My Resume:

Given that this is my first post in our recipe section, I guess I should give a bit of a resume as to why I may or may not be qualified to write about food & beer.

My first real career was cooking. I've been everything from grunt dishwasher, chicken/pizza delivery boy, Italian Chef, the egg man, floor scrubber/bottle picker-upper/Cookie @ the Pyramid. These all involved food to some degree or other, and most of my experiences come from having a passion for good food.

However, my wife refers to me (lovingly) as the kitchen Nazi. I like to take over, give "helpful" instructions, and generally be a pain in the neck to anyone who doesn't do it my way. Can you say control issues?

When I saw a chance to get out of the kitchen and into a home brewing related job, I jumped at the chance. Truth be told, I was so stressed out, I laid my keys on the table of the restaurant I worked for and walked out. At the time, I had no other job lined up - I'd worked in restaurants for seven years straight - but I knew I liked brewing beer as a hobby.

This is about where the story leads you to this link. Read on as to how Half Pints evolved from that life changing day on.

Lately, I've cultivated a passion for baking bread at home, Mexican food, smoked ribs, Indian food & spices, and a peculiar crush on heavily buttered kettle cooked popcorn.

Now that the brewery is up and running, I think it's a cool idea to share some of my favourite beer & food recipes for everyone to enjoy.

Hopefully you'll find this section useful, and if you have a suggested recipe, I'd gladly take submissions at info@halfpintsbrewing.com - you'll be given full credit for helping make the beer world just a little bit better.

Thanks for reading!
Brewmaster Dave

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