These salmon patties are delicious for lunch or dinner.

This is a wonderfully simple, yet delicious cake! It is so moist and fresh, it will surely be a favorite with your family, just like it is with mine! The main length of the preparation time is cutting and peeling the apples. A mixture of apples works great, although I usually use Golden Delicious.

Shortbread with chocolate. The best of both worlds.

With this clever recipe, you ‘ll make a delicious fruit pie filling that goes from freezer directly into the waiting pie shell. The recipe can be doubled or tripled, and you can choose your favorite fruit.

Kinderpunsch is an alcohol-free hot punch, served mainly in Christmas markets in Germany. Substitute grape juice for apple if you’d rather.

This homemade hot chocolate is flavored with vanilla, cinnamon, chili powder, nutmeg, and cloves.

This tender crumb cake smells wonderful and tastes even better.

This sweet and versatile barbecue sauce is whipped up in the blender rather than cooked on the stove, and features a slew of delicious ingredients: honey, brown sugar, molasses, ginger, prepared mustard, meat tenderizer, steak sauce and more.

A margarita - tequila, lime juice, triple sec - is baked into a cake mix.

Delicious– kids of all age love this cake. Best eaten the day it is made.

Fresh cranberries are boiled with spices and cooked with sugar to create a delicious sauce.

A cake-like crust topped with a creamy vanilla, cream cheese pudding and smothered in whipped topping with just a hint of chocolate syrup. Served cold.

Apple cider is spiced like a gingerbread cookie and served warm with slices of orange and lemon in this holiday wassail punch.

A moist and dense pound cake with a hint of lemon flavoring. Serve with fresh fruit and ice cream.

This is a slightly spicy, coconut curry flavored vegetarian burger with Thai accents.

Candy-like base, melted chocolate over that with crushed walnuts on top.

What ’s nice about this version of cranberry salad, is the orange rind, you can taste it in every bite. And the raspberry flavored gelatin that all the ingredients are stirred into, adds another taste dimension. Serves eight.

What a way to celebrate summer! This moist cake can be made quickly using cake mix, strawberry gelatin and frozen strawberries.

This is a great hamburger for the grill. Feta cheese gives it a rich and creamy taste.

I have used this for years and it is very good; much easier than the traditional method and tastes just as good.

Set some of that abundant summer squash aside for the winter months with this awesome pickled squash recipe.

For this delightful layered dessert, a pan is lined with graham crackers, and layered with a series of pudding, whipped topping, more graham crackers. To finish, chocolate frosting is smoothed over.

Your favorite ice cream flavors in a cookie crust, topped with whipped cream, fudge and cherries.

One of Frederick’s best restaurants, Mick’s New American Bistro, is holding a Flying Dog beer dinner Wednesday, August 25.

Alongside Chef James Strine, the dinner will be hosted by our head brewer Bob Malone and quality control director (and sensory goddess) Gwen Conley.

Here’s a glimpse at the menu:

First Course

• Heirloom Tomato Salad with goat cheese and lovage
• Paired with our In-Heat Wheat Hefeweizen

Second Course

• Silver King Raviolo with Chesapeake crab, shiitake, and basil emulsion
• Paired with our Road Dog Porter

Third Course

• Sausage and Egg with kielbasa, pretzel, and whole grain mustard
• Paired with our Old Scratch Amber Lager

Fourth Course

• Gunpowder Bison “Carpaccio” with pickled horseradish and Yukon Gold potatoes
• Paired with our Raging Bitch Belgian-Style IPA

Fifth Course

• Dessert to be determined by local berry availability

The dinner is $60 per person (not including gratuity.) There are only 50 seats available, so call Mick’s at 301-662-0373 to make a reservation today.

This is a wonderful cheese ball. It is very easy to make and simply delicious. Whenever I make it for gatherings or work it always gets great reviews. Serve with an assortment of crackers.