My Dinner

There's nothing quite like the anticipation of my Mom's Schweinebraten (pork loin roast), roasting in the oven, filling the whole house with that smell which means that you can't wait to sit down and eat. The tender meat is braised with dark beer, giving it a lovely malty hint, but it's really the gravy, made from those slow-roasted vegetabl...

This potato dip is the beer garden classic you didn't know you were missing. Erdäpfelkas, as it's known in Bavaria and Austria, is exactly what you want when it's too warm to cook: a cold beer sweating on the table, sunshine overhead, birds chirping somewhere nearby. This creamy Oktoberfest dip made from mashed potat...