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The return, this time hopefully for good

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  It has been over 2 years, 2 months, and 27 days, if anyone was counting, since I’ve graced my own my page with new written content.  I’m always putting material up via twitter (@jacobkthomas) and on Instagram (@jacobkt225), however actually putting words to a page, hadn’t really happened.  The question of why/how this happened is first question.  That answer is kind of easy to answer, that little thing called life.  Also, I didn’t have anything to live up to my mission statement.  I’m supposed to be providing things about my travels, my food, and my life in Germany.  I am still traveling from time to time.  I’m still eating and making excellent food, look at my Instagram, seriously, I’m not ashamed of the food.  Lastly, I’m still living here in Deutschland.  I guess when it all came down to it, providing new content that I thought people would like to read wasn’t something I felt up to doing. However, after over 2 years of nothing, I feel like now I’m able to finally put something …

A cocktail to start the weekend with

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We all have those weeks in which you just want it to end ASAP.  For me that was this week.  Sometimes living in Germany can be the best thing in the world, while other times it can just be a little annoying.  In any case I wanted a cocktail to start my weekend off right.  That’s where I remember a wonderful cocktail I had in Frankfurt back in October at the Luna Bar.  It was a ginger julep.  A few of my friends know my love of ginger, so once I saw this, I was sold. Now a traditional mint julep, which you would generally find during Kentucky Derby time, will have mint, sugar, and of course bourbon.  However for the one at Luna Bar, they used vodka, mint, ginger, lime juice, and soda.  Funny thing is I didn’t realize this until after I made my own, especially since every recipe I looked for to make mine said bourbon. You have several different ways to make a ginger julep.  For this time around I made …

Gooey Bacon Brownies, yes please!

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I think it is fair to say that a lot of people love bacon.  Some like it crispy, some will like it a little chewy. While others love a nice maple or applewood flavor.  Once you have gone and decided all of that, you can decide where and how you are going to eat it.  You can put it on a burger, eat it in some pasta, or of course just eat it alone.  However did you ever think of putting into a brownie recipe? It was a few months ago and I was looking for a present to give to my mom for her birthday.  I decided to give her a few books for the Kindle fire I bought her for Christmas.  While doing this I came across 21 Bacon Dessert Recipes by Diane Dixon.  It has a lot of recipes that are pretty interesting, like putting bacon into chocolate chip cookies and oatmeal cookies.  Using it in cupcakes, along with your “standard” chocolate covered bacon. One of the first few recipes are the Gooey Bacon Brownies …