Back when I was still figuring out what the heck to do with this here blogspace, and before I was really "into" cooking, beer can chicken was something that I felt I could cook perfectly and instruct others on. So, for my first ever food post, this was what I focused on.

I just re-read that entry, back when I was living in Medford years ago. And though the pictures were taken with a shitty Blackberry (or perhaps even the LG Envy 2. Or the Palm Pre. I went through a lot of mediocre phones in the past few years) and the directions are nowhere near the specificity I would try to provide now; I still did a pretty good job of explaining probably the easiest chicken preparation out there.

So now, let's bring this back to present day with a prettier picture and some suggestions on execution. Truth be told, like that first entry, there isn't much of a recipe here. But there is a "right" way to combine a can of beer and a chicken. And here it is.

Set to some Bruno Mars and made to look somewhat like a comic book, naturally...

I know. It's only the day after Monday. And most of you are sitting at a desk, trying to tackle a surely insurmountable workload. But my former boss used to have a saying that I still reference quite often. It was:

"Fuck Tuesdays."


So, in the spirit of my long-lost colleague and most-hated weekday, I have decided on a new feature that I will try to present each week: Tuesday Boozeday. Sometimes, a cocktail recipe; sometimes just a "try this NOW!" beer or wine recommendation, but always, a swift slap in the face of Tuesdays and a nod toward the ever-impending weekend.

We made these delicious blender drinks while on vacation on Lake Michigan. Made with berries straight from a farm stand off the side of Blue Star Highway, it was the perfect afternoon refreshment as we watched the waves roll in from the deck of our vacation house.

...it is hot enough for me. Stop fucking asking. 

I said these posts would be much more consistent. But then I came here, to Lake Michigan, on vacation.