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Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Son’day Soup Kitchen

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Son’day Soup Kitchen

Posted on 09. Feb, 2010 by Front of House.

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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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Pep’pear (say with a bad French accent) Martini

Pep’pear (say with a bad French accent) Martini

Posted on 11. Jun, 2009 by Front of House.

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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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La Michelada: The perfect hot summer drink

Posted on 19. Apr, 2009 by Front of House.

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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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Bloody Good… Bloody Mary

Bloody Good… Bloody Mary

Posted on 18. Apr, 2009 by Front of House.

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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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Simple Soy Sauce Garlic Marinade

Posted on 14. Apr, 2009 by Front of House.

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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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The Lava Lamp

The Lava Lamp

Posted on 06. Apr, 2009 by Front of House.

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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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Front of House

Posted on 06. Apr, 2009 by Front of House.

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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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