cover the top of the dish with foil for the last 10 minutes or so of baking. This will keep the casserole from drying out.

Make the (optional) Bourbon Maple Syrup:
While the French Toast is baking, make your bourbon maple syrup. Combine the real maple syrup and butter in a small heavy saucepan. Bring mixture to a boil over medium heat. Once the mixture boils, stir in the bourbon or bourbon extract. Immediately remove from heat and allow to cool slightly.

Remove casserole from oven and let it cool slightly before serving. Serve each piece with a dusting of powdered sugar and a drizzle of the bourbon maple syrup.

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Take a look! It’s in a book! New cookbooks at AllSpice

We’ve just got some new cookbook titles in the store this week. We can’t wait to share them with you:

cookbook-mocktails-cordials-infusions-syrups-moreMocktails, Cordials, Infusions, Syrups & More. ($19.95) Whether you are cutting out or cutting down on your alcohol intake, or you’re just not a fan, you may have found that “virgin” drinks are sad, bland mockeries of their alcoholic counterparts. If this is your experience, you will be delighted to find this book.  It’s a beverage cookbook that dazzles – these recipes keeps all the color and zest and delicious flavors of your favorite cocktails and cordials – but without the actual alcohol.

Mocktails features dozens of drink recipes that call for innovative and unexpected ingredients (pepper! herbs!). The book also includes instructions for making your own homemade syrups and infusions – concoctions that you will want to use in the kitchen as often as you use them for drinks at your “mocktail” bar.

 

cookbook-the-really-hungry-student-budget-2016The Really Hungry Student. ($18.95) Broken down into categories with catchy titles like “Party On, Dude” and “Bad*ss Breakfasts,” this book has scads of recipes for all sorts of youth-friendly dishes: burritos and tacos, curries and stir-fry dishes, as well as comfort foods “just like Mom makes,” and on-the-go lunches.

Really Hungry includes plenty of vegetarian and vegan options, and covers the basics of grilling – a helpful tutorial for first-time tailgating chefs.

All of the dishes in this cookbook meet the college student’s (or newly-independent young adult’s) basic needs: they’re simple, easy, and most importantly, budget-friendly.

 

cookbook-natural-food-kitchen-2016Natural Food Kitchen. $24.95 Subtitled “Delicious, globally inspired recipes using on the best natural and seasonal produce,” Natural Food Kitchen is full of just that: colorful, full-flavored fresh ingredients combined in creative and healthy ways.

A particularly refreshing aspect of this book is that the author, Jordan Bourke, never singles out and vilifies categories of food – an increasingly rare thing in “healthy eating” cookbooks.

The author offers healthier, more sustainable ways to enjoy (vegetable-based) fats and (non-refined) sugars, as well as suggesting ways to cook with sustainably-harvested fish and local poultry and meats.

 

cookbook-f-scott-fitzgeralds-taste-of-france-2016F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Taste of France. ($24.95) Do you love to learn about how people dined and entertained in the olden days? Are you crazy about American literature? The Jazz Age? Paris in the Roaring Twenties? That crazy clique, that “Lost Generation,” which included Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, Prokofiev and Gershwin, Franz Kafka and F. Scott Fitzgerald?

You’re going to get a kick out of this cookbook, which takes a serious look at the food and drink enjoyed by Fitzgerald and his fellow expatriates.

Baz Luhrman’s movie remake of Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby,” Woody Allen’s “Midnight in Paris,” and Paula McClain’s novel “The Paris Wife” have all contributed to the resurgent interest in Fitzgerald’s life and work. Taste of France fills in the more details of that decadent era with over sixty recipes for “American-style” Paris meals like ham-and-egg breakfast,s and Steak Tartare dinners, alongside Caviar Sandwiches and Gin Rickey cocktails.

 

cookbook-flavors-of-morocco-2016Flavors of Morocco. ($24.95) As we head into fall and cooler weather, thoughts turn to warm, hearty meals, and rich, savory flavors. You might not know it yet, but Moroccan food is just the thing you’re hungry for, with its spicy tagines, kebabs, meat-filled pastries, and stuffed tomatoes.

Because of its close proximity and similar climate to its neighbors across the Mediterranean Sea, North African cuisine shares many common elements with European cooking, but with some distinct cultural and culinary differences. Essays sprinkled throughout Flavors of Morocco give the reader great information about the country’s culture, geography and history, and give these “exotic” recipes more context.

 

cookbook-101-hangover-recipes-2016101 Hangover Recipes. ($19.95) The title really explains all you need to know about this book – it contains over one hundred recipes to feed your face and soothe your poor head (and tummy!) the morning (or afternoon) after an epic night of imbibing.

A wide variety of opinions exist as to how to combat  a hangover, and this book covers all those bases. Breakfasts range from hearty huevos rancheros and chocolate pancakes to light and restorative smoothies. If you need to sleep later than traditional breakfast / brunch hours, 101 Hangover Recipes also has plenty of suggestions for midday and later fare like Beer Can Chicken and “superfood” salads.

Other new cookbook titles in the shop include tomes on Small Plates, one about Brunch, and The Newlywed’s Cookbook, any of which would make a great gift, especially paired with a couple of your favorite AllSpice ingredients.

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‘101 Hangover Recipes’ cookbook

cookbook-101-hangover-recipes-2016101 Hangover Recipes. ($19.95) The title really explains all you need to know about this book – it contains over one hundred recipes to feed your face and soothe your poor head (and tummy!) the morning (or afternoon) after an epic night of imbibing.

A wide variety of opinions exist as to how to combat  a hangover, and this book covers all those bases.

Breakfasts range from hearty huevos rancheros and chocolate pancakes to light and restorative smoothies.

If you need to sleep later than traditional breakfast / brunch hours, 101 Hangover Recipes also has plenty of suggestions for midday and later fare like Beer Can Chicken and “superfood” salads.

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