Christopher Cina

Time for Sunday brunch with American pale ale. In this dish, a splash of beer adds brightness to the Mediterranean flavors of shakshuka.

• Shakshuka
• Cooking with Beer
• Brunch

Here we celebrate American craft beer’s most important style (pale ale) with the most important meal of the weekend (brunch).

• Pancakes
• Cooking with Beer
• Pale Ale

American craft beer’s most important style—the American pale ale—is versatile for any occasion. Likewise, its approachability makes it an easy fit as an ingredient. Here we celebrate this bright, balanced beer with the most important meal of the weekend.

• Cooking With Beer
• Eggs Benedict
• Arugula Pesto

Vienna lager is the perfect ingredient for this BBQ chicken dish.

• Cooking With Beer
• Pairing Beer & Food
• Dinner

Here is a delicious recipe for Bananas Foster and crepes made with rum barrel aged beer.

• Cooking With Beer
• Pairing Beer & Food
• Dessert

Grilled eggplant and a Belgian witbier join forces in this simple and refreshing Mediterranean-inspired dish.

• Cooking With Beer
• Pairing Beer & Food
• Appetizer

A refreshing and delicious pale ale can add depth and complexity to traditional polenta, served simply here with a couple of slices of prosciutto, drizzled with olive oil and balsamic vinegar, and garnished with basil and fresh cracked black pepper.

• Cooking With Beer
• Pairing Beer & Food
• Side Dish

Vienna lager is the secret ingredient in this fresh and refreshing Mediterranean-inspired potato salad.

• Cooking With Beer
• Pairing Beer & Food
• Salad

Shrimp poached in IPA get an extra kick from curried mayonnaise.

• Pairing Beer & Food
• Cooking With Beer
• Appetizers

While more associated with savory dishes, IPA adds layers of flavor to desserts such as this chocolate pain perdu with butter caramel-salted peanut ice cream.

• Pairing Beer & Food
• Dessert
• Cooking with Beer

Muffaletta sandwiches can be found all over New Orleans, from delis and corner grocery stores to upscale restaurants. Here, we use focaccia for the bread, and we’ve replaced the traditional olive salad with an IPA-brined vegetable relish.

• Cooking With Beer
• Pairing Beer & Food
• Lunch

The jalapeño and IPA batter on these corn dogs adds a spicy and bitter counterpoint to the sweet corn.

• Pairing Beer & Food
• Lunch
• Cooking With Beer