Underground Son was recently inspired on a Friday morning when we joined Breakfast at Selma’s in Ann Arbor. Selma’s is a breakfast salon which serves up the community every Friday (us along with 60 plus other people in a private home) to raise awareness and funds for local farmers, food co-ops and urban gardens.
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This unique cocktail started at Roast. We liked the drink a lot more than we liked the bartender so we decided to give it a shot at home.
Party for one:
1 oz Absolut Pepper Vodka
3 oz Pear Nectar
1/2 oz Drambuie
2 Olives
Rim one martini glass with fine salt
Combine all ingredients (minus the olives) [...]
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Wine-tasting again!
Time to open your palette to the summer flavors. Join as we sample our way through a half dozen varietals of white and light reds paired with summer fare. We are currently knee deep testing menus so stay tuned for how the ribs turn out.
We have a special venue this time as we hang [...]
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Resort Pool. Cabana boy dedicated just to you. 80 degree weather and everyone at home is buried in fresh snow. It’s good to be me.
Party for One
Ingredients:
Juice from 1/2 to one whole lime or a couple of key limes if available. Depends on how tangy you like it.
3 dashes hot sauce
2 dashes Maggi [...]
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A Bloody Mary is the kind of drink that if you can’t get a great one, don’t bother. You order a vodka and soda, either the bar has the vodka that you drink or they don’t. After that, how much can they really screw it up? I know, they can screw it up and they [...]
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As you can see, we’ve updated the site and in the process, the original wine tasting post was whacked. Here’s the recap of the tasting. 6 wines with various ratings and prices and came from all over the world and this is how the roughly fell out.
The clear favorites were the Rocca Syrah and the [...]
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If you are unfamiliar with this beef noodle salad, you need to make it on a nice summer day served outside with a cold beer and some extra chopped Thai chilies for those who like it hot. A traditional Vietnamese salad that is unexpectedly light and bright.
Serves 4
Beef Marinade:
2 Tbsp of soy sauce
1 [...]
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Ingredients:
2 Tbsp of soy sauce
1 Tbsp of brown sugar or raw sugar
3 cloves of garlic
1 tsp of sesame oil
1 tsp of black pepper
1/4 cup of chopped scallions
Preparation:
1. Prep and mix.
2. Don’t forget to let the protein you are marinating …beef, fish, chicken… come to room temperature before cooking. [...]
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I consider this the Modern Margarita. The flavor has been updated from the classic and now we’ve added a little design. This drink began for us at Fiddleheads in Royal Oak and we’ve been playing with it ever since. Last Saturday night, we raised a last toast to Fiddleheads as they closed their doors. [...]
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Welcome to the Front of House. I’m here to pick-up the slack when singleGuyChef (sGC) is a little too crazy with work to chat you up. You may be hearing from me a lot in the next few months, but if it means the food he’s been cooking-up actually makes it to the site, then [...]
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