By Richard Thomas With colder weather coming, many kitchens are turning to filling sweet treats and desserts. My own kitchen is no exception, and the other day I thought about how I had plenty of recipes for such tasty morsels using bourbon whiskey, but none calling for rye. I set out to find something to adapt to my purpose, and ...

Irish Distillers has announced the global release of Jameson Caskmates, following a successful limited run in Ireland last year. Created by the Midleton Distillery in collaboration with micro-brewer, Franciscan Well Brewery in Cork, Jameson Caskmates offers a new taste experience that will satisfy the appetite of whiskey enthusiasts, Jameson drinkers and craft beer fans. The Jameson Caskmates story began back ...

By Richard Thomas In the business of pairing Scotch whisky and food, match-ups with seafood has been particularly in vogue lately. The combination is natural enough, when one considers that Scotland has a seafood culture to call its own and that some of the island-based whiskies have a distinctive sea spray quality to them. I happen to live not in ...

By Richard Thomas My wife loves duck, so I am often looking for new and interesting ways to prepare it. This recipe is a cooking with whiskey twist on a very basic recipe, with the kicker being the bourbon-smoked paprika from Louisville’s Bourbon Barrel Foods. If you like either roast poultry in general or duck dishes in particular, get your ...

Cooking With Whiskey This 4th of July By Richard Thomas Although pork and the vanilla-sweet, smoky-woody flavors of bourbon are a classic, salt isn’t the first flavor many think of for adding to the equation. In that case, take a step back and think of all the maple-, honey- or brown sugar-glazed hams you’ve had, and then rethink the combination ...