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December 17, 2025

Smoking Bacon Fat-Washed Old Fashioned

By Matt

Photo credit: Kiana Bates This month, Culinary Crafts launched a new YouTube channel called Crafts on the Rocks. In their premiere episode, Ryan, Kaleb, and Bojan, our Director of Bar and Beverages, showed us how to make a unique and delicious cocktail, the Smoking Bacon Fat-Washed Old Fashioned. If you’re not a fan of whiskey, […]

September 11, 2024

Pancho Mule

By Matt

by Hector Jarquin Bartender   Working as a bartender has been a great experience, and it’s been an honor to meet and make new friendships with a lot of people. Throughout the years working as a bartender and in the bars, I’ve had a lot of pleasant experiences and others not so much. My customers […]

April 30, 2024

Whole Wheat Waffles with Cinnamon Buttermilk Syrup

By Matt

by Harvest Hale Events Team Made With Love My grandmother is an amazing woman! Maren Hale—or Mun, as the grandkids call her—is always thinking of others and has charity towards all. She regularly sends thank you notes and gifts to each of her 44 grandchildren, and her gifts are always chosen with great thought, not […]

April 23, 2024

Falafel Cucumber Hors D’oeuvres

By Matt

by Chris RidingSous Chef When I was younger, I always wanted to be one of two things, either a general contractor or a chef. Plenty of people in my family had worked in construction, but no one had ever been a professional chef before. I wasn’t ever told that I couldn’t be a chef, but […]

January 5, 2024

Cauliflower Bacon Penne

By Matt

by Michelle Hamby Event Team and Reluctant Chef I consider cooking a Necessary Evil. If I’m the one making a meal, it’s probably going to be hamburgers or grilled cheese sandwiches, and maybe, if I’m feeling fancy, I’ll add tater tots. My husband, on the other hand, is an excellent cook and actually likes doing […]

November 9, 2023

A Perfect Apple Pie

By Matt

by Mistie Tunbridge Pastry Chef and Girl with the Golden Smile   A Thanksgiving meal isn’t complete until you end it with a slice of perfect apple pie. When I was growing up, my grandma always took on the job…

September 12, 2023

Alpine Mule

By Matt

by Danny Bonilla Bartender and Executive Vice Party Animal When I was a teenager, my uncle would sometimes throw parties, and my family usually went. At one of those parties, I found myself all alone in the basement. Everyone else had gone to eat dinner, so it was just me and an open can of […]

August 15, 2023

Apple Pie Bars: How to Win Friends and Influence Teachers

By Matt

Back in the day, at the start of a new school year, a shiny, polished apple was the way to win over your teacher. To be clear, we are not advocating acts of apple-related bribery. But…if you happened to send…

August 2, 2023

Mango Pulled Pork

By Matt

by M Parker Reed Event Manager   When I was six, my parents taught me to cook my first recipe, which was Whacky Cake, also known as Great Depression Cake. Ever since then, I have loved to cook. When I…

May 30, 2023

Basil Pesto Salmon

By Matt

by Danielle Mahoney Director of Staff Development Ever since my children could stand, they’ve been next to me at the stove as I cooked. When they were very young, they would join me at the cutting board and put their…

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