Actually I can’t stand the stuff, but I always think it tastes pretty good in baked treats. The sweet loaf pictured above is called Hootenholler Whiskey Quick Bread and the recipe is from the I Hate to Cook Cookbook by Peg Bracken. Peg Bracken died last year, but she left a legacy of very funny housekeeping books that where published in the 1960’s and 70’s. I discovered her work, through a radio obituary I heard last year on NPR. Also the New York Time Magazine published her obit in their The Lives They Lived issue last December.

You can listen to an interview with Peg Bracken on NPR or you can read about her at nytimes.com.

I bought some of her books on ebay, but I’ll save that for another post.